The Milwaukee Bucks fought back on Thursday to earn a gritty win over the Brooklyn Nets at home in a game that looked to be from a different generation of basketball. The two sides struggled offensively all night with Milwaukee scraping out an 86-83 victory.
Late in the game, the two sides began trading buckets with the Bucks’ Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday matching Brooklyn’s Kevin Durant shot-for-shot. With the game on the line late, though, it was Bruce Brown that took the big shot for the Nets, eliciting some wild responses from Twitter from NBA players watching from home, including LaMelo Ball.
am i watching this correctly ?
— Melo (@MELOD1P) June 11, 2021
Y’all used that Carlton meme on me last week. Y’all better break it out again 😂
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) June 11, 2021
Ultimately, Durant, who had 11 of the Nets’ 18 points in the fourth quarter, had one final shot to send the game to overtime that missed long, giving the Bucks their first win of the series.
Dude different! Been different! “If it wasn’t for you he would be with the warriors” 😂😂😂😂😂😂 I beat y’all to it. Now just sit down and appreciate the show
— Draymond Green (@Money23Green) June 11, 2021
KD 🥶 blooded
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) June 11, 2021
Two of the title favorites, the Bucks and Nets will have an all-important Game 4 showdown Sunday afternoon with much on the line. Hopefully, it will feature more big buckets from Durant, Holiday, Middleton and Giannis Antetokoumpo and fewer head-scratching moments from Brown.
