Portland Trail Blazers (26-42, 12th in the Western Conference) vs. Brooklyn Nets (36-34, eighth in the Eastern Conference)
New York; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Portland travels to Brooklyn looking to end its six-game road slide.
The Nets are 14-19 in home games. Brooklyn is 16-19 in games decided by 10 or more points.
The Trail Blazers are 9-24 on the road. Portland ranks seventh in the Western Conference with 10.1 offensive rebounds per game led by Jusuf Nurkic averaging 3.0.
The two teams play for the second time this season. The Trail Blazers defeated the Nets 114-108 in their last meeting on Jan. 11. Anfernee Simons led the Trail Blazers with 23 points, and Kevin Durant led the Nets with 28 points.
TOP PERFORMERS: Patty Mills is shooting 41.4% from beyond the arc with 3.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Nets, while averaging 12.4 points. Durant is shooting 51.4% and averaging 28.9 points over the past 10 games for Brooklyn.
Simons is averaging 17.3 points and 3.9 assists for…
