GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NBA: DETROIT (9-5) at MILWAUKEE (7-7)

NBA: DETROIT at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">NBA DETROIT 111
MILWAUKEE 85 1:55 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: DETROIT at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">NBA DETROIT 117
MILWAUKEE 89 0:28 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: DETROIT at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">NBA DETROIT 117
MILWAUKEE 91 FINAL</div>

 

NBA: DETROIT at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
DETROIT 28 28 28 33 117
MILWAUKEE 22 20 23 26 91 FINAL

HIGH SCORERS: DET - TAYSHAUN PRINCE 20, CHAUNCEY BILLUPS 18,
RONALD MURRAY 16
MIL - BOBBY SIMMONS 13, CHARLIE VILLANUEVA 13,
MICHAEL REDD 11</div>

 

By JR Radcliffe
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


MILWAUKEE (Ticker) -- The ice storm in Milwaukee on Saturdaynight was causing most of its havoc outside the walls of theBradley Center, but inside the Milwaukee Bucks could not stopthe skidding, either.


Tayshaun Prince scored 20 points and the Detroit Pistons sentthe Bucks to their fourth straight loss in blowout fashion,117-91.


Chauncey Billups finished with 18 points and Rasheed Wallaceadded 15 for the Pistons, who seized a lead at the three-minutemark in the first quarter and never rescinded their advantage.

Milwaukee, which won five games in a row from November 14-24,has lost all four of its chances since, including setbacksagainst Philadelphia, Atlanta and New York.


Prince, who scored 12 points in the first half, hit a 3-pointerin the final seconds of the second quarter to give the Pistons a56-42 edge into the locker room. Prince hit another long-rangeshot to open the scoring in the third quarter as Detroitcruised in the second half.


The Pistons hit all 14 of their free throws in the first 24minutes, while the Bucks made just 4-of-9.


Milwaukee did have 12 assists in the first half after recordingjust 12 for the entire game in a loss one night earlier againstthe New York Knicks, but Detroit manhandled Milwaukee inrebounding for the half, 25-14.


Billups converted on a three-point play with under 30 seconds toplay in the third quarter, then picked up the assist on a3-pointer from Prince, who gave Detroit its biggest lead of thenight at 84-65 after three quarters. Billups had eight pointsand five assists in the third, and the Pistons did not turn theball over once during the frame.


With the Pistons emptying their bench in the fourth quarter,reserve guard Ronald Murray took it upon himself to increase thelead, scoring all 16 of his points in the quarter, including alayup with 2:16 left in the game that gave Detroit a 111-82advantage for its biggest lead of the game.


The Bucks were led by Bobby Simmons and Charlie Villanueva with13 points each.


Milwaukee's Dan Gadzuric left the game in the first quarter witha bloody nose and did not return after being taken to thelocker room.

 

NBA: DETROIT at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NBA
DETROIT 117
MILWAUKEE 91 FINAL</div>

 

NBA: DETROIT at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">DETROIT (117) AT MILWAUKEE (91)

DETROIT

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

C BILLUPS G 32:54 5-10 6-6 1 0 1 9 2 1 3 18
R HAMILTON G 26:06 4-9 0-0 2 3 5 2 4 0 2 8
A MCDYESS F 21:33 1-3 1-3 1 3 4 3 3 2 1 3
T PRINCE F 25:46 6-13 5-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20
R WALLACE C 29:38 6-17 2-2 5 5 10 0 0 0 0 15
J MAXIELL 26:01 5-7 3-3 5 4 9 2 1 0 0 13
J HAYES 22:14 3-7 0-1 0 0 0 3 4 2 2 7
A AFFLALO 21:54 2-3 0-0 0 3 3 1 2 0 1 4
N MOHAMMED 12:26 3-4 0-0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 6
R MURRAY 10:47 7-9 2-2 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 16
A JOHNSON 6:22 1-2 3-3 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 5
L HUNTER 4:19 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2

TOTALS 240:00 44-86 22-25 15 22 37 25 24 7 12 117
(.512) (.880) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 12 (0 PTS)

MILWAUKEE

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

M WILLIAMS G 28:38 4-7 1-2 1 3 4 6 1 0 3 10
M REDD G 34:30 4-6 2-2 0 4 4 4 0 0 2 11
Y JIANLIAN F 21:13 3-5 2-2 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 8
D MASON F 20:04 4-6 0-0 0 2 2 2 3 0 2 8
A BOGUT C 22:41 5-8 0-0 0 3 3 1 4 0 1 10
B SIMMONS 27:56 5-9 2-5 0 1 1 3 2 2 3 13
J VOSKUHL 21:08 1-2 0-0 0 3 3 3 3 1 2 2
C BELL 20:52 2-8 1-2 1 2 3 4 1 2 2 5
C VILLANUEVA 18:16 6-10 0-2 3 1 4 1 2 0 2 13
R IVEY 12:00 1-3 0-2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2
D GADZURIC 7:51 2-4 0-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 4
A STOREY 4:51 2-2 1-2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 5

TOTALS 240:00 39-70 9-21 6 24 30 25 23 5 19 91
(.557) (.429) TEAM REBS: 14 TOTAL TO: 19 (0 PTS)

DETROIT 28 28 28 33 - 117
MILWAUKEE 22 20 23 26 - 91

BLOCKED SHOTS: DETROIT - J MAXIELL 2, A MCDYESS, A JOHNSON, R WALLACE.
MILWAUKEE - J VOSKUHL, D MASON, A STOREY.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: DETROIT 7-15 (.467), C BILLUPS 2-4, T PRINCE 3-
4, R WALLACE 1-3, J HAYES 1-2, R MURRAY 0-2. MILWAUKEE 4-13 (.308),
M WILLIAMS 1-3, M REDD 1-2, B SIMMONS 1-1, C BELL 0-4, C VILLANUEVA 1-
3.
TECHNICAL FOULS: DETROIT - R HAMILTON. MILWAUKEE - DEFENSIVE THREE, D
MASON, J VOSKUHL.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: JOE FORTE, MICHAEL SMITH, PHIL ROBINSON.
A - 17,326. T - 2:12.</div>

 

NBA: DETROIT at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">DETROIT (117)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
C Billups 32:54 5-10 6-6 1-1 9 2 18
R Hamilton 26:06 4-9 0-0 2-5 2 4 8
A McDyess 21:33 1-3 1-3 1-4 3 3 3
T Prince 25:46 6-13 5-5 0-0 1 0 20
R Wallace 29:38 6-17 2-2 5-10 0 0 15
J Maxiell 26:01 5-7 3-3 5-9 2 1 13
J Hayes 22:14 3-7 0-1 0-0 3 4 7
A Afflalo 21:54 2-3 0-0 0-3 1 2 4
N Mohammed 12:26 3-4 0-0 0-3 0 3 6
R Murray 10:47 7-9 2-2 0-0 2 2 16
A Johnson 6:22 1-2 3-3 1-2 0 2 5
L Hunter 4:19 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 2

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 44-86 22-25 15-37 25 24 117
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.512, FT-.880. 3-Point Goals:
7-15, .467 (C Billups 2-4, T Prince 3-4, R
Wallace 1-3, J Hayes 1-2, R Murray 0-2). Team
Rebounds: 7. Blocked Shots:5 (J Maxiell 2, A
McDyess, A Johnson, R Wallace). Turnovers:12
(C Billups 3, R Hamilton 2, J Hayes 2, R
Murray 2, A McDyess, L Hunter, A Afflalo).
Steals: 7 (A McDyess 2, J Hayes 2, C Billups,
R Murray, T Prince).


MILWAUKEE (91)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
M Williams 28:38 4-7 1-2 1-4 6 1 10
M Redd 34:30 4-6 2-2 0-4 4 0 11
Y Jianlian 21:13 3-5 2-2 0-2 0 2 8
D Mason 20:04 4-6 0-0 0-2 2 3 8
A Bogut 22:41 5-8 0-0 0-3 1 4 10
B Simmons 27:56 5-9 2-5 0-1 3 2 13
J Voskuhl 21:08 1-2 0-0 0-3 3 3 2
C Bell 20:52 2-8 1-2 1-3 4 1 5
C Villanueva 18:16 6-10 0-2 3-4 1 2 13
R Ivey 12:00 1-3 0-2 0-1 1 1 2
D Gadzuric 7:51 2-4 0-2 0-1 0 2 4
A Storey 4:51 2-2 1-2 1-2 0 2 5

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 39-70 9-21 6-30 25 23 91
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.557, FT-.429. 3-Point Goals:
4-13, .308 (M Williams 1-3, M Redd 1-2, B
Simmons 1-1, C Bell 0-4, C Villanueva 1-3).
Team Rebounds: 14. Blocked Shots:3 (J
Voskuhl, D Mason, A Storey). Turnovers:19 (B
Simmons 3, M Williams 3, J Voskuhl 2, D Mason
2, C Bell 2, C Villanueva 2, M Redd 2, R
Ivey, Y Jianlian, A Bogut). Steals: 5 (B
Simmons 2, C Bell 2, J Voskuhl).

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DETROIT 28 28 28 33 - 117
MILWAUKEE 22 20 23 26 - 91
--------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: Detroit - 1 (R Hamilton,
2:26 3rd). Milwaukee - 3 (Defensive Three,
5:11 2nd; D Mason, 2:26 3rd; J Voskuhl, 4:50
4th).
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 17,326. T: 2:12.
Officials: Joe Forte, Michael Smith, Phil
Robinson.</div>

 

NBA: DETROIT at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">DETROIT (117) AT MILWAUKEE (91)

DETROIT

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

C BILLUPS G 32:54 5-10 6-6 1 0 1 9 2 1 3 18
R HAMILTON G 26:06 4-9 0-0 2 3 5 2 4 0 2 8
A MCDYESS F 21:33 1-3 1-3 1 3 4 3 3 2 1 3
T PRINCE F 25:46 6-13 5-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20
R WALLACE C 29:38 6-17 2-2 5 5 10 0 0 0 0 15
J MAXIELL 26:01 5-7 3-3 5 4 9 2 1 0 0 13
J HAYES 22:14 3-7 0-1 0 0 0 3 4 2 2 7
A AFFLALO 21:54 2-3 0-0 0 3 3 1 2 0 1 4
N MOHAMMED 12:26 3-4 0-0 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 6
R MURRAY 10:47 7-9 2-2 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 16
A JOHNSON 6:22 1-2 3-3 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 5
L HUNTER 4:19 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2

TOTALS 240:00 44-86 22-25 15 22 37 25 24 7 12 117
(.512) (.880) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 12 (7 PTS)

MILWAUKEE

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

M WILLIAMS G 28:38 4-7 1-2 1 3 4 6 1 0 3 10
M REDD G 34:30 4-6 2-2 0 4 4 4 0 0 2 11
Y JIANLIAN F 21:13 3-5 2-2 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 8
D MASON F 20:04 4-6 0-0 0 2 2 2 3 0 2 8
A BOGUT C 22:41 5-8 0-0 0 3 3 1 4 0 1 10
B SIMMONS 27:56 5-9 2-5 0 1 1 3 2 2 3 13
J VOSKUHL 21:08 1-2 0-0 0 3 3 3 3 1 2 2
C BELL 20:52 2-8 1-2 1 2 3 4 1 2 2 5
C VILLANUEVA 18:16 6-10 0-2 3 1 4 1 2 0 2 13
R IVEY 12:00 1-3 0-2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2
D GADZURIC 7:51 2-4 0-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 4
A STOREY 4:51 2-2 1-2 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 5

TOTALS 240:00 39-70 9-21 6 24 30 25 23 5 19 91
(.557) (.429) TEAM REBS: 14 TOTAL TO: 19 (24 PTS)

DETROIT 28 28 28 33 - 117
MILWAUKEE 22 20 23 26 - 91

BLOCKED SHOTS: DETROIT - J MAXIELL 2, A MCDYESS, A JOHNSON, R WALLACE.
MILWAUKEE - J VOSKUHL, D MASON, A STOREY.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: DETROIT 7-15 (.467), C BILLUPS 2-4, T PRINCE 3-
4, R WALLACE 1-3, J HAYES 1-2, R MURRAY 0-2. MILWAUKEE 4-13 (.308),
M WILLIAMS 1-3, M REDD 1-2, B SIMMONS 1-1, C BELL 0-4, C VILLANUEVA 1-
3.
TECHNICAL FOULS: DETROIT - R HAMILTON. MILWAUKEE - DEFENSIVE THREE, D
MASON, J VOSKUHL.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: JOE FORTE, MICHAEL SMITH, PHIL ROBINSON.
A - 17,326. T - 2:12.</div>

 

NBA: DETROIT at MILWAUKEE

<div class="pre">DETROIT (117)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
C Billups 32:54 5-10 6-6 1-1 9 2 18
R Hamilton 26:06 4-9 0-0 2-5 2 4 8
A McDyess 21:33 1-3 1-3 1-4 3 3 3
T Prince 25:46 6-13 5-5 0-0 1 0 20
R Wallace 29:38 6-17 2-2 5-10 0 0 15
J Maxiell 26:01 5-7 3-3 5-9 2 1 13
J Hayes 22:14 3-7 0-1 0-0 3 4 7
A Afflalo 21:54 2-3 0-0 0-3 1 2 4
N Mohammed 12:26 3-4 0-0 0-3 0 3 6
R Murray 10:47 7-9 2-2 0-0 2 2 16
A Johnson 6:22 1-2 3-3 1-2 0 2 5
L Hunter 4:19 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 2

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 44-86 22-25 15-37 25 24 117
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.512, FT-.880. 3-Point Goals:
7-15, .467 (C Billups 2-4, T Prince 3-4, R
Wallace 1-3, J Hayes 1-2, R Murray 0-2). Team
Rebounds: 7. Blocked Shots:5 (J Maxiell 2, A
McDyess, A Johnson, R Wallace). Turnovers:12
(C Billups 3, R Hamilton 2, J Hayes 2, R
Murray 2, A McDyess, L Hunter, A Afflalo).
Steals: 7 (A McDyess 2, J Hayes 2, C Billups,
R Murray, T Prince).


MILWAUKEE (91)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
M Williams 28:38 4-7 1-2 1-4 6 1 10
M Redd 34:30 4-6 2-2 0-4 4 0 11
Y Jianlian 21:13 3-5 2-2 0-2 0 2 8
D Mason 20:04 4-6 0-0 0-2 2 3 8
A Bogut 22:41 5-8 0-0 0-3 1 4 10
B Simmons 27:56 5-9 2-5 0-1 3 2 13
J Voskuhl 21:08 1-2 0-0 0-3 3 3 2
C Bell 20:52 2-8 1-2 1-3 4 1 5
C Villanueva 18:16 6-10 0-2 3-4 1 2 13
R Ivey 12:00 1-3 0-2 0-1 1 1 2
D Gadzuric 7:51 2-4 0-2 0-1 0 2 4
A Storey 4:51 2-2 1-2 1-2 0 2 5

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 39-70 9-21 6-30 25 23 91
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.557, FT-.429. 3-Point Goals:
4-13, .308 (M Williams 1-3, M Redd 1-2, B
Simmons 1-1, C Bell 0-4, C Villanueva 1-3).
Team Rebounds: 14. Blocked Shots:3 (J
Voskuhl, D Mason, A Storey). Turnovers:19 (B
Simmons 3, M Williams 3, J Voskuhl 2, D Mason
2, C Bell 2, C Villanueva 2, M Redd 2, R
Ivey, Y Jianlian, A Bogut). Steals: 5 (B
Simmons 2, C Bell 2, J Voskuhl).

--------------------------------------------
DETROIT 28 28 28 33 - 117
MILWAUKEE 22 20 23 26 - 91
--------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: Detroit - 1 (R Hamilton,
2:26 3rd). Milwaukee - 3 (Defensive Three,
5:11 2nd; D Mason, 2:26 3rd; J Voskuhl, 4:50
4th).
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 17,326. T: 2:12.
Officials: Joe Forte, Michael Smith, Phil
Robinson.</div>

 

By JR Radcliffe
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


MILWAUKEE (Ticker) -- The ice storm in Milwaukee on Saturday nightwas causing most of its havoc outside the walls of the BradleyCenter, but inside the Milwaukee Bucks could not stop the skidding,either.


Tayshaun Prince scored 20 points and the Detroit Pistons sentthe Bucks to their fourth straight loss in blowout fashion,117-91.


Chauncey Billups finished with 18 points and Rasheed Wallaceadded 15 for the Pistons, who seized a lead at the three-minutemark in the first quarter and never rescinded their advantage.

"Right now, we're operating on all cylinders," Pistons coachFlip Saunders said. "We're pretty efficient as far asoffensively. To score as many points as we did and howeffective we were, considering we started out kind like theweather the first six minutes - a little bit sloppy, lethargicand a little ineffective - we played our way into it and reallystarted executing."


Milwaukee, which won five games in a row from November 14-24,has lost all four of its chances since, including setbacksagainst Philadelphia, Atlanta and New York.


"We disrespected three teams (during the losing streak), and thefourth team we played tonight was a great team and they bit usin the butt," Bucks center Andrew Bogut said. "It's not crisismode, we're not in panic mode, but we definitely didn't come outand show those three teams respect and that really hurt us.The passion we had against the Lakers (on November 21) when theBradley Center was sold out, we didn't carry that over."

Prince, who scored 12 points in the first half, hit a 3-pointerin the final seconds of the second quarter to give the Pistons a56-42 edge into the locker room. Prince hit another long-rangeshot to open the scoring in the third quarter as Detroitcruised in the second half.


"You could see they were a little bit tired," Saunders said."Especially after coming off a tough loss like they did lastnight (against the New York Knicks) ... to our credit, we jumpedon it. We didn't let them hang around."


The Pistons hit all 14 of their free throws in the first 24minutes, while the Bucks made just 4-of-9.


Milwaukee did have 12 assists in the first half after recordingjust 12 for the entire game in a loss one night earlier againstthe New York Knicks, but Detroit manhandled Milwaukee inrebounding for the half, 25-14.


"Our defense was great from the start of the game, as far ashelping each other, rotating," Prince said. "Whenever you playaggressive defense to where all five guys are helping eachother, it creates better things on offense. In the past, we'vehad trouble in Milwaukee games as far as offensive rebounds andbeing so aggressive defensively."


Billups converted on a three-point play with under 30 seconds toplay in the third quarter, then picked up the assist on a3-pointer from Prince, who gave Detroit its biggest lead of thenight at 84-65 after three quarters. Billups had eight pointsand five assists in the third, and the Pistons did not turn theball over once during the frame.


"That was a big quarter for our team," Billups said. "We were up14 at half and we knew if we jumped on the first five minutes,we should be alright. We just had it going, man."

With the Pistons emptying their bench in the fourth quarter,reserve guard Ronald Murray took it upon himself to increase thelead, scoring all 16 of his points in the quarter, including alayup with 2:16 left in the game that gave Detroit a 111-82advantage for its biggest lead of the game.


The Bucks were led by Bobby Simmons and Charlie Villanueva with13 points each.


"In order to win and be successful and be a championship team,you've got to be consistent in your play," Bucks guard MichaelRedd said. "We have not done that and I don't want thisspiraling down to where it was last year - the atmosphere oflosing in the Milwaukee Bucks organization. We want to breedwinning. You lose four games in a row, you have to soul-searchyourself."


Milwaukee's Dan Gadzuric left the game in the first quarter witha bloody nose and did not return after being taken to thelocker room.