The Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks meet Monday at Barclays Center in the 1st of 2 games between the clubs this week, with a game Saturday in Milwaukee.
The Brooklyn Nets will look for their first win in three tries against the NBA-leading Milwaukee Bucks when the teams meet at Barclays Center Monday night.
The Nets (39-38) lost by double digits in each of the first two meetings, a 129-115 loss at Milwaukee on Dec. 29 and took their worst loss at home this season on Feb. 4 when the Bucks prevailed 113-94.
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Brooklyn comes in with a win to open its current three-game homestand, pulling away from the Boston Celtics in the second half for a 110-96 victory. The Bucks (57-20) dropped the first game of a three-game road trip Sunday afternoon, falling in overtime to the Atlanta Hawks 136-135.
D’Angelo Russell scored 20 of his game-high 29 points in the third quarter for the Nets, who pulled away from the Celtics to lead by as much as 19 in the period after holding just a one-point lead at halftime. Russell also added 10 assists for Brooklyn.
Joe Harris finished with 13 points and eight rebounds for the Nets, Caris LeVert had 15 points and four steals and Jarrett Allen went for 10 points and two blocks.
Milwaukee lost Sunday when Atlanta rookie Trae Young knocked down a mid-range jumper as time expired in overtime.
The Hawks forced overtime when Alex Len canned a 3-pointer with 19.5 seconds remaining in regulation, with Sterling Brown missing a pull-up jumper with two seconds to go that would have won it for the Bucks, who blew a 23-point first-half lead.
Brown scored a career-high 27 points to go with three steals for Milwaukee, which played without injured starters Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton and Malcolm Brogdon and rested Eric Bledsoe. Tim Frazier went all 53 minutes and finished with 20 points and 15 assists.
Bonzie Colson logged 15 points and 16 rebounds for the Bucks and Pat Connaughton had 17 points and 12 boards.
Since entering the NBA in 1976, the Nets are 72-100 all-time against Milwaukee, which holds the longest winning streak in the series by taking 13 in a row from March 30, 2009, to Dec. 26, 2012. The Nets’ best run was eight straight wins from Dec. 5, 1991, to March 19, 1993.
Milwaukee has also won 12 of the last 13 meetings with Brooklyn.
The Bucks have the highest-scoring game of the series, a 136-113 win at Milwaukee on Nov. 2, 1985. The Nets’ best output came in a 135-100 victory at East Rutherford on April 23, 1994, that was also their largest victory of the series.
Overall, the most lopsided win came on Feb. 14, 1989, when the Bucks won at Milwaukee 132-91.
Individually, the best game belongs to Vince Carter, who scored 45 points for the Nets in a win at Milwaukee on Feb. 21, 2006.
The top effort for the Bucks is 41 points, done first by Michael Redd in a win at East Rutherford on Nov. 2, 2005, and matched by Giannis Antetokounmpo — for the best output by either side in the Brooklyn era — in a win at Milwaukee on Jan. 26, 2018.
Since the move to Brooklyn in 2012, the Nets are 7-16, with the Bucks winning 10 straight from April 12, 2015, to Feb. 4, 2018. Brooklyn took five in a row from Feb. 19, 2013, to March 1, 2014.
The Bucks have twice scored 129 points, most recently in a 129-115 win at Milwaukee on Dec. 29. The Nets put up 129, but it was in a triple-overtime win at Barclays Center on March 20, 2015. Their best total in regulation came in a 129-125 loss at Brooklyn on Feb. 15, 2017.
The highest-scoring output by a Net in the Brooklyn era was by current Buck Robin Lopez, who had 36 points in the Feb. 15, 2017, loss at Barclays Center.
*-Historical research courtesy of Basketball-Reference.com.
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Milwaukee Bucks at Brooklyn Nets
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Time: 7:30 p.m. Eastern
TV: WWOR-TV (My9)
Live stream: NBA League Pass
The skinny
Availability
from NBA.com
Milwaukee: QUESTIONABLE–Giannis Antetokounmpo (right ankle sprain), Khris Middleton (left groin soreness); OUT–Malcolm Brogdon (right foot plantar fascia), Donte DiVincenzo (bilateral heel bursitis), Pau Gasol (left foot soreness), Nikola Mirotic (left thumb sprain/fracture), Tony Snell (left ankle sprain).
Brooklyn: QUESTIONABLE–Rodions Kurucs (right knee contusion); OUT–Allen Crabbe (sore right knee).
Last meeting
Feb. 4 at Brooklyn: The Bucks led by as much as 25 points and handed the Nets their worst homecourt loss of the season, a 113-94 decision in a game in which Brooklyn posted its worst shooting numbers of the season.
The Nets hit just 32.4 percent overall and made only 5-of-42 from behind the arc (11.9 percent).
D’Angelo Russell led the Nets with 18 points and five assists. Jarrett Allen finished with 11 rebounds and four blocks.
Giannis Antetokounnmpo scored 30 points with 15 rebounds, nine assists and three blocks for Milwaukee. Eric Bledsoe added 15 points and five steals.
What’s next?
Milwaukee: at Philadelphia, Thursday; vs. Brooklyn, Saturday; vs. Atlanta, Sunday
Brooklyn: vs. Toronto, Wednesday; at Milwaukee, Saturday; at Indiana, Sunday