BUCK SHOTS
Richard Jefferson is averaging a team-high 22.5 points and is second on the club with 6.3 boards over the last four games. He’s shooting 52.3% (34-65) from the field.
Over his last three games Ramon Sessions is averaging 19.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 1.0 steals. He’s gotten to the line 15 times in that span (second on the team) and knocked down 93.3 percent (14).
Dating back to November 21, Charlie Villanueva has connected on 23 consecutive free throws.
Milwaukee Bucks Head Coach Scott Skiles has been named part of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame’s
2009 induction class. Skiles scored 850 points in leading Plymouth to the 1982 state championship.
Milwaukee and Chicago are ranked seventh and tied for ninth, respectively in forcing their opponents into 15.63 and 15.59 turnovers per game.
The Bucks are ranked third in the NBA in opponents’ three point field goal percentage by allowing foes to hit just 30.8 percent of their triples. They average 5.74 three pointers allowed per game – the 10th fewest per game, but all nine of the teams that give up fewer threes face less attempts than the 18.6 the Bucks face (it’s the ninth highest average in the league).
Dan Gadzuric has blocked 370 shots in his career and is now three shy of passing Paul Pressey (372) for
eighth place in franchise history.