GAME DAY PREVIEW AND INJURY REPORT: The streaking Milwaukee Bucks go for their 15th straight win versus the Brooklyn Nets
The sizzling Milwaukee Bucks look to keep rolling when they tangle with the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night at the Barclays Center.
Game preview
The Bucks have won their last 14 games, and a win against the Nets will allow them to tighten their grip on the number spot in the Eastern Conference standings. The 43-17 Bucks took the top spot in the East after the Boston Celtics lost to the New York Knicks on Monday night, 109-94. The loss pulled the Celtics down to 44-18.
Milwaukee’s current winning streak is its longest since they racked up 18 straight victories in the 2019 season. The team’s longest winning streak in franchise history stands at 20, which came during the 1971 championship season, and now that is even in play. The Bucks have not lost since they bowed to the Cleveland Cavaliers, 102-114, on January 21st.
Milwaukee and Brooklyn split the first two games of their four-game regular-season series, with the Bucks drawing first blood on October 26th, 110-99, before the Nets returned the favor in their second meeting on December 23rd, 118-100.
The two team’s third meeting will be entirely different as the Nets no longer have Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, who are now with the Dallas Mavericks and the Phoenix Suns, respectively.
The Nets, losers of two straight games, are currently in the sixth spot in the East with a 34-26 record.
Injury report
Giannis Antetokounmpo (quad) is day-to-day for the Bucks, while Wesley Matthews (calf) is out.
Ben Simmons (knee) is out for the Nets.
