LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot hit back-to-back 3-pointers to put Brooklyn ahead to stay, and the Nets beat Milwaukee 119-116 on Tuesday to keep the Bucks from clinching the top seed in the Eastern Conference.
Luwawu-Cabarrot finished with a career-high 26 points. Garrett Temple scored 19, Tyler Johnson and Justin Anderson each had 11 and Rodions Kurucs and Chris Chiozza had 10 apiece.
“We didn’t have our best four out there, so obviously it’s an opportunity for everybody coming up and next man up mentality,” Luwawu-Cabarrot said.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 16 points playing only the first half for Milwaukee, which has lost two of three seeding games.