Memphis @ Brooklyn preview

Last Meeting ( Nov 26, 2017 ) Brooklyn 98, Memphis 88

Both the Memphis Grizzlies and Brooklyn Nets have a chance for a rare winning streak when the teams meet Monday in New York City. The Grizzlies snapped their 19-game losing streak by knocking off Denver 101-94 on Saturday to cap a three-game homestand.

The victory pulled Memphis out of last place in the Western Conference and lifted a load off the players, who hadn't tasted a win in nearly two months. "It was great. We're all excited," forward Dillon Brooks - who scored a game-high 24 points - told reporters. "I was confident in the shot, and they were falling. They were all in the same spot, so I just shot it the same way." The Nets, who haven't won consecutive games since Jan. 19-21, got past Dallas 114-106 at home Saturday night. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson scored 23 points - his highest output since Dec. 14 - to lead the way as Brooklyn improved to 4-10 at home against Western Conference opponents.

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

ABOUT THE GRIZZLIES (19-50): Memphis nearly snapped its slide at 18 games when Tyreke Evans returned from a rib injury to score 25 points in Thursday's 111-110 loss to Chicago, and Evans produced 20 more to go along with seven assists against Denver. Wayne Selden scored 16 points in 22 minutes off the bench and Marc Gasol contributed 14 points as the Grizzlies avoided becoming the first team in four years to lose 20 straight inside of a season. "Proud of the guys and how they battled," Gasol told reporters. "To me, it confirms the way you need to play to win and how hard it is to win in this league and how easy it is to lose. If you don't do your work or you just shortcut, try to split one side of the floor, you're going to lose."

ABOUT THE NETS (22-48): Hollis-Jefferson is averaging 22 points on 55.2 percent shooting since returning to the starting lineup two games ago, the first of which was a stinging setback to Philadelphia in which Brooklyn lost a lead in the final minute. "Man, we thought about everything — last night, not going in the locker room and talking about what we could've done and just coming out and competing," Hollis-Jefferson told reporters of the team's mindset after the loss to the 76ers. "Our leaders, including myself, we were like, 'Listen, we've got to start right now. Let's get it. Let's lock in and compete.' That’s what we did." DeMarre Carroll has been able to move back to small forward with Hollis-Jefferson in the lineup and is averaging 18.5 points and 11.5 rebounds in those two games.

BUZZER BEATERS

1. Hollis-Jefferson scored 24 points in a 98-88 win at Memphis earlier this season.

2. Brooks is averaging 20 points over his last seven games to lift his season mark to 10.1.

3. Nets SG Allen Crabbe (illness) missed the last two contests and is day-to-day.

PREDICTION: Nets 108, Grizzlies 100