MILWAUKEE, January 9 (AP) -- Mo Williams scored a season-high 35 points to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 98-92 victory over Miami on Wednesday night, sending the Heat to their ninth straight loss.
Dwyane Wade scored 34 points to lead Miami, which extended its longest losing streak since dropping 12 in a row in the 2001-02 season and also lost its eighth straight on the road. Jason Williams scored a season-high 23 points in his first game since recovering from inflammation in his left knee.
Andrew Bogut scored 17 points to lead Milwaukee, which played without guard Michael Redd for the fourth game in a row because of a deep thigh bruise.
The Bucks started the first quarter with a 22-11 lead but the Heat went on a 12-3 run from 4:23 to close out the quarter down two points (25-23).
The Bucks have outscored their opponents in four of the five first quarters in January. In that span they’ve averaged 21.8 points to 20.0 to their foes.
Miami went on a 16-2 run starting at 6:51 in the third quarter and ending at 1:51 to take a 66-64 lead. It was their first lead since they were up 5-2 at 10:01 in the first quarter. Milwaukee scored the final four points of the frame to lead 68-66 going into the fourth quarter.
The Bucks opened the fourth quarter on a 12-4 run to lead 80-70 at a timeout at 7:36 in the fourth.
Mo Williams scored a game-high 35 points, tying Michael Redd for the second-highest total by a Buck this season and marking the second time he’s tallied 30 or more points. He has averaged 22.2 points and 6.0 assists over his last five contests.
Bucks guard Charlie Bell scored 11 points, the third consecutive game he has been in double-figures, and is averaging 19.7 points over that span.
Miami guard Jason Williams scored a season-high 23 points off the bench and handed out three assists to go along with three steals.
Over their last five contests the Bucks bench has outscored their opponents bench 32.4 to 23.2 (162-116)…Milwaukee is 4-1 in those tilts.
With 34 points, Heat guard Dwyane Wade has now tallied 30 or more points 10 times this season.
In January the Bucks have outscored their foes 134-119 (26.8-23.8) in the fourth quarter.
Milwaukee has won three in a row for the second time this season. They won five in a row from November 14-24.
The Bucks closed out a stretch where they played four of five games against the Southeast Division at 4-1. Milwaukee has been successful against that division with a 6-4 mark on the season.
Miami has won 10 of their last 14 games against Milwaukee, but the Bucks have taken two against the Heat within the last week.
The Heat has lost nine in a row. This is the Heat’s longest losing streak since losing 12 in a row from November 8, 2001 to December 4, 2001.
The Bucks held their opponent to 99 points or less for the 17th time this season and improved their record to 13-4 when doing so.
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(On tonight’s game…)
“We got off to a good start. It felt really good, the game was flowing and we were making shots and executing real well. I think we kind of witnessed the D(wyane) Wade show to end the first half and we didn’t really have an answer. We went small to match up with them on the perimeter. They ran some interesting little plays against our zone and set some pick-and-rolls. We had some people in positions that they weren’t accustomed to being in.”
(On Mo Williams playing all 48 minutes...)
“Mo can rest tomorrow. I really liked what he was doing on the floor on both sides of the ball. Certainly scoring 35 points, he made some big plays for us. He’s been a warrior with some of the injuries we’ve had. He’s found himself on the floor probably more. It’s a situation where we’ll have an optional day for him tomorrow and he can charge up and we’ll head out west and he should be ready to go for the next couple.”
(On Bobby Simmons’ effort tonight...)
“Bobby’s really kind of a calming influence on the floor. He had a couple of turnovers to make it a little shaky, but he understands all the schemes on both sides of the ball. He seems to be in the right spot and he hit some big shots.”
Charlie Bell
(On the team coming closer together…)
“We’ve got to go out there and continue to work and get better. These wins are wins, but at the same time we know we’ve got a tough road trip coming up and we just have to look towards the future.”
(On the upcoming road trip out west…)
”When you look at them, L.A. is probably playing their best ball. Kobe (Bryant), Andrew Bynum, Derek Fisher, those guys are looking great. Phoenix is always right there, and playing them on a back-to-back is going to be tough. Then Utah is a tough place to play, so we’ve got three tough games coming up. We just have to go out there, stick together, and hopefully get Michael (Redd) back and everybody else can continue to play the way they’ve been playing.”
Mo Williams
(On playing against the Heat after they tried to sign him in the summer…)
“I try to play well every night, some nights you just don’t have it and some nights you have it. Most importantly, we got the win. Three in a row feels good.”
(On tonight’s game…)
“They’re hungry. You saw a lot of hustle plays, but we’re hungry, too. We went on runs and they went on runs. We closed it out and made our free throws and stopped them down the stretch.”
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