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Brook Lopez won’t play on Tuesday night, as the Brooklyn Nets center needs a day of rest. The party line, behind Lopez’s move to take the night off against the fearsome Toronto Raptors, is that the 7-footer needs to mind his minutes. A pair of frightening right foot fractures cost the big man most of the 2011-12 and 2013-14 seasons, and though the Nets have done well to limit the center to just 28.8 minutes a contest in 2016-17, there’s no point in trotting his career out to take a pounding in the hopes that the 7-19 Nets can topple the three-time defending Atlantic Division champions. Continue to Article

December 20, 2016 5:52:pm EST

On the eve of Tuesday's game between the Orlando Magic (12-17) and the Miami Heat (9-19) at AmericanAirlines Arena, let's take stock in the fortunes of these two organizations. In addition, there are only two teams worse than the Magic and Heat in the 15-team Eastern Conference -- the Brooklyn Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers. The Magic haven't been to the playoffs since 2012 and haven't won a postseason series since 2010 -- both feats accomplished during the tenure of coach Stan Van Gundy. Continue to Article

December 19, 2016 11:58:pm EST

After a poor defensive effort in losing to the Atlanta Hawks on Friday, the Toronto Raptors tightened up to defeat the Orlando Magic 109-79 on Sunday. The Brooklyn Nets, on the other hand, continue to lose on the road as they dropped a 108-107 game to the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday after losing in Orlando on Friday. The Nets (7-19) make their next stop in Toronto to play the Raptors at the Air Canada Centre on Tuesday night. Continue to Article

December 19, 2016 11:15:pm EST

New Orleans Pelicans forward Anthony Davis is coming off one of his worst games of the season. Philadelphia 76ers rookie center/forward Joel Embiid is coming off his best. Davis, the NBA's second-leading scorer (29.6), managed 12 points in Sunday's 113-100 loss in San Antonio. Continue to Article

December 19, 2016 10:26:pm EST

Nerlens Noel will no longer spend much time around the basket. It’s no secret that Nerlens Noel does not figure to be with the Philadelphia 76ers much longer. As our Kelly Dwyer wrote on Saturday, Noel’s especially blunt and frustrated reaction was fully warranted. Continue to Article

December 19, 2016 12:18:am EST