The Boston Celtics play the Brooklyn Nets in an NBA Cup in-season tournament group play matchup. Friday's meeting will be the second of the season between the two teams.

It was a subtle shift made by the Boston Celtics to switch Payton Pritchard from shooting guard to the point, but the results appear to be paying off for the Celtics in recent games. Both Pritchard and fellow Boston guard Derrick White have been playing better, their early-season slumps improving if not quite going away entirely just yet.

BOTTOM LINE: Brooklyn plays Boston looking to end its six-game home slide. The Nets are 2-8 against Eastern Conference opponents. Brooklyn ranks last in the Eastern Conference scoring 41.7 points per game in the paint. The Celtics are 1-3 against opponents in the Atlantic Division. Boston is 4-3 in games decided by at least 10 points.

It is the biggest open secret in the NBA that the Celtics have some serious depth concerns in their frontcourt rotations.

Brooklyn will also be without Haywood Highsmith, who has yet to make his Nets’ debut after being acquired from the Heat this offseason. Rookie Ben Saraf is listed as out with an ankle injury, though others in Danny Wolf and Nolan Traore are back from G League assignment.

When things aren't going well everybody likes to say 'well, let's just have fun.' It's like, well, what does that mean? I think you have to define what fun looks like as a team and you kind of have to go after it.

Here is the full injury report for the Brooklyn Nets heading into Tuesday's matchup against the Boston Celtics.

In another night where the Brooklyn Nets failed to eclipse 100 points, Day'Ron Sharpe played one of his best games of the season in just 18 minutes off the benc