Bucks win fourth straight, beat Nets 112-103

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Bucks coach Jason Kidd wondered if his young team could rebound from a third-quarter lull.

Milwaukee's kids did just that, winning their fourth straight game despite letting a 16-point third-quarter lead slip away.

Matthew Dellavedova scored 12 of his season-high 18 points in the fourth quarter, helping the Bucks hold off the Brooklyn Nets 112-103 on Saturday.

"I thought it got a little sloppy," Kidd said. "I wanted to see if they were going to figure it out. I wasn't going to call timeout. I wanted to see if they were going to talk themselves through it because that's what good teams do."

Milwaukee led 62-46 after a layup by Tony Snell with 8:11 left in the third, but Brooklyn closed the quarter on a 26-13 run to get within 75-72. Consecutive 3-pointers by Joe Harris gave the Nets an 82-81 lead with 10:00 to play.

Sean Kilpatrick scored 13 of his 19 points in the third quarter, when he went 8 for 8 from the foul line.

"It definitely wasn't anything the coach did," Nets coach Kenny Atkinson said. "It was all the players playing well. We didn't change anything and kept with our rotations. The guys came out with focus."

With the game tied at 94, Milwaukee began a 9-1 run to lead 103-95 with 1:43 remaining.

"We had a chance in the third quarter to break the game wide open, and we didn't take it," Dellavedova said. "They came back and played well. We then did a good job of pulling away."

John Henson led Milwaukee with 20 points and added seven rebounds, Giannis Antetokounmpo had 16 points and 10 rebounds, Jabari Parker added 15 points, Greg Monroe scored 13 points and Snell chipped in 10 points.

"They were just finding me," Henson said. "I was open. (Antetokounmpo and Parker) are huge threats coming down the lane and off a pick-and-roll, so it is my job to finish for them and take a little heat off of them."

Bojan Bogdanovic led Brooklyn with 24 points. Brook Lopez had 13 points but was just 3 for 17 from the field and 0 for 10 in the first half.

"I just wasn't good enough," Lopez said. "I made a lot of turnovers. I missed a lot of shots that I need to make. I think I let us down on both ends of the floor."

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