Brooklyn Nets vs Portland Trail Blazers : TV channel, Start time, Injury report, starting lineups & game prediction (January 17)

Brooklyn Nets and Portland Trail Blazers face off at Moda Center, Portland, OR on Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 10:00 PM ET .

Who’s Playing

Brooklyn Nets @ Portland Trail Blazers

How To Watch ?

  • Date & time : Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 10:00 PM ET
  • Arena : Moda Center, Portland, OR
  • TV & radio channel : ROOT SPORTS/ROOT SPORTS Plus, YES, SiriusXM, Rip City Radio 620
  • Live Stream: FuboTV

Brooklyn Nets – Portland Trail Blazers injury report :

Brooklyn Nets injury report :

Ben Simmons: Out (Lower Back)
Day’Ron Sharpe: Out (Knee)

Portland Trail Blazers injury report :

Deandre Ayton: Questionable (Knee)
Robert Williams: Out (Knee)
Moses Brown: Out (Wrist)
Shaedon Sharpe: Questionable (Groin)
Ibou Badji: Questionable (Hip)

Brooklyn Nets – Portland Trail Blazers starting lineups :

The following were the starters for both teams in their previous games:

Brooklyn Nets starting lineup :

S. Dinwiddie, PG #26 M. Bridges, SG #1 C. Johnson, SF #2 D. Finney-Smith, PF #28 N. Claxton, C #33

Portland Trail Blazers starting lineup :

S. Henderson, PG #0 A. Simons, SG #1 T. Camara, SF #33 J. Walker, PF #34 D. Reath, C #26

Game prediction : Brooklyn Nets – Portland Trail Blazers

Spread : -4.5 (-114) (BKN)
Over/Under (Totals) : 224

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