{"id":703618,"date":"2026-04-07T16:16:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/703618\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:16:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:16:28","slug":"milwaukee-bucks-vs-brooklyn-nets-preview-game-thread-are-are-the-bucks-legit-tanking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/703618\/","title":{"rendered":"Milwaukee Bucks vs. Brooklyn Nets Preview &#038; Game Thread: Are\u2026 are the Bucks legit tanking?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The Milwaukee Bucks face a Brooklyn Nets team coming off an unfortunate win over the Wizards, which means they will try their darndest to lose. OK, expected. But having seen the Bucks\u2019 injury report\u2026 they just might be playing the same game! Have we got ourselves an old-fashioned tankoff? Shoot, this is the most excitement I\u2019ve felt in months! The season series currently sits at one game apiece, with the fourth game (another riveting tank-off?) coming on the 10th.<\/p>\n<p>Where We\u2019re At<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Well, the Bucks actually have a .500 winning percentage over their last four games. Woohoo! (*mumbles under breath* to the tanktastic Mavs and Grizzlies). Nah, but in all seriousness, the losses have been secondary to the storylines we are following as far as player development goes, and zeroing in on Cormac Ryan\u2019s game has been a welcome reprieve from the larger Bucks mess. More on that later.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">As for the Nets, well, they were never going to make the \u201cmistake\u201d they made last year by winning too much. They don\u2019t own their pick next year, and so this year was always going to be a tankfest. That said, hilariously, they are also .500 over their last four, losing two tank-offs to the Kings and Wizards. If an average NBA fan knows much about the players Brooklyn (or Milwaukee, for that matter) rolls out today, hats off to them.<\/p>\n<p>Injury Report<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">OK, so the following players are out for the Bucks: Giannis (knee), Kyle Kuzma (Achilles), Kevin Porter Jr. (knee), Bobby Portis (wrist), Ryan Rollins (hip), Gary Trent Jr. (hip), and Myles Turner (ankle).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Nets have responded in turn, ruling out the following blokes: Nic Claxton, Noah Clowney, Egor Demin, Terance Mann, Michael Porter Jr., Day\u2019Ron Sharpe, Ziaire Williams, and Danny Wolf. Ben Saraf is probable.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Player to Watch<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cormac Ryan (or should I say Cor-max Ryan\u2026 sorry, ignore me) has had great games in two of his last three, scoring 25 against the Rockets and 21 against the Grizzlies. Over those two games, he\u2019s shot 16\/22 from the field and 7\/11 from deep. I\u2019m watching (Wazowski, always watching) for if he can tack on another great game tonight. The level of the opponent should give him every chance.<\/p>\n<p>How To Watch<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">6:30 p.m. CDT on FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"869\" height=\"574\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/c5c709d307a3c5e1fd49baa7d9e78d4f.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Milwaukee Bucks face a Brooklyn Nets team coming off an unfortunate win over the Wizards, which means&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3767],"tags":[7,3519,81726,507,670,247,3803,26291,1042,227,127,122,107,365,124,562,102,121,367,6,671,2728,3805,2763,7290,361,3209,1980,683,4610],"class_list":{"0":"post-703618","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn-nets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ben-saraf","10":"tag-benny-sieu-imagn","11":"tag-bobby-portis","12":"tag-brooklyn","13":"tag-brooklyn-nets","14":"tag-brooklynnets","15":"tag-cormac-ryan","16":"tag-danny-wolf","17":"tag-egor-demin","18":"tag-fiserv-forum","19":"tag-gary-trent-jr","20":"tag-giannis","21":"tag-kevin-porter-jr","22":"tag-kyle-kuzma","23":"tag-michael-porter-jr","24":"tag-milwaukee","25":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","26":"tag-myles-turner","27":"tag-nba","28":"tag-nets","29":"tag-nic-claxton","30":"tag-noah-clowney","31":"tag-ryan-rollins","32":"tag-terance-mann","33":"tag-the-bucks","34":"tag-usa","35":"tag-wisconsin","36":"tag-wizards","37":"tag-ziaire-williams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116364325923005552","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}