Portland Trail Blazers starting forwards Jerami Grant and Deni Avdija are out for Friday night’s game at the Brooklyn Nets. Grant had been listed as questionable due to right knee soreness following Wednesday night’s 129-121 win at the Washington Wizards.

It hasn’t been a minute since Marcus Smart started donning the Washington Wizards jersey and he’s already raising eyebrows for his defensive energy. After drawing an offensive foul in the fourth quarter during their duel with the Brooklyn Nets,

The Brooklyn Nets (21-37) did not come to play in Monday's loss at the Washington Wizards, but they knew that they had to come with their "A" game on Wednesday if they were going to upset the Oklahoma City Thunder (47-11).

Brooklyn Nets (21-35, 11th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Washington Wizards (9-47, 15th in the Eastern Conference)

Brooklyn Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez explained what went wrong in Monday's 107-99 loss at the Washington Wizards.

Jordan Poole scored 26 points as the Wizards snapped their six-game losing streak with a 107-99 victory over the Nets on Monday night.

Jordan Poole scored 26 points, including a couple of crucial jumpers late as the Washington Wizards snapped their six-game losing streak with a 107-99 victory over the Brooklyn Nets

The Nets lost to the Wizards 107-99 despite coming back from a 14-point deficit in the first half that probably had many Nets fans thinking that it was going to be an early night for their team. Ziaire Williams put up 19 points,

The Nets are currently 12-17 on the road with a point differential of -6, while the Wizards have a 0-10 record in their last ten games at home. Washington won the only meeting of

We've got another exciting Eastern Conference contest on Monday's NBA schedule as the Washington Wizards will host the Brooklyn Nets. Washington is 9-47 overall and 5-24 at home, while Brooklyn is 21-35 overall and 12-17 on the road.

As mentioned above, the Nets come into this game following a 105-103 win at the 76ers on Saturday in which the situation became dire with Brooklyn going from leading by 17 points in the first half to trailing by three points in the fourth quarter.