Redd Means Go In Milwaukee, Bucks Stop Magic 100-86

Michael Redd fell 1 assist short of a triple-double, as he scored a game high 27 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and dished off a game high 9 assists, as the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Orlando Magic Wednesday night 100-86. For Orlando it’s their third consecutive loss, up until this fallow period they had not even lost consecutive games all season. The Bucks shot 50% from the floor for the game, as they went 35-70.

Milwaukee looked like they had this game wrapped up after the first quarter, as they led at the end of the first period 32-20, and basically kept the margin in place through three quarters. The Bucks led at the end of the half, 53-40, and at the end of 3 quarters led 75-61. Orlando made a run in the fourth as they started connecting on treys, and got the lead down to just 2 points, at 75-73. Milwaukee scored six unanswered points, on 2 baskets by center Andrew Bogut, and Mo Williams jump shot. The Bucks survived the surge and won the game.

Yi Jianlian had a nice game for the Bucks as the rookie scored 18 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, Williams scored 17 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds, 1 steal. Charlie Bell came off the bench to score 13 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, and Bogut scored 11 points, 9 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 blocked shot before fouling out.

Dwight Howard had a double-double for Orlando, 20 points, a game high 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 blocked shot, Rashard Lewis also scored 20, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 1 blocked shot. Hedo Turkoglu scored 18 points, 9 boards, 2 assists, and Kenyon Dooling scored 11 points off the bench. With the win Milwaukee is now 9-12, while Orlando is 16-7.