Brooklyn Nets vs. Milwaukee Bucks: TV info, live stream, injury report

The Brooklyn Nets look for their 10th consecutive win at Barclays Center Monday when they host the red-hot Milwaukee Bucks, holders of the NBA’s best record.

The Brooklyn Nets open up a three-game homestand with the first of two extremely difficult opponents coming to Barclays Center when they host the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night.

The Nets (28-26) have won nine straight games at home and 13 of their last 14 in Brooklyn, but the Bucks (38-13) come in with three straight wins — all on the road — and victories in nine of their last 10 games. They own the NBA’s best record by 1½ games.

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Brooklyn comes in with two straight losses, including a 102-89 road loss to the Orlando Magic on Saturday. Milwaukee belted the Washington Wizards Saturday night by a 131-115 margin.

D’Angelo Russell scored 23 points with six assists for the Nets in the loss at Orlando, but Brooklyn had one of its worst offensive nights of the season, shooting 36.3 percent overall and 26.3 percent from deep, to go with 19 turnovers. Ed Davis had 11 points and 16 rebounds for the Nets.

At Washington on Saturday. Giannis Antetokounmpo went off for 37 points and 10 rebounds, Brook Lopez added 21 points and two blocks and Khris Middleton dropped in 20 points with six assists as the Bucks won without starting point guard Eric Bledsoe, out with a sore Achilles.

George Hill added 13 points and four steals for Milwaukee.

The Nets are 72-99 all-time against the Bucks since joining the NBA in 1976. Milwaukee’s 13-game winning streak from March 30, 2009, to Dec. 26, 2012, is the longest of the series. The Nets won eight in a row from Dec. 5, 1991, to March 19, 1993.

The series scoring high was set by the Bucks on Nov. 2, 1985, in a 136-113 victory at Milwaukee. The high mark for the Nets in the series came in a 135-100 victory at East Rutherford on April 23, 1994, which is also their biggest victory in this matchup.

The most one-sided decision came on Feb. 14, 1989, when the Bucks posted a 132-91 win at Milwaukee.

The high individual game in the series belongs to Vince Carter, who scored 45 points for the Nets in a win at Milwaukee on Feb. 21, 2006. Milwaukee’s high was set initially by Michael Redd, who scored 41 points in a win at East Rutherford on Nov. 2, 2005.

Giannis Antetokounmpo matched that total on Jan. 26, 2018, in a win at Barclays Center.

Since moving to Brooklyn in 2012, the Nets are 7-15 against the Bucks. Milwaukee has the longest winning streak of the Brooklyn era at 10 straight victories from April 12, 2015, to Feb. 4, 2018. The Nets won five in a row from Feb. 19, 2013, to March 1, 2014.

Milwaukee has the highest-scoring game of the Brooklyn era, posting a 129-125 win at Barclays Center on Feb. 15, 2017, and matching that in a 129-115 victory at Milwaukee on Dec. 29.

Brooklyn scored 129 in a two-point triple-overtime win at Barclays Center on March 20, 2015. Their high mark in regulation time was in the aforementioned Feb. 15, 2017, loss at home.

The Bucks have the biggest victory since 2012, with a 116-91 win at home on Jan. 26, 2018. The Nets’ most lopsided win was a 104-93 win at Barclays Center on Dec. 27, 2013.

While Antetokounmpo’s 41 points on Jan. 26, 2018, is the highest individual effort of the Brooklyn era, Brook Lopez has the top mark by the Nets with 36 points in a loss at Barclays Center on Feb. 15, 2017.

*-Historical research courtesy of Basketball-Reference.com.

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Here is how to catch the Nets and Bucks on your favorite screen Monday night.

Milwaukee Bucks at Brooklyn Nets

Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Time: 7:30 p.m. Eastern
TV: YES Network
Live stream: NBA League Pass

The skinny

Availability

from NBA.com

Milwaukee: PROBABLE–Eric Bledsoe (left Achilles soreness); QUESTIONABLE–Jason Smith (left knee soreness); OUT–Donte DiVincenzo (bilateral knee bursitis).

Brooklyn: QUESTIONABLE–Joe Harris (right hip soreness); OUT–Allen Crabbe (sore right knee), Spencer Dinwiddie (torn ligaments, right thumb), Jared Dudley (left hamstring strain), Caris LeVert (subtalar dislocation, right foot), Dzanan Musa (assignment, Long Island Nets).

Last meeting

Dec. 29 at Milwaukee: The Bucks scored 42 points in the second quarter to break the game open en route to a 129-115 victory at Fiserv Forum, leading by as much as 26 before the Nets closed the gap to seven points with 4:51 remaining.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had a triple-double with 31 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists and also added three blocks for Milwaukee, while Khris Middleton went for 29 points and seven assists and former Net Brook Lopez canned seven 3-pointers en route to 24 points.

The Nets, who played without point guard D’Angelo Russell, were led by Shabazz Napier, who tied a career-high with 32 points and also had seven assists. Kenneth Faried added 21 points and 10 rebounds, Jared Dudley had three steals and Jarrett Allen blocked two shots.

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What’s next?

Milwaukee: vs. Washington, Wednesday; at Dallas, Friday; vs. Orlando, Saturday

Brooklyn: vs. Denver, Wednesday; vs. Chicago, Friday; at Toronto, Feb. 11