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Team W L
Cleveland 8 2
Detroit 7 3
Chicago 5 5
Bucks 5 6
Indiana 4 5
Scott Skiles
Shoot around
11/18/08
CNP
vs.

ALL-TIME SERIES:
Milwaukee trails 29-44

The Nuggets traded Allen Iverson to the Pistons for Chauncey Billups, Antonio McDyess and Cheikh Samb on Monday, November 3 and have gone 5-2 since making the deal. Billups has played in six of those contests
and averaged 19.5 points (117) and 6.0 assists (36). He has also connected on 41.0 percent of his threepoint
attempts (13-32).

Milwaukee hasn’t swept the two-game series against Denver since the 2001-02 season. Since the 2002-03 season, the Nuggets hold a 9-3 edge in the matchups between the clubs. Last year the teams split 1-1 with each club winning on their home court – including Milwaukee rallying from a 23-point deficit with the help of 65 second-half points for their 115-109 win on Feb 23, 2008. Michael Redd tallied a Bucks season-high 42 points in that game.


08-09 Regular Season Match-ups
Nov 18, 2008 @ Denver – 8:00 p.m.
Feb 22, 2009 @ Milwaukee – 4:00 p.m.






Bucks (5-6) at Nuggets (6-4)
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
8:00 pm (CT) - Pepsi Center

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PROBABLE STARTERS - All starters are probable and subject to change

Bucks
Nuggets
PG
Ridnour

Billups
SG
Bell
Jones
SF
Jefferson
Anthony
PF
Mbah A Moute
Martin
C
Bogut Nene
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BUCK SHOTS

Tonight’s game begins a stretch where the Bucks will play six of their next seven games on the road. It’s also
the second consecutive week where they face four games in five nights (four different cities this week).

The Bucks begin the fourth out of five consecutive back-to-back sets tonight. The combined record of their opponents during the stretch is 61-39 (.610). (The stretch includes: BOS 2x, PHX, CLE, SA, MEM, DEN, UTA, NY, CHA). Milwaukee is the first team since the 04-05 season to have a stretch of at least five consecutive back-to-backs (Detroit had seven from December 29, 2004 to January 22, 2005).

Ramon Sessions has 23 assists against five turnovers in his last five games (4.60:1 assist/TO ratio).

Ramon Sessions continued his string of double-figure scoring games on Wednesday, reaching double digits in all nine of his games this season.

Luke Ridnour has been knocking down his three point attempts over his last four tilts. He’s shot 47.0 percent
(7-15) over that time, including a 3-4 night from downtown on Saturday.

Over his last two tilts, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute is averaging 16.5 points and 13.0 rebounds (7.5 on the
offensive end). He has also contributed 2.0 steals and knocked down 13-15 free throw attempts (87.0 %).

Andrew Bogut has averaged a double-double against Western Conference foes this year (10.3 pts/12.5 rebs).

The Bucks are in the eighth game of a nine game stretch where eight of their opponents were in the 2008 NBA Playoffs. Thus far Milwaukee has gone 3-4 against those foes.


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