Cam Thomas scored 24 points (12 in the first quarter), and the Brooklyn Nets held off the Milwaukee Bucks 113-110.
The Nets took control with a 25-8 run in the first quarter and led by as many as 24. The Nets led 80-56 with 9:17 left in the third quarter, and the Bucks got within 111-110 with 37 seconds left.
The Bucks got within 111-110 on Damian Lillard’s driving layup with 37 seconds to play, but Ziaire Williams answered with 2 free throws, and the Bucks got no closer. They had the ball down 3, but Lillard missed a 35-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied it.
Cameron Johnson scored 26 points (18 on 6 3-pointers) on 10 for 16 shooting. D'Angelo Russell assisted on 6 of Cameron Johnson’s 10 baskets, 3 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Bucks, Giannis Antetokounmpo had 27 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 blocks, and Lillard added 23 points and 7 assists but shot 6 for 20.
The Nets went 25 for 28 at the line to the Bucks’ 19 for 28 and outscored them 27-8 off turnovers. They did not make a field goal in the last 6:55. The Bucks outscored the Nets 20-2 in 7 minutes with Lillard, Antetokounmpo, Portis, Connaughton and Beauchamp on the floor together.