Overview
- The Cavaliers (37-24) visit the Nets (15-44) at Barclays Center on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. EST.
- James Harden is listed as questionable with a right thumb fracture, while Donovan Mitchell, Max Strus and Dean Wade remain out; Keon Ellis is questionable.
- Brooklyn enters on a seven-game losing streak that has included multiple blowout defeats and unusually high opponent shooting nights.
- Cleveland has won 11 of the past 12 meetings with Brooklyn, including a 112-84 rout on Feb. 19 and a 131-124 win in October.
- Expected starters: Cavaliers — Dennis Schroder, Sam Merrill, Jaylon Tyson, Evan Mobley, Jarrett Allen; Nets — Nolan Traore, Egor Demin, Noah Clowney, Michael Porter Jr., Nic Claxton (questionable).