If you're an NBA fan, chances are season after every season, there are news that Ben Simmons will sit out of the season due to injuries and other personal matters.

The Nets will be without Cam Johnson and Ben Simmons against the Clippers on the second night of a back-to-back on Wednesday.

On Friday evening, the Brooklyn Nets are playing LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers in California. During the first quarter, Ben Simmons had a big dunk that got a lot of views on social media

The Nets were without Cam Johnson, D’Angelo Russell and Cam Thomas for Sunday’s game at Utah. And Ben Simmons is all but certain to miss one of the next two as well. Jordi Fernandez confirmed Simmons still hasn’t been cleared to play both ends of back-to-backs yet.

Wednesday’s 126-67 massacre at the hands of the Los Angeles Clippers was a humiliating experience for Jordi Fernandez and the entire Nets organization.

The Nets suffered a 126-67 beating at the hands of the Clippers on Wednesday night at Intuit Dome. It was the most lopsided rout in team history.

The Los Angeles Clippers are hosting the Brooklyn ... The Nets have eight players listed: Cam Thomas, Bojan Bogdanovic, Ben Simmons, Cameron Johnson, Maxwell Lewis, De’Anthony Melton, Trendon ...

Point-spread: Nets (+13.5) Over/Under: 214.5 Nets : OUT: Bojan Bogdanovic (foot), Cam Johnson (ankle), Maxwell Lewis (tibia), De'Anthony Melton (knee), Ben Simmons (back), Cam Thomas (hamstring), and Trendon Watford (hamstring). QUESTIONABLE: Nic Claxton (hamstring).

After averaging 5.1 points in 23.5 minutes per game during his first 19 contests of the season, Simmons rattled off three consecutive games in double-figures — notching 10 points, 12 points and 15 points against Cleveland, Toronto and Utah — in mid-late December.

Giddey was left out of Chicago’s closing line-ups earlier in the season, with the 22-year-old’s struggles on the defensive end forcing Donovan’s hand at that stage before he earned his coach’s trust back with improved showings on both sides of the ball.

Russell has appeared in six of the Nets' 11 games after joining the team in a Dec. 29 trade from the Los Angeles Lakers. The 28-year-old has averaged 13.2 points, 3.2 rebounds, 8.0 assists and 1.7 steals per game on 41.7 percent shooting from the field and 36.7 percent from three.

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