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GAME NOTES | PREGAME REPORT | INJURY REPORT | PHOTOS | VIDEO | COMPLETE SCHEDULE
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88 |
| Sixers (11-14) |
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93 |
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The Bucks dropped one on the road 93-88 to the 76ers.
(NBAE/Getty Images)
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Game Highlights
MIL at PHI
12/17/08 |
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Luke Ridnour
Points: 14
Rebounds: 3
Assist: 1
Minutes: 32:47 |
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@PHI |
@NYK |
LAC |
12/17/08 |
12/19/08 |
12/20/08 |
6:00pm |
6:30pm |
7:30pm |
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Milwaukee Bucks 88, Philadelphia 76ers 93
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
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Williams helps 76ers beat Bucks
PHILADELPHIA(AP) Lou Williams matched his career high with 25 points, Andre Miller added 19 and the Philadelphia 76ers overcame the loss of forward Elton Brand to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 93-88 on Wednesday night.
Brand dislocated his right shoulder with 7:23 left in the third quarter after landing on Milwaukee's Luc Mbah a Moute.
Marreese Speights added 12 points, and Thaddeus Young had 10 to help the Sixers improve to 11-14 overall and 2-0 under interim coach Tony DiLeo. DiLeo replaced the fired Maurice Cheeks on Saturday.
Luke Ridnour and Charlie Bell scored 14 points each for Milwaukee, and Mbah a Moute added 13. The loss ended the Bucks' two-game winning streak.
Brand had four points and six rebounds before he was injured. He entered the game averaging a team-best 16.4 points.
Brand signed a five-year, $80 million contract on July 9 after seven seasons with the Chicago Bulls and two with the Los Angeles Clippers. He was limited to only eight games last season with the Clippers because of a left Achilles' injury.
Bell's 3-pointer with 1:17 remaining in the third gave the Bucks a 73-63 advantage, their largest of the game.
The Sixers used a 21-7 run to take an 84-80 lead on a basket by Reggie Evans with 5:01 left.
Milwaukee missed its first eight field goal attempts in the fourth but hit seven of eight free throws.
After the Bucks eventually tied it at 86, Williams scored six straight points to give the Sixers a 92-86 lead with 1:13 remaining.
Notes: Mbah a Moute hit a 17-foot jumper at the buzzer to give the Bucks a 53-46 lead at halftime. ... Milwaukee shot 22-of-41 - 54 percent - from the field in the first half.
Postgame Quotes:
Skiles
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BUCKS HEAD COACH SCOTT SKILES:
On his team’s performance tonight...
“We had a bunch of guys who looked like they didn’t feel like playing from the opening tip. We were just heavy-legged, slow footed; we couldn’t get up and down the floor and had tremendous trouble guarding them. We got exactly what we deserved.”
On his team’s energy tonight...
“We played a very low energy game tonight. It was still there for us to win. Somebody has to win the game. The last five or six minutes of the game, they got every ball and were all over the glass. Not every game is a masterpiece. Sometimes there are opportunities. They (Sixers) saw an opportunity to go ahead and take care of business and get the game. We just couldn’t find the energy.”
On playing the Philadelphia 76ers...
“I thought we did a good job on Elton (Brand). I’ve said it many times already, it’s not about winning or losing the game, it’s about how we play. You take the end result and for whatever reason we just looked like we didn’t feel like it tonight. When that happens it’s very disappointing. You try to figure out why and you feel like you’re back to square one.”
Bell
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BUCKS GUARD CHARLIE BELL:
On playing the Philadelphia 76ers tonight...
“They’re the most athletic team in the league. When they get in the open court, they’re hard to guard. In the half-court I thought we did a good job. It’s just something when we were on the break…our transition game was terrible tonight. ”
On the team’s energy tonight ...
“You can definitely tell that the most energetic team out there was the Philadelphia 76ers. We didn’t look like we had as much bounce in our steps. On paper we should’ve won and we need to go out there and play every night like we’re playing the Boston Celtics or the Cleveland Cavaliers. It’s part of becoming a good team. We’re not there yet and hopefully we can continue to work. Night in and night out we need to go out there and play Milwaukee Bucks basketball and continue to try and get wins.”
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