The Brooklyn Nets will be without Ben Simmons (left knee soreness) and T.J. Warren (left shin contusion) for the second straight game Monday night against the visiting Los Angeles Lakers.
With Simmons and Warren joining Kevin Durant at the sidelines, the Nets had to shoot the lights out against their across-the-river rival New York Knicks last Saturday to escape with a 122-115 win.
They banked on a season-high 22 three-pointers and Kyrie Irving’s fourth 20-point fourth-quarter game to offset their lack of size (the Nets were minus-10 in rebounds and minus-34 in points in the paint).