On Wednesday night, the Brooklyn Nets lost to the LA Clippers (in California) by a score of 126-67. Ben Simmons wasn't active for the game, but he was seen sit

Late scratch Sunday

The Brooklyn Nets front office has mounting expectations from their players and Ben Simmons is not backing off from any of them.

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.

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Despite getting Johnson back for a game against one of the best teams in the NBA, the Nets lost at the Thunder 127-101 after a first quarter in which Brooklyn fell behind 39-19. Johnson had 15 points and two assists while Tyrese Martin had 15 points and six rebounds in a contest lost the final 36 minutes by a narrow 88-82 margin,

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 Tuesday night, the Brooklyn Nets played the Portland Trail Blazers in Oregon. The Nets won by a score of 132-114 to improve to 14-26 in their first 40 games. Ben Simmons finished the win with five points,

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Both teams have players who are managing injuries, as the Clippers just recently welcomed Kawhi Leonard back to the lineup, while the Nets have been managing Ben Simmons all season. Having released their injury report for Wednesday night’s game,

Ben Simmons' playing status is uncertain entering Wednesday's matchup between the Nets and Pistons at Barclays Center.

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