The Brooklyn Nets chase a four-game winning streak against the Golden State Warriors. Can Brooklyn's offense break through Golden State's stingy defense?
The recently, red-hot Brooklyn Nets (10-23, 13th in the Eastern Conference) will be looking to give its home crowd an early New Year's Eve send-off Monday night when they host the Golden State Warriors (16-16, 8th in the Western Conference) at Barclays Center.
The Nets, playing their last game of 2025, will also be shooting for their first four-game winning streak of their season.
Perhaps oddsmakers are not quite sold on the Nets just yet, a significant home underdog (+4.5, -110) and +150 on the money line against the Warriors.
The over/under total is 221.5 (o, -110, u -110) for the 7:40 p.m. (ET) tipoff in Brooklyn.
But if you take a full dive into what the Nets have done in December you'll find the Nets might not be sold on a full-tank job.
No matter, if most US Sports book oddsmakers haven't picked up on it.
The Nets, 3-1 in their last four home games, are shooting for their first four-game winning streak of the 2025-26 NBA season.
Brooklyn, 7-3 in their last 10 games and 4-2 in their last six home games, is averaging 112.4 points, 43.5 rebounds, 28.9 assists, 8.6 steals and 4.9 blocks while shooting 46.9 percent from the field.
Yet, something to keep an eye on is where the Nets, 4-11 at home this season and who have a tendency to be turnover-happy, if not struggle to find any offensive efficiency, will turn for some playmaking and points against a solid g defensive team in the Warriors, which held five of its previous 10 opponents under 100 points.
Despite their struggles to stop the basketball, especially late in regulation, vs. the Raptors, Golden State, which has allowed fewer than 100 points in five of their previous 10 games, is fourth in defensive rating (112.7) and allowing opponents 113.3 per game - so far this season.
Michael Porter Jr. is averaging 25.8 points, 7.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists for the Nets.
Cam Thomas, who returned Saturday night after missing 20 games with a left hamstring strain, scored 30 points off the bench to spearhead Brooklyn's 123-107 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Haywood Highsmith (knee) is out for the Nets, while the Warriors list Seth Curry (thigh) as out and De'Anthony Melton (knee) day-to-day.
Golden State, despite playing on consecutive nights and coming off a 141-127 OT loss against the Raptors in Toronto, is a (-4.5, -110) road favorite and -180 to get to the cash window.
Despite a 39-point night from star Steph Curry, the Warriors, 5-5 in their last 10 games, could not hold multiple double-digit leads in regulation in large part to 21 turnovers that Toronto turned into 35 points, the Warriors were outscored 19-5 in OT by the Raptors.
Golden State, 6-12 on the road this season, was outscored 28-7 in the final six minutes of the entire game, which included a questionable offensive foul call on Curry.
Draymond Green added 21 points and 7 assists for the Warriors.
Curry is averaging 28.9 points and 4.3 assists, while Green is averaging 21.0 points over his last 10 games.
Golden State, playing its second of three straight road games, has lost four of its last six road games, including its last three dating back to Dec. 14 in Portland.
If you dig back even further, and you should if you consider yourself a serious NBA bettor, the Warriors, who won their first road game of the season, in Los Angeles vs. the Lakers in late-October, lost six straight road games between Oct. 24 and Nov. 11.
Now, they're in a back-to-back situation against a lengthy and athletic squad that not only is playing its final game of the year at home after an off-day, but appears to be coming together at 7-3 in their last 10 games.
Brooklyn, with Claxton and Clowney controlling the paint on the defensive side, is allowing 103.1 points per game during said stretch.
So, unless, you think Curry, who played 41 minutes last night in Toronto, is going to go off tonight, the underdog Nets are worth a look.
Fernie Ruano is a sports analyst and content creator in Miami, Florida. He has contributed to the production of this betting preview.