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Bucks snap losing streak, win in Toronto

February 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Carlos Delfino gave the Milwaukee Bucks a much-needed lift.  Facing his former team, Delfino scored 25 points to lead the Bucks to a 105-99 win over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night.

Delfino hit 6 of 8 three-pointers for the Bucks.  Drew Gooden added 20 points and 14 rebounds, Mike Dunleavy had 18 and Stephen Jackson 17 points in the win. 

Milwaukee’s leading scorer, point guard Brandon Jennings was relatively quiet for the second night in-a-row.  Jennings scored just 11 points and hit only 3 of 12 from the field.  Jennings came in averaging more than 19 points a game. 

The Bucks are off today.  They’ll face the Cavaliers in Cleveland on Friday night.

AUDIO: Scott Skiles on his teams win :13

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Jennings dials long distance, leads Bucks to victory

February 2, 2012 By

Point guard Brandon Jennings hit 7 of 14 from 3-point range last night to lead

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the Milwaukee Bucks to a 105-97 win over the Miami Heat at the Bradley Center.  Jennings poured in 31 points to send the Bucks to their 3rd straight victory and end Miami’s win streak at 5-games.

Miami jumped all over the Bucks early, with forward Lebron James scoring 24 of his season high 40 points in the first quarter.  The Bucks trailed 60-47 at the half but used a 17-1 run to start the fourth quarter to take control. [Read more...]

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Jennings leads Bucks past Pistons (AUDIO)

January 31, 2012 By

Brandon Jennings scored 21 and Mike Dunleavy (8 for 10 FG) scored a season high 20 off the bench to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 103-82 win over the Detroit Pistons at the Bradley Center on Monday night.

Drew Gooden added 16 points as the Bucks won their second straight and 5th in the last seven games.  They moved within 2-games
(9-11) of the .500 mark.

Jennings hit 4 of 8 from three-point range and continues his season long improvement in shooting accuracy.

AUDIO: Scott Skiles says B Jennings off-season shooting work has paid off :21

Jennings 3-point shooting efficiency was a little over 32% a year ago.  So far this season, Jennings is hitting from distance at more than 36%. [Read more...]

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Bucks earn a day off

January 26, 2012 By

The Milwaukee Bucks earned their day off today, knocking off the Houston

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Rockets 105-99 in Houston on Wednesday night.

A team that couldn’t win on the road to start (losses in 1st 8 road games), the Bucks have now won 3 of their last four games overall with all three wins coming on the road.

The Bucks started the game by jumping out to a 12-0 lead.  Houston eventually chipped away and took a lead into the locker room at halftime.  But the Bucks used a big 20-0 run in the second half to reclaim the lead and hang on for the win.

Stephen Jackson and Brandon Jennings scored 20 points each and Ersan Ilyasova pulled down a career high 19 rebounds in the win.  The Bucks (7-10) snapped an 11-game losing streak at Houston.  The last Bucks victory came back in 1999.

Kevin Martin scored 29 points to lead the Rockets, who saw their 7-game win streak come to an end.

The Bucks are in Chicago on Friday night to face the Bulls.

Andrew Bogut

The Bucks lost big man Andrew Bogut in the 1st half with an ankle injury.  Injuries came up negative, but Bogut was scheduled to undergo an MRI today.

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Bucks cough up late lead, again!

January 24, 2012 By

After back-to-back road victories, the Milwaukee Bucks returned to the Bradley Center on Monday night and fell to the Atlanta Hawks 97-92.

Atlanta’s Joe Johnson scored 14 of his season high 28 in the 4th quarter to bring the Hawks from behind.  In fact, Johnson scored 24 of his 28 in the second half. 

AUDIO: Stephen Jackson offers kudo’s to Joe Johnson :10

After tying the game with a Drew Gooden 3-pointer late, the Bucks gave one up on the other end when Josh Smith buried a 3 from the left-wing. 

AUDIO: Scott Skiles said Smith’s 3 came because of Joe Johnson :16

Brandon Jennings scored 21 points and dished out 11 assists for his second double-double of the season.  Mike Dunleavy scored a season high 17 in 31 minutes. 

Stephen Jackson’s role last night was on defense.  The Bucks forward played 28 minutes and took just 1 shot. 

The Bucks fell to 6-10.  They’ll head to Houston to face the Rockets on Wednesday night.  Houston has won 7-straight.

 

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