Brooklyn @ Golden State preview

Last Meeting ( Nov 19, 2017 ) Golden State 118, Brooklyn 111

The Golden State Warriors have not lost since returning from the All-Star break and will try to run the winning streak to six straight and reach 50 wins when they host the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday. The Warriors got the weekend off after finishing off a sweep of a three-game east coast trip with a 114-109 win at Atlanta on Friday.

Golden State is battling the red-hot Houston Rockets for the top spot in the Western Conference and will play 10 of its remaining 19 games, including the next two, at home while making only one more stop at an Eastern Conference opponent -- Indiana on April 5. The Warriors struggled a bit more than anticipated at East-worst Atlanta on Friday but managed to grab the win as Nick Young stepped up with 16 points off the bench to help out an injured Stephen Curry. The Nets dropped the first three of a five-game trip but were competitive in each of the three, falling at Cleveland, Sacramento and the Los Angeles Clippers by an average of 4.7 points. "Yeah, very discouraging," Brooklyn coach Kenny Atkinson told reporters after the 123-120 loss to the Clippers on Sunday. "We couldn't make the plays to put it away. They say the hardest thing in professional sports is to close out a game. That's where we're at right now with our ability to close it out. We're not there yet."

TV: 10:30 p.m. ET, YES (Brooklyn), NBCS Bay Area (Golden State)

ABOUT THE NETS (20-44): Brooklyn guard D'Angelo Russell totaled 40 points on the first two games of the road trip but was limited to six on 1-of-6 shooting in 20 minutes on Sunday. Russell's missing playing time went to reserve guard Caris LeVert, who responded with 27 points on 11-of-19 shooting in 29 minutes. "Caris was great," Atkinson told reporters of going with LeVert over Russell. "That's it. There was no way with the game he was having. There's only so many spots out there. We felt like we had to go with Caris."

ABOUT THE WARRIORS (49-14): Curry, who has a lengthy history of ankle issues, rolled his left ankle after landing on the foot of teammate Zaza Pachulia in the first half on Friday. Curry came back into the game in the second quarter and briefly in the third before taking the rest of the night off but does not seem concerned about the injury. "I came back in the second (quarter), felt pretty good," Curry, who is expected to play Tuesday, told reporters. "It got a little stiff at halftime. I didn't think I would have to sit out coming into the third quarter, but sometimes the power of (team trainer) Chelsea (Lane) and coach (Steve) Kerr wins out, and we just want to be precautionary and safe."

BUZZER BEATERS

1. Warriors SF Kevin Durant shot 61.2 percent from the floor during the three-game road trip.

2. The Nets' starting backcourt of Spencer Dinwiddie, Russell and Allen Crabbe combined to go 3-of-23 from the floor on Sunday.

3. Curry collected 39 points, 11 rebounds, seven assists and three steals in a 118-111 win at Brooklyn on Nov. 19.

PREDICTION: Warriors 125, Nets 110