Despite a frigid 29.7% performance from beyond the arc, the Milwaukee Bucks nearly bested a slightly shorthanded Brooklyn Nets team, ultimately falling 123-125.
The initial period went back-and-forth, but a late scoring run by Milwaukee helped them recapture a 34-28 advantage when the first quarter concluded. The second period was similarly neck-and-neck, but a 4-19 performance from beyond the arc meant the Bucks trailed 57-56 at half. Brooklyn looked dangerously close to pulling away in the third quarter as their offense hummed, but Jrue Holiday manufactured enough points for the Bucks to only be down 89-94 when the third ended.