GAME THREAD: NBA: MILWAUKEE (7-6) at NEW YORK (4-10)

NBA: MILWAUKEE (7-6) at NEW YORK (4-10)

<h3>Thomas, Knicks look to bounce back from horrific loss</h3>

<div class="pre">Milwaukee (7-6) at New York (4-10) 7:30 pm EST</div>

NEW YORK (Ticker) - Hopefully a return to Madison Square Gardencan get the bad taste out of the mouth of the New York Knicks.

The lackluster Knicks will try to capture their third straightwin at home when they welcome in the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday.

Nate Robinson led the way with just 11 points off the bench asNew York suffered a humiliating 104-59 setback to the BostonCeltics on Thursday.


"We take two steps forward and one giant step back," Knickscoach Isiah Thomas said. "And I don't know where this game camefrom, I thought we played extremely selfish (Thursday) in termsof no ball movement. We didn't screen for each other.

"We definitely didn't see this type of game coming after thelast two games that we played and the way we were playing andmoving. This was just not a good night."


The Bucks dropped their second consecutive outing Thursday - a96-80 loss to the Atlanta Hawks despite 47 combined points fromMichael Redd and Mo Williams.


Milwaukee enters with one of the worst records on the road atjust 1-5. Its lone win away from the Bradley Center cameagainst the Cleveland Cavaliers last Tuesday.

 

NBA: MILWAUKEE at NEW YORK

<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE AT NEW YORK - PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS


MILWAUKEE NEW YORK

F Yi Jianlian F Zach Randolph
F Desmond Mason F Quentin Richardson
C Andrew Bogut C Eddy Curry
G Maurice Williams G Stephon Marbury
G Michael Redd G Jamal Crawford

OFFICIALS: Jim Clark
Rodney Mott
Benny Adams</div>

 

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<div class="pre">MILWAUKEE VS NEW YORK - INACTIVES

MILWAUKEE NEW YORK

PLAYER NAME REASON PLAYER NAME REASON
M RUFFIN FRACTURED LEFT WRIST J JAMES LEFT KNEE TENDINITIS
D NOEL COACH'S DECISION R MORRIS COACH'S DECISION
R SESSIONS NBDL W CHANDLER COACH'S DECISION</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA MILWAUKEE 7
NEW YORK 6 9:03 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA MILWAUKEE 14
NEW YORK 8 5:51 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA MILWAUKEE 20
NEW YORK 15 2:52 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA MILWAUKEE 29
NEW YORK 19 END, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA END 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MILWAUKEE 29 29
NEW YORK 19 19 END 1ST QTR

HIGH SCORERS AFTER 1ST QUARTER

MIL - MICHAEL REDD 8, DESMOND MASON 7, TWO
PLAYERS WITH 4
NYK - STEPHON MARBURY 10, ZACH RANDOLPH 5,
QUENTIN RICHARDSON 3</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA MILWAUKEE 37
NEW YORK 23 9:00 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA MILWAUKEE 37
NEW YORK 30 5:50 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA MILWAUKEE 49
NEW YORK 36 2:51 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA MILWAUKEE 55
NEW YORK 44 HALFTIME</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MILWAUKEE 29 26 55
NEW YORK 19 25 44 HALFTIME

HIGH SCORERS AT HALFTIME

MIL - MICHAEL REDD 18, DESMOND MASON 11,
CHARLIE VILLANUEVA 6
NYK - ZACH RANDOLPH 17, STEPHON MARBURY 13,
EDDY CURRY 5</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA MILWAUKEE 61
NEW YORK 48 8:47 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA MILWAUKEE 65
NEW YORK 52 5:45 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA MILWAUKEE 73
NEW YORK 61 2:38 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA MILWAUKEE 77
NEW YORK 65 END, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA END 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
MILWAUKEE 29 26 22 77
NEW YORK 19 25 21 65 END 3RD QTR

HIGH SCORERS AFTER 3RD QUARTER

MIL - MICHAEL REDD 22, DESMOND MASON 15,
ANDREW BOGUT 10
NYK - ZACH RANDOLPH 23, JAMAL CRAWFORD 15,
STEPHON MARBURY 13</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA MILWAUKEE 80
NEW YORK 73 9:02 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA MILWAUKEE 82
NEW YORK 77 5:45 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>