In the crosstown rivalry game, New York nearly let up a fourth-quarter comeback, scoring just 15 points in the final 12 minutes. However, Brooklyn's 20 fourth-quarter points weren't enough. The Nets had relatively even scoring across the board,

After the Los Angeles Lakers traded Russell, Maxwell Lewis and three second-round picks to the Nets last month in exchange for Dorian Finney-Smith and Shake Milton, he dropped 22 points off the bench in his season debut with Brooklyn in a 130-113 loss to the Toronto Raptors on Jan. 1.

Amid a five-game losing streak, the Brooklyn Nets owned an opportunity to end the skid on the same evening they honored one of the greatest players in franchise

Russell has struggled to stay on the floor since joining the Nets in a Dec. 29 trade from the Los Angeles Lakers. He's missed six of the team's last 13 matchups while battling shin and hamstring ailments. The veteran point guard has shouldered a much heavier on-ball burden than with the Lakers during the first half of this season.

Russell finished Saturday's 106-97 loss to Miami with 22 points (6-13 FG, 4-8 3Pt, 6-6 FT), one rebound, six assists, two blocks and two steals over 26 minutes.

The Brooklyn Nets announced Monday that Cam Johnson, D'Angelo Russell, more are questionable for Tuesday's game at the Portland Trail Blazers.

On a night when the Brooklyn Nets raised Vince Carter's iconic No. 15 to the rafters, the Miami Heat came into Barclays Center and walked away with a win. While

The Brooklyn Nets (14-32) had something to look forward to as a franchise and fanbase with the retirement of Vince Carter's jersey into the Barclays Center rafters at halftime of Saturday's game against the Miami Heat (22-22).

Tyler Herro scored 25 points, Bam Adebayo had 17 points and 15 rebounds, and the Miami Heat beat the Brooklyn Nets 106-97 on Saturday night.

Russell (hamstring) is questionable for Saturday's game against the Heat, Erik Slater of ClutchPoints.com reports. Russell missed the 108-84 loss to the Suns on Wednesday, and the questionable tag suggests there might be a chance of the floor general missing yet another game.

Do the Lakers and Warriors owe it to LeBron James and Stephen Curry to trade away a distant first-round pick to give them a better shot at winning a fifth championship?