Nets use strong 4th quarter to slide past Bucks

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.

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