Trail Blazers at Nets
The Portland Trail Blazers look to extend their winning streak to seven games as they visit the Brooklyn Nets on Monday. Portland needed overtime to dispose of the Toronto Raptors on Sunday, prevailing despite blowing an 18-point fourth quarter lead. The Blazers' current six-game roll is their longest since winning six in a row in February, 2011.
Brooklyn is 1-4 in its last five games after a 2-2 start, falling 110-103 to the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday. The Nets were without an all-star list of injured players against Los Angeles, including Kevin Garnett (ankle) and Paul Pierce (groin). Andray Blatche took advantage of the opportunity to shine with Brooklyn's depleted lineup, scoring 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting and grabbing eight rebounds.
TV: 7:30 p.m. ET, CSN Northwest (Portland), YES (Brooklyn)
ABOUT THE TRAIL BLAZERS (8-2): Aldridge has five straight double-doubles for Portland and is among the league's scoring leaders with a 22.2 average. Against the Raptors, he totaled 25 points, 11 rebounds, four assists and two steals. The Blazers are 8-0 this season when Aldridge grabs seven or more boards.
ABOUT THE NETS (3-6): Blatche told the New York Post the opportunity for increased minutes against the Clippers should help him moving forward. "It definitely gave me the confidence again," he said. Rookie Mason Plumlee notched 19 points and six rebounds filling in for some of Brooklyn's injured stars against Los Angeles.
BUZZER BEATERS
1. Joining Garnett and Pierce among Brooklyn's injured are F Brook Lopez (ankle), Deron Williams (ankle) and F Andrei Kirilenko (back). All are listed as day-to-day.
2. The Blazers have 100 3-pointers through 10 games this season - their highest total in a 10-game span to start a season in franchise history.
3. Portland's 15 3-pointers against Toronto fell one short of the franchise record.