Brooklyn’s long-range shooters dealt a blow to the Milwaukee Bucks‘ hopes of moving up in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
They hit 3s whether they were wide open or had a defender in their face. They hit them from the corners and the wings.
The Nets shot 48 percent from behind the arc in a 119-111 win Thursday night over the Bucks
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This win over a playoff-bound team will serve as motivation for the Nets as they close out an otherwise disappointing regular season.
”I keep saying `We’re playing for a lot,”’ coach Kenny Atkinson said. ”We’re playing for our future, we’re playing for our culture … we’re playing for our fans.”
And making it a little tougher for the Bucks to climb up the East standings.
This isn’t the way that Milwaukee wanted to play a night after clinching its third postseason berth in four years thanks to Detroit’s loss to Philadelphia.
The Bucks and Washington Wizards are tied for seventh with identical 42-37 records, a game behind sixth-place Miami. But the Wizards have the tiebreaker with the Bucks because of a better conference record.
Washington lost at Cleveland on Thursday night
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”We’ve got to win and they’ve got to lose now,” Bucks center John Henson said. ”That’s why it’s important to win games like this tonight because that matters at the end of the season.”
Khris Middleton scored 31 points, while Giannis Antetokounmpo had 19 points and 10 rebounds for Milwaukee.
