Brooklyn faces Utah in non-conference showdown

Utah Jazz (6-20, 14th in the Western Conference) vs. Brooklyn Nets (11-16, 10th in the Eastern Conference)

New York; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Cameron Johnson and the Brooklyn Nets host the Utah Jazz in a non-conference matchup.

The Nets are 5-7 on their home court. Brooklyn ranks ninth in the Eastern Conference with 25.6 assists per game led by Ben Simmons averaging 6.6.

The Jazz are 4-10 on the road. Utah is 2-2 in one-possession games.

The Nets’ 15.1 made 3-pointers per game this season are just 0.1 more made shots on average than the 15.0 per game the Jazz give up. The Jazz average 13.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, the same that the Nets give up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Johnson is averaging 19.2 points and 3.1 assists for the Nets.

Lauri Markkanen is scoring 19.0 points per game and averaging 6.6 rebounds for the Jazz.

LAST 10 GAMES: Nets: 4-6, averaging 108.2 points, 38.9 rebounds, 24.1 assists, 8.2 steals and 4.1 blocks per game while shooting 44.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 115.5 points per game.

Jazz: 2-8, averaging 111.9 points, 45.1 rebounds, 24.7 assists, 6.0 steals and 6.0 blocks per game while shooting 47.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 123.1 points.

INJURIES: Nets: Ziaire Williams: day to day (knee), Bojan Bogdanovic: out (foot), Trendon Watford: day to day (hamstring), De’Anthony Melton: out for season (acl), Cam Thomas: out (hamstring).

Jazz: Taylor Hendricks: out for season (fibula).

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