Brooklyn @ Atlanta preview

Last Meeting ( Dec 4, 2017 ) Brooklyn 110, Atlanta 90

After snapping a long road losing streak, the Atlanta Hawks set their sights on an extended run at home, beginning with a matchup against the Brooklyn Nets on Friday. A 110-97 victory at Denver in the finale of a five-game road trip ended the Hawks' 10-game slide away from home and they will now play six straight and nine of 10 at Philips Arena.

"It feels good to win a game -- period," guard Malcolm Delaney told reporters. "We've been battling. It's been tough for us, losing a lot of close games. Just to pull one out and finish how we did feels pretty good." Dennis Schroder recorded his 20th career double-double with 19 points and 10 assists while Delaney provided a boost off the bench with 10 points and a season high-tying six assists for Atlanta. The Nets completed a 2-3 homestand with a 114-80 loss to Detroit on Wednesday, which came after five straight games in which the final margin was three points or fewer. Brooklyn took two of the first three meetings with the Hawks and can win the season series for the first time since 2013-14.

TV: 7:30 p.m. ET, YES (Brooklyn), FS Southeast (Atlanta)

ABOUT THE NETS (15-26): Spencer Dinwiddie carried Brooklyn through the bulk of the homestand with three straight 20-point performances - including a career-high 31 against Toronto on Monday - but bottomed out in Wednesday's loss. The 24-year-old point guard scored two points on 1-of-5 shooting in 26 minutes, part of a 36.5 percent showing for the Nets. "Just kind of gotta flush (the loss), really," Dinwiddie told the team's website. "I don't think collectively we'll miss as many shots as we did, and then obviously that's the game right there. It's a make or miss league. We miss shots and then we also did kind of let it affect our defense a little bit as the game wore on, which obviously we can't do."

ABOUT THE HAWKS (11-30): Delaney was a big part of a bench that shot 18-for-31 and outscored Denver's reserves 46-31, with Marco Belinelli also scoring 10 points and three others finishing with at least eight. "Our bench needs to play a little bit better," Delaney told reporters. "I take the pride in that, being the leader coming off the bench and trying to do that, pick up the pace. If the first team is up, try to build the lead. If we're down, try to get the lead down or take the lead when we get in. Just something I'm taking pride in." Schroder is averaging 20 points but shooting under 40 percent in three meetings with the Nets.

BUZZER BEATERS

1. Brooklyn SG Allen Crabbe reached the 20-point mark in consecutive games for the first time in his five-year career.

2. Hawks F Taurean Prince is averaging 18 points over his last two contests while making 8-of-17 3-pointers.

3. Nets C Jahlil Okafor is averaging 3.5 points while shooting 7-for-21 from the floor in four games since returning from a nine-game layoff.

PREDICTION: Hawks 105, Nets 101