{"id":632978,"date":"2026-03-01T20:21:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T20:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/632978\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T20:21:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T20:21:39","slug":"nets-vs-cavaliers-game-preview-how-to-watch-injuries-lineups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/632978\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets vs. Cavaliers game preview: How to watch, injuries, lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brooklyn Nets<\/a> (15-44) are having a hard time winning games coming out of the All-Star break partly due to how tough their schedule has been coming out of the gate. Brooklyn continues their formidable schedule on Sunday against the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> (37-24) and if you’re wondering where you can watch all the action live, you’ve come to the right place!<\/p>\n

The Nets<\/a> come into this game following a 148-111<\/a> loss at the Boston Celtics on Friday in which Brooklyn battled hard against the Celtics for the first 18 minutes of the game before completely letting go of the rope. Forward Michael Porter Jr. led the way for the Nets with 18 points and two rebounds while rookie forward Danny Wolf had 16 points and two rebounds off the bench.<\/p>\n

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The Cavaliers enter this matchup after a 122-119<\/a> loss at the Detroit Pistons<\/a> on Friday in which Cleveland almost won a game in which they didn’t have Donovan Mitchell or James Harden available due to their respective injuries. Center Jarrett Allen had 25 points and nine rebounds to led the team in scoring while forward Evan Mobley had 23 points and 12 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Here is what you need to know to get ready for this matchup:<\/p>\n

How To Watch<\/p>\n

Location: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY<\/p>\n

Notable Injuries<\/p>\n

Nets:\u00a0OUT: Egor Demin (plantar fascia), Drake Powell (G League), Tyson Etienne (G League), Chaney Johnson (G League), and EJ Liddell (G League). QUESTIONABLE: Nic Claxton (thumb).<\/p>\n

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Cavaliers:\u00a0OUT: Donovan Mitchell (groin), Max Strus (foot), Dean Wade (ankle), and Riley Minix (G League). QUESTIONABLE: Keon Ellis (finger) and James Harden (thumb).<\/p>\n

Probable Starting Lineups<\/p>\n

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Forward: Michael Porter Jr.<\/p>\n

Cleveland Cavaliers<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets vs. Cavaliers game preview: How to watch, injuries, lineups<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brooklyn Nets (15-44) are having a hard time winning games coming out of the All-Star break partly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3772],"tags":[7,75,247,306,18503,305,193,3846,1042,5759,188,864,997,227,28777,576,560,1178,2286,3211,872,562,6,2728,3805,7992,1166,7290,26847],"class_list":["post-632978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-basketball","tag-boston-celtics","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-cavaliers","tag-chaney-johnson","tag-cleveland","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-clevelandcavaliers","tag-danny-wolf","tag-dean-wade","tag-detroit-pistons","tag-donovan-mitchell","tag-drake-powell","tag-egor-demin","tag-ej-liddell","tag-evan-mobley","tag-james-harden","tag-jarrett-allen","tag-jaylon-tyson","tag-keon-ellis","tag-max-strus","tag-michael-porter-jr","tag-nba","tag-nic-claxton","tag-noah-clowney","tag-riley-minix","tag-sam-merrill","tag-terance-mann","tag-tyson-etienne"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116155782677904358","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632978","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=632978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}