<font size="20">@</font> <font color="purple">Milwaukee Bucks</font> (25-35) @ <font color="cyan">New Orleans Hornets</font>(13-47) TV: UPN 24 Milwaukee Radio: 620 AM WTMJ WHEN: Saturday, March 12th, 2005 TIME: 7:00 PM Central WHERE: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA Previous Game Nets 86 @ Hornets 95 OT Mavs 112 @ Bucks 110 Streaks Hornets: Lost 2 Bucks: Lost 1 Probable Starters C: Dan Gadzuric/PJ Brown PF: Joe Smith/Jackson Vroman SF: Desmond Mason/Lee Nailon SG: Michael Redd/JR Smith PG: Mo Williams/Dan Dickau 6th Man:Toni Kukoc/Casey Jacobsen Coaches: Terry Porter (second season, 66-74) Byron Scott (first season with Hornets 13-47, fifth season overall, 161-186). Injuries Bucks- TJ Ford- OUT (Neck) Daniel Santiago- OUT (Eye) Hornets- Jamaal Maglorie- OUT (Finger) David West- OUT (Knee) THE SERIES The Bucks defeated the Hornets on Nov. 13 at the Bradley Center, 94-91. The Bucks have lost three straight on the road to the Hornets. Matchup to Watch Desmond Mason vs. Lee Nailon Mason: 16.9 PPG 4.2 RPG 2.8 APG 44.7% FG Nailon: 15.2 PPG 4.8 RPG 1.6 APG 48% FG Prediction Bucks head down to New Orleans to take on one of the NBA's worst teams, the Hornets. The young guns like Dickau and Smith have played pretty decent since the injury to Baron Davis and then him getting traded. I think the Bucks should and will win this bouncing back from yesterday's tough loss. Bucks by 11
