3:40 pm
May 2

Nets @ Bucks

Who will WIN this matchup?

Brooklyn Nets (43-21)

@ Milwaukee Bucks (39-24)

 

Current odds:

Brooklyn Nets: (+120)

Milwaukee Bucks: (-140)

 

• The spread for the game is Milwaukee by 2.5 points.

• A pair of undermanned NBA Finals contenders are scheduled to meet Sunday afternoon, when the Nets will look to hang on to first place in the Eastern Conference and the Bucks will try to inch closer to a top-two seed in the first of two games between the teams in Milwaukee. Both teams were off Saturday. On Friday, the Nets had their four-game winning streak snapped with a 128-109 loss to the visiting Portland Trail Blazers, and the Bucks concluded a four-game road trip by beating the Chicago Bulls, 108-98.

• The Nets (43-21), who were without Kevin Durant, Bruce Brown, Nic Claxton and James Harden in the second game of a back-to-back, couldn’t overcome another big game from Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard (32 points, including 11 in an 18-6 run to end the third quarter) as their lead over the second-place Philadelphia 76ers was cut to a half-game. The 76ers (42-21) are scheduled to visit the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night.

• The Bucks (39-24), who were the top seed in the East each of the past two seasons, recovered from a discouraging loss to the Houston Rockets on Thursday to defeat the Bulls and move closer to the Nets and 76ers despite the absence of Giannis Antetokounmpo. The good news is that Antetokounmpo (ankle) is listed as probable for Sunday’s game.

• The two-time reigning NBA Most Valuable Player sat out Friday with a sprained right ankle suffered early Thursday, when the Rockets, owners of the league’s worst record, upset Milwaukee 143-136. Budenholzer was in wait and see mode per whether or not Antetokounmpo could play Sunday.

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