Suns vs. Nets Game Betting Lines with Durant making his first trip back to Brooklyn

The biggest storyline in the NBA on Wednesday is from the Suns-Nets game as superstar Kevin Durant returns to Brooklyn for the first time since last season’s trade to Phoenix. The Suns are short favorites on the NBA odds as they continue a long road trip. 2024 NBA Expert Analysis Phoenix vs Brooklyn | MyBookie Sportsbook NBA Week 15

How to Bet Suns at Nets NBA Odds & TV Info

When: Wednesday, 8:30 PM ET
Where: Barclays Center
TV: ABC
Stream: ESPN+
Radio: Tunein.com
NBA Odds: Suns -3.5 (total 234)

Why Bet on Phoenix Suns?

The Suns snapped a two-game skid with a 118-105 win in Miami on Monday to improve to are 8-2 in their last 10 games and sweep the Heat for just the second time in the last 17 seasons. The other was 2020-21, when Phoenix made the NBA Finals.

On Monday, their first turnover came with 6:34 left in the second quarter and they ended the night with just eight. The Suns generated 30 assists Monday after just 19 on Sunday.

Grayson Allen injured his right ankle in the second quarter and did not return. He’s questionable for Wednesday. Allen played 13 minutes and had three points, two rebounds and an assist before going down. Eric Gordon started in Allen’s place in the second half Monday.

Phoenix’s streak of having a 40-point scorer in six straight games ended Monday. It was the longest such streak in franchise history and the first time any team in the NBA has done so since the 2002-03 Lakers (all Kobe Bryant).

Even with the recent strong play, the fourth quarter remains a problem. Turnovers are a big thing. Phoenix has the highest turnover rate (16.5%) during the fourth quarter and allows 5.4 points off turnovers, highest in the league by 0.8 points. The Suns also are tied for last in effective field goal percentage (49.7%) that adjusts for threes being worth more than twos. The Suns are shooting 43.5% overall and 31.2% from three in fourth quarters, all while turning it over 3.9 times.

Why Bet on Brooklyn Nets?

The Nets got former No. 1 overall pick Ben Simmons back from a long injury absence on Monday and trashed Utah 147-114. The Nets’ season-high 147 points were their most points scored in a regulation home game in the franchise’s NBA history.

“Extremely impressive,” said coach Jacque Vaughn. “Other people played so well tonight because of the impact of Ben Simmons. It’s that simple. The looks that we got tonight, the amount of 3s that we got tonight, the fast-break points that we got tonight, the uncontested looks that we got tonight, the pace that we played with … we did it on both ends of the floor. And Ben deserves an extreme amount of credit for the way he played tonight.”

The No. 1 overall pick in the 2016 NBA draft, Simmons hadn’t gone through a full practice with the Nets before his return Monday.

He’s also putting up a career-best 21.9 points per game throughout the entire 2023-24 campaign. Bridges is tied for second in the NBA in “clutch” points (98) with Damian Lillard, trailing only Stephen Curry (139). Bridges ranks eighth in the league in total minutes played (1,612). He led this category in each of the last two seasons.

Cam Thomas added 25 points and seven rebounds Monday. Thomas is averaging 25.7 points per game while shooting 55.2 percent from the field over the past six.

Entering this season, either Brooklyn or Phoenix has swept the season series in nine of the last 11 seasons (The 2019-20 and 2017-18 series are the only ones that have been split since the 2012-13 season).

Expert Prediction

Suns 117, Nets 114

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