Head Coach Scott Skiles
On the play of Brandon Jennings…
“I thought he had a pretty good all around game. We had a really nice floor game again and he easily could have had 10 or 12 assists. Detroit’s guards gave us problems the last two games and kept us on our heels defensively. He came out in the third quarter and gave us a huge lift and, you know, got in the zone. It once again shows you a different element of his game.”

On the Bucks bench…
“The bench was good. Early on in both games we have kind of been sluggish out of the gate so we have to try to find something we can do about that. The whole second half I thought we had good intensity, played good defense, spread the ball out and played well.”

On Andrew Bogut…
“We were so guarded with him during the exhibition season, moderating his minutes. We have to give him a little time to really get his regular season legs under him. I thought he was better in the second half as well, he made a couple big plays.”

Guard Brandon Jennings
On his third quarter performance…
“We were working on cutting the lead down as much as possible, but it wasn’t just me. I thought everyone contributed well in the third quarter to go on a nice little run.”

On the importance of winning at home…
“You know me, I’m a competitor. If things are going well, I like to get the crowd going. Let’s get this place jumping this year, and that’s going to help us win basketball games like tonight. The fans were behind us and that got everybody going.”

On his first two NBA games…
“Pretty good. It’s a long season, though, and it’s early. Everybody has to contribute across the board.”

Forward Hakim Warrick
On tonight’s game…
“We tried to get out right away and get some transition points. We did a much better job in the second half pushing the tempo and I think that’s what got us over the top.”

On match up problems…
“You have to be able to spread the floor. When you got a guy like Andrew Bogut who can score in the post and a guy like Brandon (Jennings) who doesn’t need much room, it’s deadly.”

On playing back-to-back games…
“It’s a tough thing to do but at the same time it’s really important. I think that’s what makes Brandon’s performance even better. Not only is this his first two games but they happen to be back-to-back.”

• Milwaukee raises the curtain on the home portion of their 2009-10 schedule tonight and brings a 29-12 record in home openers into tonight’s game.
  
  
• The Bucks have been scary good on Halloween, boasting a 12-3 record on the holiday, including a 5-0 mark at home. Tonight is their first Halloween home game at the Bradley Center and their first since 1984, 25 years ago, when they beat Washington 105-79 at The Mecca.
  
  
• The Bucks entered the 2009-10 season with a 1,744-1,586 (.524) all-time record. That winning percentage is the eighth-highest among active franchises.
  
  
• Milwaukee opens the season with three of their first four games played on the road (currently 0-1 in that string), but following that stretch they’ll have six consecutive games at home (November 7-20).
  
  
• The Bucks have won five of their last six home openers and nine of the last 11. They’re 4-2 all-time when playing their first home game of the season against the Pistons.
  
  
• Milwaukee has 25 postseason appearances to their credit and 13 division titles. Those division titles rank them fourth in the league coming into this year.
  
  
• Michael Redd has now started on seven opening nights for the Bucks. Brian Winters leads all Milwaukee players with eight opening night starting assignments.
  
  
• Luc Richard Mbah a Moute is nine boards away from reaching 500 rebounds for his career while Luke Ridnour is 16 points away from 4,000 for his career.
  
  
• The Bucks finished the preseason at 3-5, making them 175-154 all-time in 42 preseasons.