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Nets full injury report for Monday’s matchup at Raptors

Here is the full injury report for the Brooklyn Nets heading in their matchup on Monday at the Toronto Raptors.

The Brooklyn Nets (26-45, 11th in the Eastern Conference) have just 11 games left to win as many games as they can if they want to pass the Atlanta Hawks for the 10th and final seed in the play-in tournament. As Brooklyn moves forward, they have some key injuries to their normal rotation.

In the Nets’ injury report released prior to Monday’s game at the Toronto Raptors, there were a few new additions to the report after a tough loss at the New York Knicks on Saturday. Forward Cam Johnson is out for the matchup due to a left big toe sprain, an injury that he picked up during Saturday’s loss at New York.

After the game, Johnson told Brian Lewis of the New York Post that he would be “good to go” for Monday’s game at the Raptors, so it’s possible that the injury became worse since that conversation. Forward Dorian Finney-Smith should see himself inserted into the starting lineup in Johnson’s place.

Guard Dennis Smith Jr. is also out for the game due to right hip synovitis, something that could be more of a wear-and-tear injury as opposed to something that he picked up during Saturday’s game at the Knicks.

Synovitis, described as Transient Synovitis by the National Library of Medicine, is “an acute, non-specific, inflammatory process affecting the joint synovium. TS is a common cause of hip pain in the pediatric patient population” so it seems like something that Smith may need to let rest.

Lastly, forward Keita Bates-Diop, acquired in the trade deadline deal that sent Royce O’Neale to the Phoenix Suns, is out due to a right shin stress reaction. This is no indication of how severe the stress reaction is so that will be something to monitor as time goes on.

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Nets’ Cam Johnson (right ankle sprain) available Wednesday at Magic

The Brooklyn Nets announced Wednesday morning that forward Cam Johnson is available for the matchup at the Orlando Magic.

The Brooklyn Nets still have a chance of sneaking their way into the Eastern Conference play-in tournament, but they have to start winning some of their tougher games. With the Orlando Magic waiting for Brooklyn on Wednesday, the Nets have a tough test ahead of them, but they get back one of their better players for the matchup.

The Nets announced Wednesday morning that forward Cam Johnson, who has missed the past three games because of a right ankle sprain, is available for Wednesday’s game at the Magic. When Brooklyn released its initial injury report on Tuesday, Johnson was listed as probable so he was likely to come back for the pivotal game at Orlando.

Brooklyn has won just one of the three games that Johnson missed with his ankle issue and the lone victory was a 120-101 win at the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday. Granted, the Nets did not have Lonnie Walker IV for Saturday’s 110-99 loss at the Charlotte Hornets and were without super-scoring guard Cam Thomas for a 118-112 loss at the Detroit Pistons on Mar. 7.

Johnson, 28, is averaging 13.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game while shooting 45.3% from the field and 39.6% from three-point land. In the three games prior to Johnson’s injury, he was averaging 23.3 points per game and 50.0% from behind the three-point line.

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Titans invite WR Cam Johnson to Local Pro Day

The Titans have invited Northwestern WR Cam Johnson to their Local Pro Day.

The Tennessee Titans hold their Local Pro Day every year to give prospects from around the area an opportunity to showcase their stuff ahead of the draft.

In 2023, the Titans drafted one of the prospects who went to their Local Pro Day when they selected UT Martin wide receiver Colton Dowell in the seventh round.

Looking ahead to 2024, the Titans now have at least one player on their invite list, as Justin Melo of The Draft Network reports Tennessee will host Northwestern wideout Cam Johnson at this year’s event.

A Nashville native, Johnson went to Brentwood Academy before spending four years at Vanderbilt, where he was named an All-SEC wide receiver once.

He then transferred to Arizona State before winding up at Northwestern in 2023, where he tallied 58 receptions for 746 yards and seven touchdowns.

Along with the Titans, the 6-foot, 202-pound wideout is set to work out at the Chicago Bears’ local pro day.

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Nets full injury report for Saturday matchup at Hornets

Here is the full injury report for the Brooklyn Nets heading into their matchup at the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday.

The Brooklyn Nets started their six-game road trip on the wrong foot as they dropped a winnable game at the Detroit Pistons on Thursday. As Brooklyn continues with the rest of its road trip, they will be trying to get back on the winning path knowing that they will likely get some important players back.

In the Nets’ initial injury report released on Friday, Brooklyn saw that they will be getting healthier at an important point of their season. The Nets announced that backup center Day’Ron Sharpe (right wrist contusion) and guard Cam Thomas (right ankle/midfoot sprain) are probable for Saturday’s matchup at the Charlotte Hornets.

What was clear in Thursday’s loss at the Pistons was that Brooklyn was missing Thomas’ ability to score and Sharpe’s ability to rebound and protect the rim off the bench. Thomas is likely to return after missing the past six games and Sharpe should come back to the lineup after being out for the past two games.

Assuming that Thomas and Sharpe are able to go, the Nets will be happy to have both of them back given how impactful both players are within Brooklyn’s rotation. Sharpshooting forward Cam Johnson remains out with his right ankle sprain, but there is a possibility that he returns to the lineup during this road trip.

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Nets’ full injury report for Thursday’s matchup at the Pistons

Here is the full injury report for the Brooklyn Nets heading into their matchup on Thursday at the Detroit Pistons.

The Brooklyn Nets are in an important stretch of their season as they are trying to stack up enough wins to get back into the Eastern Conference playoff picture. Heading into an important matchup against the Detroit Pistons on Thursday, Brooklyn will be without yet another key rotation player.

In the Nets’ initial injury report ahead of Thursday’s game at the Pistons, it was shown that Brooklyn’s injury report is just getting longer by the day. Not only will guards Ben Simmons (left lower back nerve impingement), and Cam Thomas (right ankle/midfoot sprain) be out for the game, but so will forward Cam Johnson due to a right ankle sprain.

Johnson suffered his sprain in Tuesday’s 112-107 win over the Philadelphia 76ers after coming down on Kyle Lowry’s foot following a made three-pointer. Nets interim head coach Kevin Ollie said after the game that the team would look at Johnson and provide more information when it’s available.

In what is some good news, backup center Day’Ron Sharpe (right wrist contusion) is questionable after missing Tuesday’s win over the 76ers with the wrist issue. Thomas and Simmons will miss their sixth straight games with their respective injuries.

With all of these injuries, it seems that Dennis Schroder will be the point guard and Lonnie Walker IV could be starting in place of Johnson.

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Nets’ Kevin Ollie gives update on Cam Johnson’s injury

After Tuesday’s 112-107 win over the Philadelphia 76ers, Brooklyn Nets interim head coach Kevin Ollie gave an injury update on Cam Johnson.

NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets came into Tuesday’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers facing a significant amount of injuries to a host of players within the usual rotation. While Tuesday resulted in a hard-earned win over Philadelphia, the victory for Brooklyn also came at a great cost of yet another important player in the rotation.

“Yeah, it’s just a right ankle sprain and we’re gonna evaluate him tomorrow,” Nets interim head coach Kevin Ollie said of forward Cam Johnson after Tuesday’s 112-107 win over the 76ers. Johnson made a three-pointer with 8:20 left in the first quarter, but came down on the foot of Kyle Lowry after making the shot.

Johnson, who was grabbing at his right ankle, was in considerable pain following the play, but he did not come out of the game following the return to play after a review of the play to see if it warranted a flagrant foul on Lowry. After exiting the game with 6:55 left in the period, Johnson went to the locker room to get his ankle looked at by Brooklyn’s medical staff.

Johnson came back into the contest with 3:16 left in the first quarter and was seemingly okay, but looked like he wasn’t able to plant on that right foot. He exited the game with 1:09 left in the first period and did not return as he was ruled out for the rest of the game once the second half began.

When asked for an update on Johnson, Ollie said “I imagine they’ll evaluate him tonight, but we’ll have more information tomorrow.” When Johnson was ruled out, the team said that it was because of a right ankle sprain, but time will tell how severe the injury is.

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RJ Davis nearing program record for made 3-pointers

RJ Davis is a scoring machine and a National Player of the Year candidate. Just how far can he take UNC in the NCAA Tournament?

Senior Night was everything the UNC men’s basketball team could’ve asked for.

North Carolina obliterated Notre Dame, 84-51, to clinch at least a share of the regular-season ACC title. Every senior – RJ Davis, Armando Bacot, Cormac Ryan, Paxson Wojcik, Creighton Lebo, Rob Landry and Duwe Farris – got to play. Defense reverted to its January form, holding an opponent to 51 points or less for the second time in four games.

Bacot, Ryan and Wojcik definitely played their final games, while there’s speculation if Davis played his.

If it was Davis’ final home game in a UNC uniform, he gave Tar Heel Nation something to remember him by.

Not only did Davis lead all scorers with 22 points, but his four made 3-pointers gave him 96 all-time. This number tied him with Cameron Johnson, who played at North Carolina from 2017-2019.

Unless Davis endures the worst shooting slump of his collegiate career, there’s a strong chance he ends up with UNC’s single-season record. To be in the same company with Johnson, Manek and Justin Jackson – all of whom are fan favorites – is pretty special.

Davis and his Tar Heel teammates now turn their minds to Saturday, when they’ll have a chance to clinch the ACC Tournament’s top seed against archrival Duke. If North Carolina emerges victorious, it’d be the first sweep of Duke since the 2019-2020 campaign.

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Nets’ Cam Johnson reacts to disappointing loss to Grizzlies

After Monday’s 106-102 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, Brooklyn Nets forward Cam Johnson gave his reaction to the Nets’ lackluster outing.

NEW YORK — Coming into Monday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies, the Brooklyn Nets were riding high on a back of pulling themselves to within two games of the 10th-seeded Atlanta Hawks. However, it seems that Brooklyn did not do what it was supposed to to get ready for a hungry Memphis unit.

“We got good looks, we just didn’t convert,” Nets forward Cam Johnson said after Monday’s 106-102 loss to a Grizzlies team missing a host of their better players, including Jaren Jackson Jr. who was ruled out prior to tipoff. Johnson put up 18 points and five rebounds, but the main issue for Brooklyn was that they weren’t able to keep Memphis off the glass.

“Obviously, we got to the line and didn’t make those either,” Johnson said. The Nets lost the rebounding battle to the Grizzlies 50-33, including 15 offensive rebounds that led to 25 second-chance points for Memphis. More to the point, Brooklyn shot just 17-of-30 (56.7%) from the free-throw line, which marks their second-worst performance from the charity stripe this season.

The Grizzlies came into this game with the mindset of being physical from the beginning and making the Nets work for everything that they got. “I felt like you know our intentions were in the right place and we were getting good shots,” Johnson said. “They were crashing the glass hard and that’s kind of where they they beat us up that and uh you know the self-inflicted wounds that we had was enough for us to come out with the loss today.”

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Nets’ Cam Johnson reacts to season-high scoring night in win over Hawks

Brooklyn Nets forward Cam Johnson reacted to scoring a season-high 29 points in Thursday’s 124-97 win over the Atlanta Hawks.

NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets forward Cam Johnson had to make a big adjustment coming out of the All-Star break as he had to transition from being a starter to coming off the bench. While he was visibly displeased with the change in role, Johnson showed on Thursday why he should be playing starter’s minutes either way.

“Felt good, just the way we played felt right, you know what I mean?” Johnson said after putting up a season-high 29 points in Thursday’s 124-97 dismantling of the Atlanta Hawks. While Johnson has been trying to figure out how his routine has to change amidst all of the injuries, he chose to focus on how the Nets played as a team. “Everybody’s intention and focus, attention to detail, attention to the scout(ing report) felt like it was in the right place,” Johnson continued.

For awhile, it seemed like Brooklyn could only get wins against the worst teams in the NBA like the rebuilding San Antonio Spurs team or the severely-injured Memphis Grizzlies. However, Thursday showed what the Nets can look like when they are firing on all cylinders and playing hard, similar to how they played to begin this season.

One thing that Johnson has pointed out since his change in role after interim head coach Kevin Ollie took over has been rhythm. It looks like he found his rhythm at the perfect point of Brooklyn’s season to make a playoff push:

“I tell you guys all the time: all you’re looking for is rhythm and feel of the game. It slows it down for you anytime you’re in your comfortable spaces, your comfortable roles, it slows the game down for you. You’re able to process quicker, more efficiently and sometimes, good results follow that.”

The Nets and Hawks play again on Saturday for the fourth and final time this season as both squads are looking to win that crucial game.

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LSU gets revenge against Stony Brook to close weekend series on Sunday

With the win, LSU moves to 7-1 this season and will be off until facing Rice on Wednesday.

There was no shortage of runs from either side in this one. The most important thing, though, is that the Tigers came out on top with an 18-10 win over Stony Brook on Sunday. LSU dropped their first game of the season to the Seawolves on Friday as the Tigers could not manage many hits.

The offense woke up in this one as the Tigers scored 10 runs in the first two innings. In the bottom of the first, [autotag]Tommy White[/autotag] had an RBI single, [autotag]Michael Braswell III[/autotag] had a three RBI triple, and [autotag]Ethan Frey[/autotag] had an RBI single to put the Tigers up 5-0.

In the bottom of the second inning, [autotag]Jared Jones[/autotag] had an RBI single, Frey had another RBI single, [autotag]Alex Milazzo[/autotag] had an RBI single, and White had a two-RBI single to give LSU a 10-0 lead.

Stony Brook finally got on the board with a two-run homer in the top of the third inning to cut the lead to 10-2. LSU got those runs back in the bottom of the inning when Jones hit a two-run homer to extend the lead to 12-2.

The Tigers tacked on another run in the bottom of the fourth inning when White hit a sacrifice fly to extend the lead to 13-2. In the top of the fifth inning, the Seawolves started making a comeback. Stony Brook scored six runs in the top of the inning to cut the lead to 13-8 as the Seawolves got in striking distance of LSU. Two of the runs were charged to [autotag]Javen Coleman[/autotag] and the other four runs were charged to [autotag]Micah Bucknam[/autotag].

In the bottom of the sixth inning, LSU got four of those runs back after [autotag]Hayden Travinski[/autotag] hit a three-RBI double and [autotag]Stephen Milam[/autotag] hit a sacrifice fly to extend the lead to 17-8.

The Seawolves scored two more runs in the top of the seventh inning against [autotag]Cam Johnson[/autotag] to cut the lead to 17-10. The Tigers got one of those runs back in the bottom of the eighth when Milam hit an RBI single up the middle to extend the lead to 18-10.

With the win, LSU moves to 7-1 this season and will be off until facing Rice on Wednesday.

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