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Bucks vs Celtics Lead Changes: 6 Times Tied: 3 TV COMPANION RECAP Attendance: 15,171 Duration: 2 hours and 4 minutes |
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| GOING STREAKING – In addition to the Bucks' six-game winning streak, Milwaukee is also in the midst of a fourgame
run of 30-assist outings. The Bucks have averaged 34.5 dimes per game over the last four while registering
assists on a whopping 75.8% of their made field goals (138-of-182). To put that in perspective, the NBA average
for assist percentage this season 57.5%. The NBA hasn't seen a four-game run of 30+ assist outings since PHX did
so from Dec. 2-7, 2007, and the last five-game run in the league belongs to the Magic from Apr. 8-17, 1995. THE SECRET – Milwaukee has gone 7-1 in its last eight games, establishing a season-long winning streak of six games in the process (currently the longest active winning streak in the NBA). Over that span, the Bucks are averaging 110.1 ppg, 30.9 apg and 8.6 3FGM/game. The Bucks may have figured out the secret trends to winning through their recent success. Here are the key figures: 100: Milwaukee is posting a tidy 17-4 record when cracking the century mark. The Bucks have tallied 100+
points in each of the last seven games, going 6-1 in that span, after doing so just once in the previous 12
games (3-9 over that stretch). The current streak is Milwaukee's longest since the 2007-08 season.
30: The Bucks have now handed out 30 assists in each of the last four games. More about the significance of that streak can be found in the note above, but for the season, the Bucks are 8-0 when topping 30 assists in a game. Five of the seven wins during the Bucks' current 7-1 stretch have included 30+ assists. 10: Milwaukee is 9-0 this season when tallying 10+ treys, including Tuesday's win at Portland in which the Bucks went 11-of-21 from long distance. The Bucks have recorded 10+ 3FGM in four of the last eight games. GOOD (EN) VIBRATIONS – Prior to the All-Star break, Drew Gooden missed four games with a right wrist sprain. During that time, the Bucks went 1-3 and scored just 89.5 points per game. In the 12 games since Gooden has returned to the lineup, the Bucks have averaged 107.3 points and topped 100 eight times. Individually, Gooden has averaged 19.1 points and 8.2 rebounds per game over those 12. In that span he's posted five double-doubles, one tripledouble, and recorded three of his highest point totals this season (season-high 27 vs. Chicago on 3/7, 26 at Atlanta on 3/2 and 25 vs. Philadelphia on 3/5). On Monday, the NBA named Gooden the Eastern Conference Player of the Week. ERSANITY! – While Linsanity was taking the Big Apple by storm, Ersan Ilyasova produced a historic night of his own just across the Hudson. Ilyasova erupted for career highs of 29 points and 25 rebounds in Milwaukee's win at New Jersey on 2/19, becoming the first Bucks player in over 30 years to tally 25+ points and rebounds in a single game. Ilyasova becomes just the third member of the 25/25 club in Bucks history, joining Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Swen Nater.
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*Projected Starters by Bucks.com |
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