Brooklyn @ Philadelphia preview

Last Meeting ( Mar 16, 2018 ) Brooklyn 116, Philadelphia 120

The Philadelphia 76ers aim to produce their longest winning streak since in 28 years on Tuesday when they put a 10-game run on the line against the visiting Brooklyn Nets. The winning streak matches one from the start of the 2000-01 season and is two shy of the 12-game string that the 1989-90 team put together.

Ben Simmons continued to carry the load with Joel Embiid sidelined in the Sixers' 119-102 win at Charlotte on Sunday, finishing with 20 points and 15 assists as Philadelphia stayed within a half-game of Cleveland in the race for third place in the Eastern Conference. "We're having fun on the court and that's really important for us," guard Marco Belinelli told reporters after producing 22 points on 9-of-10 shooting. "For sure, we miss Joel out there on defense. But we know that everybody needs to step up and be aggressive on offense and defense and just play together." The Nets are beginning a three-game road trip as they play out the remainder of another losing season. They had won a respectable four of seven before falling 108-96 to Detroit on Sunday at home.

TV: 7 p.m. ET, YES (Brooklyn), NBCS Philadelphia

ABOUT THE NETS (25-52): Sunday's loss left Brooklyn 0-6 in games when it had a chance to record a three-game winning streak, and it offered little resistance at home against the Pistons. "[Coach Kenny Atkinson] challenged us to come off the road trip and get as prepared the most we can mentally, physically, before this game. We could've done better," guard D'Angelo Russell told reporters. "We never stopped the bleeding. We didn't make that shot or get that stop that we needed to stop the bleeding or that 50-50 play." Russell was benched in a win at Miami the previous night but returned to collect 13 points and seven assists in the loss.

ABOUT THE 76ERS (46-30): Belinelli is providing a nice boost off the bench with eight straight double-digit scoring efforts, shooting better than 50 percent in seven of those outings. Simmons has at least 10 assists in 10 of his past 11 games and is 22-of-35 from the floor over a three-game stretch. Simmons had 21 points, 12 assists and eight rebounds in a 120-116 win over Brooklyn last month as Philadelphia took a 2-1 season series lead.

BUZZER BEATERS

1. Nets SF DeMarre Carroll is 4-for-20 from the floor over the last two games.

2. Sixers SG JJ Redick has scored at least 19 points in four straight games to raise his season average to 16.6, which would be a career high.

3. The winning team has averaged 124.3 points over the last four matchups.

PREDICTION: 76ers 114, Nets 105