The Nets arrive in Milwaukee with the East's Player of the Week and Rookie of the Month and a game and a half out of the playoffs. If there was ever a "must-win" game this early, this is it. The Nets win and they're a half-game out. They lose, it's two and a half out and probably in tenth. Richard Jefferson and Charlie Villaneuva have filled in well for the injured Bucks. Meanwhile, Vince Carter admits he's hurting.

• New Jersey Nets Game Notes - New Jersey Nets
• Milwaukee Bucks Game Notes - Milwaukee Bucks
• Getting Inside: New Jersey Nets - Sports Xchange
• Getting Inside: Milwaukee Bucks - Sports Xchange
• Shooter's Elbow - Al Iannazzone - In the 'Zzone
• Jefferson relishing playoff race - Dave D'Alessandro - Star-Ledger
• The Bucks stop - Nets call it a game - Mark Hale - New York Post
• No ordinary homecoming for Nets' guard Devin Harris - Matt Gagne - New York Daily News
• Preview: Nets at Bucks - Tom Enlund - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
• Bucks: Playoffs within reach - Tom Enlund - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
• Preparing for the Nets - Tom Enlund - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
• Nets battling RJ’s Bucks for playoff spot - Al Iannazzone - The Record
• Up next: Nets at Bucks - The Record
• Nets-Bucks Preview - AP