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MILWAUKEE, WI \u2013 FEBRUARY 25: Jarrett Allen #31 of the Cleveland Cavaliers drives to the basket during the game against the Milwaukee Bucks on February 25, 2026 at Fiserv Forum Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2026 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen\/NBAE via Getty Images). | NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n
It was close, until it wasn\u2019t. The Brooklyn Nets hung around for about a half, but the Boston Celtics separated themselves from the Nets and cruised to a 37 point<\/a> win. The streak is now at seven losses in a row.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The opponent tonight is climbing the charts in the Eastern Conference. The Cleveland Cavaliers are looking a bit different these days, but they keep on keeping on. The team was up three in the final seconds of regulation against the Detroit Pistons on Friday night, but they fouled up three\u2026 while the Pistons threw up a heave from halfcourt. Detroit made all three free throws and he Cavs wound up losing <\/a>in overtime. THAT\u2019S WHY YOU DON\u2019T FOUL UP THREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<\/p>\n Where to follow the game<\/p>\n YES Network on TV. Gotham Sports on streaming. WFAN on radio. Tip after 3:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n \ud83e\udd15 Injuries<\/p>\n Nic Claxton is questionable with a right thumb sprain. Egor Demin is out. The three two-ways remain with Long Island who plays the Westchester Knicks at 3:00 p.m. ET. (If you like, you can watch the first quarter of that game here<\/a>)<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The following are out:<\/p>\n James Harden is questionable with a right thumb fracture.<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfc0 The game<\/p>\n Cleveland won the first <\/a>two meetings<\/a>. This is the last meeting between the teams this season.<\/p>\n A lot of former Nets in the house today. Dennis Schroeder is starting for former Net Harden and the former Nets coach, Kenny Atkinson, is in the house! Scoop B caught up with Kenny a few weeks back and got to reminiscing<\/p>\n Sometimes you reminisce on bad memories!<\/p>\n The Nets have to avoid the one big run. When you\u2019re at a talent deficit in the ways Brooklyn are, you can\u2019t afford to let a team go on a big run and put you deep in a hole. Being at home should help that out, but it\u2019s the team\u2019s third game in four nights so who knows.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Nolan Traore will look to put another good outing together. He tied a career high with three steals on Friday night and the next two months should help his growth. He\u2019s done a good job of finding his way throughout the year and good games like build confidence that will carry him in to next season.<\/p>\n Without Mitchell and Harden at less than full strength, Michael Porter Jr is the player most likely to hit for 30+ points tonight. He\u2019s started to find his shot in recent games after a slump, and now that we are officially entering the time of year when people start to focus more on the playoff contenders, he\u2019ll be a bit more under the radar than usual. Either way, seeing him start to figure things out again is helpful and will make the last two months of the season entertaining enough.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc40 Player to watch: Jarrett Allen<\/p>\n It\u2019s always fun to watch a player to go on the run of a lifetime. Allen had the best month of his career in February as he averaged around 22 points and 11 rebounds a night on 74 percent shooting from the field. Allen has leveled up in a special way and has the coaches thinking of ways to build on his momentum.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cWe just got to keep him there,\u201c Kenny Atkinson<\/a> said after the game on Friday. \u201dYou know, it\u2019s our job as coaches to keep him in this great, great space. But I loved his energy tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n If Allen can play anything close to this level in April and May, then the Cavs have a chance to do something really special.<\/p>\n Nic Claxton will look to slow JA down on the inside. A matchup against a resurgent Allen should be a great warmup for the back-to-back he\u2019ll have against Bam Adebayo next week in Miami.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udcfa From the Vault<\/p>\n We are officially on the Road to WrestleMania!<\/p>\n More reading: Fear the Sword<\/a>, SB Nation NBA<\/a>,\u00a0New York Post<\/a>,\u00a0New York Daily News<\/a>,\u00a0Clutch Points<\/a>,\u00a0Nets Wire<\/a>,\u00a0Steve\u2019s Newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILWAUKEE, WI \u2013 FEBRUARY 25: Jarrett Allen #31 of the Cleveland Cavaliers drives to the basket during the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3767],"tags":[1179,7,75,670,247,3803,193,39798,5759,24143,188,864,227,568,527,1178,3627,3211,872,295,562,102,121,6,66128,671,2728],"class_list":["post-632847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn-nets","tag-bam-adebayo","tag-basketball","tag-boston-celtics","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-brooklynnets","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-copyright-notice","tag-dean-wade","tag-dennis-schroeder","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-donovan-mitchell","tag-egor-demin","tag-getty-images","tag-harden","tag-jarrett-allen","tag-kenny-atkinson","tag-keon-ellis","tag-max-strus","tag-miami","tag-michael-porter-jr","tag-milwaukee","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-nba","tag-nbae","tag-nets","tag-nic-claxton"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116155469102810752","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}