Cameron Johnson scored 29 points, Noah Clowney and Shake Milton added 20 apiece and the visiting Brooklyn Nets rallied to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 111-105 on Thursday.
Brooklyn outscored the Bucks 35-23 in the fourth quarter and snapped a two-game losing skid. Milwaukee played without Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard, who both sat out because of a non-COVID illness.
Brooklyn took its first lead since early in the second quarter at 99-97 on Keon Johnson’s 3-pointer with 3:40 left in the contest.
After Khris Middleton scored to tie the game for the Bucks, Clowney made one of his career-high six 3-pointers with 2:33 left to put the Nets ahead 102-99.
Brooklyn moved ahead 109-102 when Johnson converted a four-point play with 47.9 seconds left. Middleton responded with a 3-pointer with 41.3 seconds to play before Johnson made two free throws to seal the comeback win.
Nic Claxton had 13 points and Johnson scored 12 for Brooklyn, which shot 16-of-38 (42.1 percent) from 3-point range.
Middleton led Milwaukee with 21 points, while Brook Lopez made four 3-pointers and finished with 20 points. Bobby Portis added 18 points and Gary Trent Jr. scored 14 off the bench.
Brooklyn trailed by six at the start of the fourth quarter before rallying behind Milton, who scored 14 of the Nets’ first 16 points in the final period to cut the lead to 93-92 with 7:07 remaining.
The Bucks committed seven turnovers in the opening quarter and trailed 27-25 at the end of the period. Clowney made three 3-pointers in the first quarter to lead the Nets.
Milwaukee moved ahead 44-33 with 6:30 left in the second quarter on back-to-back 3-pointers by Lopez, who scored 18 points in the first half.
The Bucks pushed their lead to 13 points with 2:19 remaining in the quarter before Brooklyn closed on a 9-4 run to pull within 59-51 at halftime.
The Nets made it a two-point game with five minutes left in the third quarter and trailed 82-76 at the end of the period.
Brooklyn played without leading scorer Cam Thomas (strained left hamstring) along with Ziaire Williams (sprained left knee) and Dorian Finney-Smith (left calf contusion).
–Field Level Media
