Nets beat Bucks to end skid

Posted January 29, 2008 10:00 pm

Associated Press

This is why the New Jersey Nets won't just give Jason Kidd away.

Kidd scored 7 of his 9 points in the final 1:42 and added 11 assists as the Nets snapped a nine-game losing streak with an 87-80 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night.

Ignoring the distractions Kidd created a day earlier with his comments encouraging a trade, the Nets avoided their first double-digit skid since dropping their final 11 games of the 2000 season.

Richard Jefferson scored 20 points and Vince Carter had 16 points and matched a season high with 12 rebounds for the Nets.

Royal Ivey scored 19 points for the Bucks, who were without leading scorer Michael Redd for the second straight game because of a left knee strain that will also keep him out of Wednesday's game at Philadelphia.

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