The Brooklyn Nets will be seeking a second consecutive win overall and a season sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers, who enter play Friday night at Staples Center having lost four in a row and nine of their last 10 games.
The Nets (37-36) come in off the biggest comeback victory in franchise history, erasing a 28-point deficit to beat the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday 123-121, becoming just the fourth team in the NBA’s shot clock era, which began in 1954, to win after trailing by at least 25 points entering the fourth quarter.
The Lakers (31-40) are one loss away from playoff elimination and have been scuffling of late, taking their fourth straight loss on Tuesday in dropping a 115-101 road decision to the Milwaukee Bucks.