Losing at Boston, Dallas and San Antonio is one thing. Dropping a key midseason game at Milwaukee, where the Bucks had only won twice in its last nine home games, is another.

With low post defenders Tyson Chandler and Jared Jeffries missing because of injury, the Knicks defense continued to wallow, allowing a slew of easy, often uncontested shots in the Milwaukee Bucks’ 119-114 victory on Friday night.

Knicks Coach Mike D’Antoni had lamented the loss of Chandler and Jeffries after a loss at San Antonio on Wednesday night, saying they were key to the team’s defense.

The defensive malaise continued against the Bucks, a team that was averaging only 95.6 points.

The Knicks allowed Milwaukee to get uncontested jumpers and easy layups repeatedly. It led to the Knicks fourth consecutive loss, and pulled the Bucks within two games of the Knicks for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

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Ersan Ilyasova scored 5 points in the final minute en route to a team-high 26 points. Brandon Jennings added 25 points and 10 assists, and Mike Dunleavy scored 25 for the Bucks.

Amar’e Stoudemire scored 27 points but was called for traveling in the closing seconds with the Knicks trailing, 116-113.

Carmelo Anthony finished with 22 points, but only 7 after halftime. Jeremy Lin scored 20 points.

The game had some significance to the Eastern Conference playoff picture. The Knicks came into the game holding on to the No. 8 playoff spot in the East, with the Bucks three games behind. Milwaukee's win cuts the deficit to two.

【NBA快訊】尼克斯又輸球了！北京時(shí)間3月10日，紐約尼克斯客場以114-119不敵密爾沃基雄鹿。林書豪此役拿下了20分13次助攻4次搶斷，但兩雙表現(xiàn)仍然難救主，尼克斯遭遇四連敗。小甜瓜安東尼拿到21分，但在最后時(shí)刻的關(guān)鍵球不中。雄鹿方面三人得分20+，用強(qiáng)勢表現(xiàn)拒絕大逆轉(zhuǎn)。

此役有望改變目前東部的格局。尼克斯目前居?xùn)|部第八，而緊跟在他們身后的就是雄鹿，雄鹿當(dāng)然希望通過直接交鋒縮小差距。雙方一直殺到最后時(shí)刻才分出勝負(fù)。此役過后尼克斯取得18勝22負(fù)，在東部排名第八位；而雄鹿則取得16勝24負(fù)，在東部超過騎士排在第九位。

此戰(zhàn)之前尼克斯連續(xù)與強(qiáng)隊(duì)交鋒均落馬，先后輸給波士頓凱爾特人、達(dá)拉斯小牛與圣安東尼奧馬刺隊(duì)。此戰(zhàn)遭遇此前表現(xiàn)主場低迷的雄鹿，尼克斯未能挽回頹勢，林書豪與小斯和安東尼的優(yōu)秀表現(xiàn)還是沒有辦法阻止球隊(duì)一直輸球的狀態(tài)。