The Milwaukee Bucks will travel to Brooklyn tonight to meet the Brooklyn Nets in an NBA basketball game streaming at 7:30 PM ET from th Barclays Center. The game will be streamed over FSWI and the YES Network.
Brooklyn is in a season-long slump, having seen their record drop to 9-19. It will try to avoid a season worst-tying fifth consecutive loss tonight in front of its home crowd, where the booing is getting louder in each game.
"They cheer when things are good and they let you know when things aren't going good," coach Jason Kidd said. "They expect good and they expect it 90 percent of the time, but right now we are 90 percent bad and so they have every right to boo and express how they feel."
"At the end of the day, the coach can only hold you responsible for energy and effort. If you're not giving it, I have to take you out," Kidd told the team's official website. "If you're missing shots, that's just part of the game. But if you're not giving energy or effort, I've got to take you out."
After losing Brook Lopez to a season-ending broken foot last week, the Nets will likely need to lean on Williams even more. He is averaging 16.8 points and 9.0 assists while shooting 50.0 percent in eight games since returning from a sprained ankle.
"I'm surprised at this season, how it's played out altogether," he said. "It's like a nightmare the way the injuries have been, the things we talk about every day, the lack of effort, the lack of energy."
Brooklyn could catch a break with Milwaukee (6-22) coming to town. The Bucks are shooting 42.1 percent to rank last in the NBA and are 28th in scoring with 92.6 points per game.
However, Milwaukee could get a boost from the return of Larry Sanders, who played in the first three games before tearing a ligament in his thumb during a bar fight. Sanders finished second in the league with an average of 2.8 blocks last season.
"We just have to get over the hump," coach Larry Drew said. "We're knocking at the door. We just have to get over the hump. We're putting ourselves in position. Like I told the guys, we can have good stretches and then we have breakdowns. Bad shots are just as good as a turnover. Particularly on the road. You have to be disciplined enough to get good shots."
The Bucks had taken 13 straight from the Nets before losing the last three matchups by an average of 4.3 points. Milwaukee fell 90-82 on Dec. 7, as Lopez scored 32 points on 11-of-13 shooting.
The game will be live streamed as well on https://www.stream2u.eu/watch/33536/NBA-Milwaukee-Bucks-vs-Brooklyn-Nets.html
