Brooklyn faces Indiana, aims to stop 4-game slide

Indiana Pacers (3-4, 11th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Brooklyn Nets (1-5, 14th in the Eastern Conference)

New York; Monday, 7:30 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: Brooklyn aims to end its four-game slide when the Nets play Indiana.

Brooklyn went 0-4 overall and 31-21 in Eastern Conference action last season. The Nets gave up 113.5 points per game while committing 24.8 fouls last season.

Indiana went 25-57 overall and 11-41 in Eastern Conference play during the 2021-22 season. The Pacers allowed opponents to score 114.9 points per game and shoot 48.3% from the field last season.

The teams square off for the 50th time this season. The Pacers won the last meeting 125-116 on Oct. 29. Bennedict Mathurin scored 32 points to help lead the Pacers to the win.

INJURIES: Nets: T.J. Warren: out (foot).

Pacers: Aaron Nesmith: out (foot), Daniel Theis: out (knee), Myles Turner: out (injury management-rest).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.