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.

Ben Simmons is expected to return to the Nets' lineup for Tuesday's rivalry matchup with the Knicks at Barclays Center.

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 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.

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.

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 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.

James Harden added 21 points, 11 assists and six rebounds for Los Angeles, which won by 59 points to better a 50-point victory (138-88) over the Oklahoma City Thunder on April 10, 2022. The Clippers' largest lead was 64. The 59-point margin tied the 10th largest in NBA history.

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).

Los Angeles Clippers (21-17 ... in the Eastern Conference with 25.5 assists per game led by Ben Simmons averaging 7.1. The Clippers average 12.5 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.2 fewer ...

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