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Brooklyn Nets v Milwaukee Bucks
2021-22 NBA Pre-Season
Saturday 9 October 2021
Barclays Center, New York
Tip-off at 23:30
The Brooklyn Nets will test their skills against reigning NBA Champions Milwaukee Bucks when the teams meet in a Pre-Season clash at the Barclays Center in New York on the morning of Saturday 9 October 2021. Tip-off is at 23:30.
The Nets looked like title challengers through most of the 2020-21 season, ultimately second in the Eastern Conference standings before they were beaten in the second round of the Playoffs by the Bucks, with Milwaukee winning 4-3 in the thrilling series.
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A key man in Brooklyn’s drive to claim the Championship this coming season will be veteran Kevin Durant, who insists that he is "more at ease" and relaxed mentally at this stage of his career as opposed to when he was younger: “Sometimes you may overthink it and may think too much about reactions and opinions of others because you are on the journey to perfection,” said Durant.
“But start to relax a little bit and understand what this is about and understand the long game, and it definitely made my mental [health] a little bit more at ease coming to the gym every day and not focusing on that stuff."
The Bucks, who finished third in the Eastern Conference before ousting the Miami Heat, Brooklyn, Atlanta Hawks and Phoenix Suns through the course of the Playoffs to claim the title, will be looking at a strong defence of their crown in 2021-22.
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“Are we satisfied? I'm not satisfied. I'm not even close to being satisfied," star man Giannis Antetokounmpo said. "That's the tone we got to set as a team. As the leader of this team, that's the tone I'm going to set. We understand that teams are coming for us, but we're going to be ready.”
In head-to-head stats, the Nets and the Bucks have met in 201 Regular Season and Playoff games since 1976-77, with Milwaukee claiming 117 wins compared to 84 for Brooklyn. The teams’ last meeting was in June 2021, with the Bucks winning 115-111 in overtime in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference semifinal.
Brooklyn Nets v Milwaukee Bucks – Head-to-head
Games played: 201
Nets wins: 84
Bucks wins: 117
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