The Brooklyn Nets are receiving reinforcements for a matchup with the New Orleans Pelicans that will have tank implications. After resting during Thursday's 123-110 loss to the Utah Jazz on a back-to-back, Michael Porter Jr . does not have an injury designation on Saturday vs. the Pelicans.

Brooklyn listed Porter Jr. as out due to lower back injury management on Thursday. The 6-foot-10 forward missed two games due to lower back soreness the week prior.

“Just injury management. If you think about it, [Michael] had played, I think, three in four days. Then he had to miss two games,” Jordi Feranndez said ahead of the Jazz game. “That last game [before the two absences] that I didn't see him moving well – and it was muscle-related. But the reality now is that it's five [games] in seven

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