The Brooklyn Nets announced on Monday that forward Ziaire Williams is out for Tuesday's game against the New York Knicks due to a left ankle sprain.

OKLAHOMA CITY — In Ziaire Williams, the rebuilding Nets took a flier on a former lottery pick as a salary dump. He’s an athletic floor-running defender whose jumper has been his weakness. But if he can keep shooting the way he has lately, their gamble might come good.

Williams has been ruled out for Tuesday's game against the Knicks due to a left ankle sprain, Sharif Phillips-Keaton of USA Today rpeorts. Williams has started in each of the Nets' last nine games, and over that span he has averaged 12.

For Lakers rookie Bronny James, the game was extra special as he got reunited with Nets forward Ziaire Williams, his former teammate at Sierra Canyon School in Los Angeles. After the matchup, James and Williams exchanged jerseys and posed for a picture. The Lakers guard posted it on his Instagram story.

On Friday night, the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Brooklyn Nets by a score of 102-101. Austin Reaves led the team with 38 points in 37 minutes of playing time.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander collected 27 points and 10 assists to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 127-101 win over the visiting Brooklyn Nets on Sunday.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 27 points and 10 assists in three quarters, and the Oklahoma City Thunder blew out the Brooklyn Nets 127-101.

Here are three Brooklyn Nets takeaways from Friday's 102-101 loss at the Los Angeles Lakers in D'Angelo Russell's return to Los Angeles.

BOTTOM LINE: Brooklyn aims to break its seven-game home slide with a win against New York. The Nets are 7-20 in Eastern Conference games. Brooklyn is 11-9 when it turns the ball over less than its opponents and averages 14.2 turnovers per game.

Brooklyn Nets forward Bojan Bogdanovic will resume on-court activities as he continues his rehab from his foot surgery this past offseason.

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,

The key for Denver is stringing together as many victories in a row as they can, and Orlando is a great test. The Nuggets might relax because they see the health of Orlando at this current moment, but last season in a similar situation, the Nuggets let go of the rope against the Magic and paid the price in crunch time.