Tonight, the Nets will take on the Bucks, looking to make up ground on a few teams ahead in the NBA Draft standings.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn saw a few days with the second-best odds, but two wins in its last four tries have caused them to fall back to third. Washington stands two games ahead with the best overall odds, and Indiana is just 1.0 game ahead following Brooklyn\u2019s wins. Utah stands just 1.5 games back from the Nets, having lost nine-straight games.<\/p>\n
Tonight\u2019s contest against Milwaukee would\u2019ve seemingly been a loss earlier in the season, though Milwaukee itself is positioning for the draft as well. They\u2019ve lost seven games in 10 tries, rolling out crews that don\u2019t look much like their previous winning core.<\/p>\n
Here are the injury reports for both the Nets and the Bucks ahead of tonight\u2019s game:<\/p>\n
Brooklyn Nets injuries:<\/p>\n
Nic Claxton \u2014 Out: Right fifth finger sprain<\/p>\n
Noah Clowney \u2014 Out: Left ankle soreness<\/p>\n
Egor Demin \u2014 Out: Left plantar fascia injury management<\/p>\n
Terance Mann \u2014 Out: Right patella tendon soreness\/left achilles soreness<\/p>\n
Michael Porter Jr. \u2014 Out: Left hamstring strain<\/p>\n
Ben Saraf \u2014 Probable: Back tightness<\/p>\n
Day\u2019Ron Sharpe \u2014Out: Left thumb surgery<\/p>\n
Ziaire Williams \u2014 Out: Left foot soreness<\/p>\n
Danny Wolf \u2014 Out: Left ankle sprain<\/p>\n
Milwaukee Bucks injuries:<\/p>\n
Giannis Antetokounmpo \u2014 Out: Left knee hyperextension; bone bruise<\/p>\n
Kyle Kuzma \u2014 Out: Right achilles tendonpathy<\/p>\n
Kevin Porter Jr. \u2014 Out: Right knee synovitis<\/p>\n
Bobby Portis \u2014 Out: Left wrist sprain<\/p>\n
Ryan Rollins \u2014 Out: right hip strain<\/p>\n
Gary Trent Jr. \u2014 Out: Left hip pointer<\/p>\n
Myles Turner \u2014 Out: Left ankle sprain<\/p>\n
The Nets list nine players on their injury report in total, with eight listed out and rookie Ben Saraf as the lone probable designation.<\/p>\n
Egor Demin and Day\u2019Ron Sharpe have been ruled out for the season with respective injuries, the former dealing with plantar fascia, and the latter undergoing surgery on his left thumb. Michael Porter Jr. hasn\u2019t yet been listed out for the remainder of the team\u2019s games, though it seems unlikely he\u2019ll play as he deals with a hamstring strain with only a handful of games left.<\/p>\n
Also listed out are the starting frontcourt in Nic Claxton and Noah Clowney, Terrance Mann, Ziaire Williams and rookie Danny Wolf.<\/p>\n
The Bucks list seven players out, including superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, who has seen a rocky stretch of months in terms of relationship with the organization. Regardless, it\u2019s in Milwaukee\u2019s best interests that he not play tonight, trying to get the best draft odds possible.<\/p>\n
Other players ruled out for tonight\u2019s game include Kyle Kuzman, Kevin Porter Jr., Bobby Portis, Ryan Rollins, Gary Trent Jr. and Myles Turner.<\/p>\n
The Nets and Bucks tip off at 6:30 p.m. CT from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tonight, the Nets will take on the Bucks, looking to make up ground on a few teams ahead…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-188550","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}