Brooklyn Nets vs Houston Rockets: Match Prediction, Injury Report & Players to watch out for

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Match preview: Brooklyn Nets vs Houston Rockets

The Brooklyn Nets will face the Houston Rockets on 5th April 2022(USA), as the race to the playoffs tightens up with less than 5 games left for every team in the regular season.

Brooklyn Nets need to get results in their favor and this is just the right opportunity for them ahead of the playoffs as they will be up against a Houston team who is tanking to get a better draft pick to build around their sensational young players like Jalen Green. Alperen Sengun and Kevin Porter Jr.

KD and co. will look to get their groove back to qualify for the playoffs through the play-in tournament which is their biggest hurdle as of now.

The current record of both the teams:

The Brooklyn Nets are currently having a record of 40-38 and are the 10th seed in the East
The Houston Rockets are currently having a record of 20-59 and are the 14th seed in the West

Injury Report

Nets:

Ben Simmons – Back
Joe Harris – Ankle
Goran Dragic – Covid

Rockets:

John Wall – Shutdown for the season
Christian Wood – Shutdown for the season
Denis Schroder – Shutdown for the season
Eric Gordon – Shutdown for the season

Players to watch out for in Brooklyn Nets vs Houston Rockets

Kevin Durant – Nets

He is going to have a field day against this young Rockets team who just cannot stop him as KD will look to lead his team to a much-needed win against the struggling Rockets.

Jalen Green – Rockets

After having a very tough start to his NBA career, Jalen has been absolutely unstoppable recently and will look to continue his good run of form against this struggling Nets defense.

Match Prediction & Telecast Details:

The Brooklyn Nets will be the heavy favorites to win this game and they should be able to win this game because they have a very superior team to the Rockets.

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