Nets hang on to beat the Bucks 97-94
MILWAUKEE — Five points separated the Nets and the Bucks in their home-and-home set, and Brooklyncame away with two straight last-second victories.
Deron Williams scored 23 points and the Nets escaped with a 97-94 victory on Wednesday night after Milwaukee’s Monta Ellis missed a chance to tie the game with three foul shots in the final seconds.
“We did a good job of closing the game until the very end,” Nets interim coach P.J. Carlesimo said. “We made it interesting. We got ourselves an 11-point lead and then did a poor job closing that. It’s hard to keep coming back, coming back, coming back, but we did it.”