MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Bucks lost another game in the fourth quarter Saturday night. No news there.

But at least this time they found a new way to lose it.

This time the Bucks did it by failing to grab an offensive rebound in the final minutes, a rebound that led to a 3-point basket by Jason Kidd and sparked the New Jersey Nets to a 97-95 victory over the Bucks before a crowd of 16,562 at the Bradley Center.

Finding a way to lose in the fourth quarter is nothing new for the Bucks, who now have lost nine of their 18 games by failing to come through down the stretch, including a 103-99 loss at Chicago Friday night.

So when Vince Carter grabbed Malik Allen's miss with 1 minute, 36 seconds to go and fed Kidd for his third 3-pointer of the quarter, it all but guaranteed the Bucks would add another loss to their record, their fifth in the last six games and 14th in their last 18.

"It's certainly getting tough to swallow," Bucks coach Larry Krystkowiak said. "We seem to fail in an area or two from game to game, and they're not always the same."

Krystkowiak was looking at the Nets' 17-5 advantage in second-chance points as the area of concern this time. None was bigger than Carter's grab off the floor of Allen 's miss as the shot clock went off.

The Bucks did manage to knot it at 88 after Kidd's 3-pointer on a jumper by rookie forward Yi Jianlian. But Carter weaved his way through the Bucks defense for a lay-in that made it 90-88 with 55 seconds left, and the Nets never lost their lead.

"We have to keep fighting," said Milwaukee guard Mo Williams after the Bucks' second straight heartbreaking loss. "It's going to fall our way some day."

It was Kidd who made sure this game was going to fall the Nets' way. He was a living testimony to the adage of it's not how many shots you make but when you make them.

After missing eight of 10 shots in the first three quarters, the veteran hit all four of his fourth-quarter shots, including three in a 2-minute stretch that turned the Bucks' 75-72 lead into an 81-77 deficit with 6:14 to go.

"Jason's emotion and passion, that was big," Nets coach Lawrence Frank said.

Kidd's defense on Michael Redd down the stretch also played a big role. Kidd drew an offensive foul with 41 seconds remaining when Redd grabbed Kidd around the shoulders and threw him down in an effort to get free. On the ensuing possession, Allen hit a jumper that made it 92-88 with 23 seconds left.

Redd finished with a game-high 35 points, but didn't score from the field with Kidd hounding him over 3:59, or until he hit a 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds remaining that made it 96-95.

"What can you say about him?" Williams said of Kidd. "He's a Hall of Fame player. He's one of the best point guards ever to play the game."

Williams was pretty good, too, scoring 20 of his 24 points in the first half. However, Williams landed in foul trouble in the third quarter and eventually fouled out with 2 minutes remaining on an off-the-ball foul on forward Richard Jefferson.

"It happens in this game," Williams said of fouling out. "It's not like we're getting blown out. Close games are about catching breaks."

Or making your own breaks, something the Bucks are not doing at this point.