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86 |
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The Bucks set five Guiness World Records and beat the LA Clippers 119-85 Saturday night.
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Press Conference
MIL vs UTA
12/23/08 |
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Locker Room
MIL vs UTA
12/23/08 |
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Game Highlights
MIL vs UTA
12/23/08 |
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Michael Redd
Points: 27
Rebounds: 6
Assists: 1
Minutes: 40:44 |
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DET |
@ SAS |
@ HOU |
12/27/08 |
12/30/08 |
12/31/08 |
7:30pm |
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Milwaukee Bucks 94, Utah Jazz 86
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
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Redd leads Bucks to fifth win in 6 games
MILWAUKEE(AP) Michael Redd scored 27 points to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to their fifth straight home victory, 94-86 over the short-handed Utah Jazz on Tuesday night.
Milwaukee also won for the fifth time in its last six games overall and snapped an eight-game losing streak against Utah. The Jazz finished 2-3 on their five-game road trip.
Luke Ridnour had 11 points, 11 assists and six steals for Milwaukee.
Reserve Andrei Kirilenko scored a season-high 22 for Utah. Deron Williams added 17 points, eight assists and eight rebounds, but had seven of Utah's 24 turnovers.
The Jazz were playing without center Mehmet Okur, who sat out with back spasms, and forward Carlos Boozer, who missed his 18th straight with a strained left quad tendon.
Utah also received a scare in the first quarter, when forward Paul Millsap injured his left knee after he landed awkwardly trying to block Redd's layup. He stayed on the ground for several minutes before being helped to the locker room, putting no pressure on his left leg.
X-rays were negative, and Millsap returned to the bench late in the second quarter with his left knee in a brace. He started the second half and finished with 11 points and nine rebounds, snapping his streak of 15 straight double-doubles, which was the longest active stretch in the NBA.
Utah shot 38 percent (30-for-79), while the Bucks made just one of 16 3-pointers.
The Jazz never led after the first quarter and trailed by as many as 19 early in the second half, but pulled to 88-85 after four straight points by Kirilenko. Redd sank a 15-footer with 1:12 remaining to seal it.
The Bucks scored 17 points off 12 Jazz turnovers in the first half and led 50-38 at halftime. Redd, who shot just 1-of-9 on 3-pointers, had 12 points in the half.
Ramon Sessions scored six points in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter to extend Milwaukee's lead to 77-67, but Utah came back with a 10-0 run, including five points from Williams, to tie it at 77 with 7:08 remaining.
The Bucks went back up 83-77 on six free throws, four by Redd.
Bucks guard Charlie Bell left the game in the second quarter with right knee soreness and did not return.
Notes: Okur, who is averaging 16.6 points and 8.2 rebounds, had tallied at least 23 points and nine rebounds in each of his last three contests. ... The Bucks last won five games in a row at home to open the 2007-08 season, when they had six straight victories at the Bradley Center. ... The Bucks came in 3-13 against teams with winning records - and 9-2 against teams with sub-.500 marks.
Postgame Quotes:
Skiles
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BUCKS HEAD COACH SCOTT SKILES:
On tonight’s game ...
“I felt like we played well again, especially on the defensive end. We had several opportunities to take the lead up but we couldn’t make that big shot.”
On the team’s recent success ...
“You’re always as good as your next game and our next game is against another good opponent. The guys have made progress. We just said to ourselves that maybe two or three weeks ago if we shot less than 40 percent we probably would have gotten beat by 15 points. ”
On sloppy play in the second half ...
“We had trouble making that key shot. They were so injured Jerry (Sloan) was putting different line-ups out there that caused some match-up problems.”
Ridnour
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BUCKS GUARD LUKE RIDNOUR:
On the Utah Jazz ...
“They play hard, they cut hard, they play tough defense. It was a physical game and we knew they were going to be like that so it was just a matter of grinding it out.”
On losing a 19-point lead ...
“You don’t think about it during the game. I’m sure everyone else does but you need to keep competing. We kept our composure during the times we couldn’t make a shot. Luckily we were able to just grind it out.”
Redd
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BUCKS CENTER ANDREW BOGUT:
On the Utah Jazz ...
“They’re a great defensive team first of all. We had some shots we couldn’t make and adjustments we had to make throughout the game. It was a great battle.”
On team winning 5 straight home games ...
”We’re positive. You want to continue to stay humble and keep working hard. We realize that we’re gaining ground but we’re still under .500. ”
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