NBA 2016-2017 Season: Indiana Pacers vs Brooklyn Nets, Live Stream, Preview & Prediction

By Raymund Tamayo / Feb 03, 2017 03:16 AM EST
(Photo : Getty Images) The Pacers visit the Nets at the Barclays Center on Friday.

The Indiana Pacers (26-22) will visit the Brooklyn Nets (9-40) on Feb. 3, Friday at the Barclays Center in a 2016-2017 NBA regular season match.

Start Time and Streaming Info

The game starts at 7:30 p.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru the NBA League Pass.

Preview

Indiana is on a roll at the moment with four straight wins following a three-game losing slide. The team has remained in the sixth spot in the Eastern Conference standings, though, two games behind fifth-place team Atlanta Hawks and two games ahead of seventh-running squad Chicago Bulls.

The Pacers routed the Orlando Magic, 98-88, in their most recent game on Wednesday night on the road at the Amway Center, as per SB Nation.

In a game when Paul George had an off-night, four Pacers starters scored in double figures led by CJ Miles with 16 points and four rebounds followed by Jeff Teague who had 13 points and nine assists.

Starting power forward Thaddeus Young added 12 points, five rebounds, and three steals while Myles Turner had 11 points, three boards, and three assists.

Two players from the bench also scored in double digits, namely Glenn Robinson III with 14 points and seven rebounds and veteran big man Al Jefferson with 10 points, seven boards, and three assists.

George finished with only eight points on 3-for-14 shooting, including a 1-for-6 stint from the three-point area.

Meanwhile, the Nets have lost their seventh straight game after a 95-90 defeat at the hands of the New York Knicks also last Wednesday at the Barclays Center, the New York Post reported.

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson led head coach Kenny Atkinson's squad with 16 points, eight rebounds, and three assists while Bojan Bogdanovic backed him up with 15 points and seven boards in a losing effort.

Brook Lopez had 10 points and six rebounds as the only other starter in double figures for the Nets.

Trevor Booker and rookie Caris LeVert came off the bench and scored 12 and 10 points respectively. Booker also had eight boards and three assists while LeVert chipped in four rebounds, two assists, and two steals as well.

Prediction 

The Pacers are 8-16 on the road this season while the Nets are 7-18 at home. Indiana is predicted to win against Brooklyn in this match.