The struggling Toronto Raptors will have their fair share of problems Wednesday as they'll be down to just eight players in their game against the Brooklyn Nets at 7:00 pm ET.
The Raptors (4-18) will be without forward Amir Johnson, who was ejected in the third quarter while trying to wrestle the basketball from referee David Jones following a Portland Trail Blazers free throw. Before being escorted from the floor, Johnson had to be held back by players prior to him throwing his mouthpiece at Jones.
The league has suspended Johnson without pay for this game.
Toronto already was playing without Andrea Bargnani and Kyle Lowry, who scored 28 points in last month's meeting with Brooklyn, after each left with injuries.
Bargnani played less than eight minutes and left after landing awkwardly following a dunk for his only two points of the game. X-rays on his elbow were negative, but he's not expected to play Wednesday.
Lowry also is likely to miss this game after not playing in the second half Monday due to a shoulder injury.
The absences of Johnson, Bargnani and Lowry, along with Linas Kleiza, Alan Anderson and Landry Fields already being sidelined by injuries, leaves Casey with just eight healthy bodies.
Meanwhile, the Nets 11-9) have lost the last five of the six games Lopez has missed after blowing a 17-point lead in a 100-97 loss to the Knicks. Brooklyn shot 52.9 percent -- its second-best mark of the season -- but only 45.2 percent in the second half as New York took advantage.
Andray Blatche, averaging 18.2 points starting in place of Lopez, hit 9 of 13 from the field and scored a season-high 23 points. Deron Williams added 18 and 10 assists.
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