The Nets come into this game following a 115-113 loss to the Boston Celtics on Saturday in which Brooklyn managed to come back from a 21-point deficit, but they ran out of time in the end. Cam Johnson led the way with 23 points,

The Atlanta Hawks and the Brooklyn Nets are going to face each other tonight and the Hawks are hoping to bounce back from their 23-point loss to the Los Angeles

The Nets surrendered a 24-5 first-half Celtics run. Jalen Wilson (15 points) had hit a 3 to spot Brooklyn to an early 27-26 lead with 1:33 left in the first quarter. But they coughed up that extended run that stretched midway through the second.

Porzingis, who had missed the last eight games due to an undisclosed virus, played the entire fourth quarter and finished with 24 points on 9-for-16 shooting.

Kristaps Porzingis returned from a viral infection and scored 14 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter as the visiting Boston Celtics continued their recent dominance over the Brooklyn Nets by holding on for a 115-113 victory Saturday night in New York.