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.

Derrick White added 15 points for the Celtics, who won their third straight game to improve to 8-7. They played the Nets even for about three quarters before smothering them defensively in the fourth, allowing just one basket for the first 10 minutes of the period.

Jaylen Brown is hoping to rebound from a 29-point performance in his last game when the Boston Celtics complete a home-and-home series against the Brooklyn Nets on Friday.

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

Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez is pleased with his team's progress during recent games following a historically bad start to the season.

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.

The Blazers trailed by 109-88 with 9:16 left in the game and then stormed back to take a 121-119 lead with one possession to go. Nikola Vučević then made a game-winning shot from the left arc as time expired for Chicago to win 122-121 at the buzzer despite his team being outscored 39-24 in the 4Q.

Jordi Fernandez has limited Egor Demin's second half minutes following the Nets rookie's move to the starting lineup.