Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot scored a career-high 26 points (15 on 5 3-pointers), and the Brooklyn Nets beat the Milwaukee Bucks 119-116.
Luwawu-Cabarrot’s corner 3-pointer answered Sterling Brown’s 3-pointer and put the Nets back ahead for good with 2:59 left in the fourth quarter.
The Bucks got within 117-116 on Donte DiVincenzo’s driving layup with 30 seconds to play, but Garrett Temple answered with a 20-foot step-back jumper, and the Bucks got no closer. They had the ball down 3 with 58 seconds left, but Rodions Kurucs stole the ball from Frank Mason III. A 3-pointer would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the Nets outscored the Bucks 15-9. Luwawu-Cabarrot scored 6 of the Nets’ 15 on 2 for 2 shooting. In the fourth quarter, Chris Chiozza had 4 of his 10 assists off the bench, 1 of them on a basket by Luwawu-Cabarrot that put the Nets ahead. In that stretch, Pat Connaughton had 2 steals, 1 of them during a 9-0 Bucks run, and the Bucks scored 4 points off them.
For the Bucks, Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 16 points (12 in the first quarter) on 7 for 8 shooting.
The Nets made 21 3-pointers, 5 of them by Luwawu-Cabarrot and 5 by Temple. The Bucks forced 7 turnovers, about 8 fewer than usual for this many possessions. They outscored the Nets 75-47 off the bench. Luwawu-Cabarrot fouled out for the Nets, and Robin Lopez for the Bucks.