Brooklyn visits New Orleans on 3-game road slide

Brooklyn Nets (2-8, 13th in the Eastern Conference) vs. New Orleans Pelicans (4-7, 11th in the Western Conference)

New Orleans; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Brooklyn will look to end its three-game road skid when the Nets visit New Orleans.

New Orleans went 26-56 overall last season while going 17-24 at home. The Pelicans averaged 25.1 assists per game on 42.1 made field goals last season.

Brooklyn went 20-62 overall, 14-37 in Eastern Conference action and 8-33 on the road a season ago. The Nets averaged 105.9 points per game while shooting 44.3% from the field and 34.1% from behind the arc last season.

INJURIES: Pelicans: Zion Williamson: out (rest), Yves Missi: out (knee), Trendon Watford: out (ankle), Trey Murphy III: out (knee).

Nets: Egor Demin: out (leg), Mikel Brown Jr.: day to day (rest).

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