The Brooklyn Nets will meet the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night from Wells Fargo Center in Philly.
The Nets are coming off a huge win over the Minnesota Timberwolves last night by the score of 127-97 and will look to continue their dominance in the NBA. They’ve won 11 of their last 15 with one of the best rosters in the league. As for the 76ers, they are also coming off a 113-95 win over Dallas on Monday and will look to continue their hot streak, winning five of their last seven games.
This should be a fantastic matchup between these two teams, who are both hot, here is everything you need to know to stream the NBA action tonight.
Brooklyn Nets vs. Philadelphia 76ers
Prediction: Brooklyn is coming off a back to back but to give them 8.5 points is worth a look. They have been cruising through teams at a fast pace and don’t see them stopping tonight. Give me the Nets.
Bet: Brooklyn Nets +8.5
NBA odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds last updated Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. ET.
Brooklyn Nets vs. Philadelphia 76ers (-8.5)
If the Philadelphia 76ers don't win the NBA championship this season, there's a good chance they'll wind up looking back at a seemingly innocuous January trip to Brooklyn as the reason why. In only their ninth game of the season, the Sixers had a golden opportunity to gain ground on their Atlantic Division rivals, the souped-up Nets, under the absolute perfect circumstances. They knew Kevin Durant would miss the game, but another stroke of fortune came hours before tip when it was announced that Kyrie Irving would miss the first of seven consecutive games for personal reasons. James Harden hadn't been acquired yet. All the Sixers had to do was knock off Caris LeVert and Joe Harris and they'd start the season with a sizable lead in the conference and one of the two wins they'd need to secure the regular-season tiebreaker over Brooklyn.
They couldn't pull it off. The Nets protected their home court in a 122-109 victory that set the stage for Wednesday's clash of the titans. Had Philadelphia just managed to beat Brooklyn's backups, it would hold a two-game advantage in the loss column over the Nets right now with the tiebreaker clinched. That wouldn't guarantee home-court advantage throughout the playoffs, but it would tilt the odds significantly in their favor.
But now? They'll take on a Nets roster that will at least include Irving, even if Harden and Durant remain out. They'll do so for the highest stakes the regular season can offer: conference supremacy. With less than 20 games left on the schedule, the Nets and 76ers are tied atop the Eastern Conference standings at 37-17. They've split their first two head-to-head matchups. That means that the winner will not only gain a game in the standings, but the tiebreaker as well, which functions as another win. Put more simply, the winner of this game is probably going to be the No. 1 seed in the East, and in this specific season, that matters a great deal.