• Fourty-three years ago today (January 22, 1968), the NBA awarded a franchise to Milwaukee Professional Sports & Services, Inc. headed by Wesley Pavalon and Marvin Fishman.
  
  
• John Salmons sat out his third consecutive game with right hip soreness. Drew Gooden also missed tonight’s game with left foot planter fasciitis.
  
  
• Carlos Delfino played his first home game since his November 6th injury. Last night in Cleveland, Delfino scored nine points in 22 minutes. Delfino played over 32 minutes in tonight’s game and finished with five points.
  
  
• Keyon Dooling has now hit a three-pointer in eight straight games and 14 of his last 15 games. Dooling also recorded his 136th assist of the season tonight surpassing his season total from the 2009-10 season.
  
  
• Memphis snapped a four game losing streak against the Bucks at the Bradley Center. The Bucks has still won five of the last seven at home and seven of the last nine overall.
  
  
• Memphis finished tonight’s game with 56 points in the paint after recording 72 points in the paint last night against the Houston Rockets. Entering tonight’s game the Grizzlies led the league averaging 49.0 points in the paint.
  
  
• Corey Maggette has now scored in double figures in six of the last seven games. Maggette finished with 12 points tonight. Maggette also finished with a season high five assists and tied his season high in rebounds with eight.
  
  
• Zach Randolph recorded his 10th straight double-double breaking his own franchise record shared with Shareef Abdur-Rahim. Randolph finished with 16 points and 11 rebounds. It is Randolph’s 30th double-double of the season.
  
  
• Marc Gasol finished with a double-dobule recording 24 points and a season high 16 rebounds.
  
  
• The Grizzlies led 43-40 at the end of the first half. Earl Boykins led all scorers with 13 points and was the only player to score in double-digits. Memphis out-rebounded Milwaukee 26-14 led by Marc Gasol with seven rebounds. Gasol also led Memphis with nine points. With tonight’s win the Grizzlies improve to 15-5 when leading at the half.
  
  
• Memphis started the third quarter on a 16-6 run and closed the quarter with a 72-59 lead. The Grizzlies shot 12-21 (57.1%) in the quarter led by Marc Gasol with 11 points.

UH-OH, MAGGETTE-O'S – Corey Maggette has scored in double figures in five of the last six games and six of the last eight with five 20+ point performances in that eight-game stretch. Over the last six, Maggette is averaging a team-best 18.5 points per game on 50.0 percent (38-76) from the field, 4.3 rebounds and 91.7 percent (33-36) from the free throw line. On the season, the 12-year veteran is averaging 11.9 points on 42.8 percent shooting, 3.7 rebounds and .832 from the foul line.

THE DIRT ON DOOLING – Keyon Dooling set a career-high with 11 assists in Cleveland. With 133 assists on the year, he needs just three more to surpass his assist total (135) from the 2009-10 season. Of his 11-year career, only in 2008-09 did Dooling average more assists (3.5) than the 3.3 he is currently averaging. With his 11 assists and 12 points Friday, Dooling also notched his first double-double of the season. The performance marks Dooling's fourth double-double of his career (all four have been points-assists double-doubles), with the last time occurring on April 11, 2009 when, as a Net, he scored 12 points and dished out 10 assists.

MAGGETTE AT THE LINE – Corey Maggette leads the Bucks in made free throws this season with 159. His 4.5 made free throws per game puts him at 24th in the NBA. Of those players averaging 4.5 FTs per game, Maggette averages the fewest minutes with 20.9. All others average over 30 minutes per game. With his eight made free throws Friday, Maggette passed Alex English for 51st place in all-time free throws made in the NBA with 4,279 and needs 14 to top Jack Sikma (4,292) for 50th place.

THE DISH – In the 15 games without Brandon Jennings this season, Keyon Dooling (5.5) and Earl Boykins (3.8) are combining to average 9.3 assists per game. In the first 25 games of the season, the two combined to average 3.7 assists. With Jennings, the Bucks were averaging 18.0 assists and 13.8 turnovers; without him, 18.0 and 13.6. In the past 15 games, Dooling has a 3.57:1 (82:23) assist to turnover ratio.

• Carlos Delfino returned to action Friday night after missing the past 32 games with concussion-like symptoms. Delfino had nine points and five rebounds in 22.7 minutes.
  
  
• The Bucks had their second consecutive 100+ point outing Friday and are now 7-2 when scoring 100+ points. The Bucks had two-straight 100+ point games one other time this season, a 107-80 win over New York on Nov. 9 followed by a 108-91 win over Atlanta on Nov. 10.
  
  
• Over the past four games, Keyon Dooling has averaged 14.8 points and 5.5 assists to just 1.5 turnovers. Dooling has connected on at least one 3-pointer in his last seven games and 13 of his last 14. Against the Cavs, Dooling shot 50.0 percent (2-4) from 3-point range.
  
  
• The Bucks held the Cavaliers to 38.2 percent from the field last night. The Cavs 26 made field goals were a Bucks opponent-low for this season.
  
  
• Voting for the 2011 NBA All-Star game ends tomorrow, January 23. After the last ballot return, Bucks center Andrew Bogut stood in fourth place among Eastern Conference centers and guard Brandon Jennings was sixth among Eastern Conference guards.
  
  
• Over the past two games, the Bucks have shot 49.3 percent (74-150) from the field while holding their opponents to 41.5 percent (61-147).
  
  
• Andrew Bogut recorded 24 points on 11-14 (.786) from the field in the Bucks win over the Cavaliers Friday night. This was Bogut's fifth performance shooting 65.0 percent or higher this season. In those contests, the Bucks have gone 5-0.
  
  
• Drew Gooden needs one more block (399) to reach 400.