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Bucks vs. Nets: Milwaukee cannot afford to waste opportunity created by injuries to James Harden, Kyrie Irving - CBS Sports
Jun 14, 2021 1 min, 12 secs

That flurry from the two-time MVP was the exclamation point on a 107-96 Game 4 win for the Milwaukee Bucks as they evened their second-round series with the Brooklyn Nets at 2-2.

On either side of their hero's thrilling sequence in the final minutes, the jubilant crowd inside Fiserv Forum broke into their favorite chant: "Bucks in six!" This time last week, following the Bucks' embarrassing loss in Game 2, that would have been unthinkable.

In the middle of the second quarter of Game 4, Irving went up for a layup and severely twisted his ankle upon landing.

He went straight to the locker room once he made it to his feet, and didn't return to the game.

Nash added that he doesn't want Irving's injury to put any pressure on Harden to return before he's ready.

While he's improved to the point of doing on-court work there's still a "gap to make up" before he's able to go full speed in a playoff game. 

"If he's able to play next game or the game after, that's fantastic

If he's not, we don't want to rush him back and jeopardize doing something worse or making this a long-term injury."

We want to make sure that we continue to play our type of game," Pat Connaughton said

Barring some sort of miraculous recovery from Harden or Irving, the Bucks should be favorites at this point to return to the Eastern Conference finals for the second time in three seasons

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