The Brooklyn Nets began the first of two games in three days vs. the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night. Brooklyn and Milwaukee played a fairly even first quarter, as the two teams traded buckets and then simultaneously went cold toward the end of the quarter. The Nets shot 40 percent from the field in the first quarter, as Randy Foye led Brooklyn with seven points, while Brook Lopez added five. For Milwaukee, Giannis Antetokounmpo scored five first quarter points as the Bucks led by one, 27-26, at the end of the first quarter.
Both teams continued a rather slow offensive pace in the early part of the second quarter.