Bucks book playoff berth by beating Nets

The Milwaukee Bucks took down Brooklyn Nets with a 124-118 win on Tuesday night at Fiserv Forum. The race for the top seed in Eastern Conference just became more interesting. In the win Bucks’ star Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 36 points, and 12 rebounds while Jrue Holiday scored 23 points, 10 assists, and 8 rebounds and Khris Middleton chipped in with 23 points.

Bucks registered their third back-to-back win and improved their record to 41-24 while Nets were handed their third consecutive loss and they are still better than Bucks at 43-23. Nets star Kyrie Irving scored 38 points and Kevin Durant was at 32 to lead the Nets offensively but could not overthrow Bucks in the end. Bucks are 5-1 against the top teams now. Bucks would host Washington Wizards next and the Nets would meet Dallas.