NBA Live Discussion: Brooklyn Nets at Sacramento Kings, 6 p.m. 9 p.m. ET

The Nets are showing their true colors of late, having dropped four of their last five with the latest coming against the Fire in the Container, which is Philadelphia 76ers. At 6-10, they head out west for a matchup with the Sacramento Kings, for whom Jordi Fernandez was previously an assistant coach, then play Golden State on Monday in the second night of a back-to-back.

It could have been a delay in the tank… or not. Let’s see how it goes against Sacramento.

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November 24 | 6-10 | Game no. 17

Time: 9 p.m. ET

Opponent: Sacramento Kings (8-8)

Tune in: YES Network; WFAN radio

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Damage report

Bojan Bogdanovic (left foot injury recovery), Day’Ron Sharpe (left hamstring strain), Jacky Cui (G-League), Jaylen Martin (G-League) and Dariq Whitehead (G-League) will all be out. Dorian Finney-Smith is doubtful with a left ankle sprain, while Ziaire Williams is likely to have a right foot infection. Cam Thomas admitted he played under the weather in Philly. For the Kings, Malik Monk will be out with ankle issues, as well as Mason Jones with a right hamstring strain and two-way Isiah Crawford, left ankle sprain.

The game: Despite some bad losses to the Hawks and Clippers, the Kings (8-8) are a team that is going to play points against you. With an average of 115 per game, the scoring is distributed among three of the Kings’ stars in De’Aaron Fox, Demar Derozan and Domantas Sabonis. The three all-stars will have some luck in the game against Brooklyn. The Nets aren’t particularly good in the first games of back-to-backs, losing seven of eight.

For Jordi Fernandez it is a great homecoming. He was the associate head coach of the Kings from two years. Additionally, he has known and worked with Mike Brown, the Kings’ head coach, going back to 2009, when Brown hired Fernandez to work with his son, Elijah. Impressed, Brown hired him first as a player development coach in Cleveland, then as an assistant with the Nigerian national team and finally as his No. 2 when he moved to Sacramento. Fernandez also brought two of Brown’s assistants with him from the Kings to the Nets: Dutch Gaitley and Deividas Dulkys. Both have played major roles. (And no, Jordi never lit the beam in Sacramento.)

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