The Portland Trail Blazers will play host to the Brooklyn Nets at Moda Center on Monday evening.

Monday's matchup will be the sixth in a seven-game road trip for Brooklyn (38-36). The Nets started the trip by dropping three straight games, but have since rebounded with two straight wins. Most recently, Brooklyn picked up a 111-106 win over the Lakers in LA. Former Laker D'Angelo Russell continued his strong play, tallying a 21-point, 13-assist double-double. The Nets also saw 26 points from sharpshooting wing Joe Harris. Harris went 6-of-8 from three-point range, bringing his league-best three-point percentage up to 47.1 percent. With their two recent wins and Detroit's loss on Sunday, the Nets now occupy sixth place in the Eastern Conference.


Portland (45-27), meanwhile, has won six of its last seven games. The strong stretch has lifted the Trail Blazers to fourth in the Western Conference. Since the All-Star break, Portland has emerged as one of the league's most dominant offensive teams. The Blazers are scoring 117.1 points per game since the break. Superstar guard Damian Lillard has been playing some of his best basketball over that stretch, averaging 26.3 points and 8.1 assists post-ASB. Lillard is fresh off a 28-poiont, nine-assist night in Portland's win over Detroit on Saturday.


The Trail Blazers will be without C.J. McCollum once again on Monday. McCollum has missed the team's last three games with a knee sprain. Brooklyn, meanwhile, will be without Allen Crabbe for the fifth straight game as the shooting guard recovers from soreness in his right knee.