(34-32) (34-30) Where: Bradley Center, Milwaukee WI When: 7:30 Central TV: Milwaukee: Fox Sports Net North Denver: None Previous Game Hawks 80 @ Bucks 94 Nuggets 97 @ Nets 98 Streaks Bucks: Won 1 Nuggets: Lost 1 Probable Starters: Center: vs. Marcus Camby/Brian Skinner Power Foward: vs. Nene/Joe Smith Small Foward: vs. Carmelo Anthony/Keith Van Horn Shooting Guard: vs. Voshon Lenard/Michael Redd Point Guard: vs. Andre Miller/Damon Jones Head Coach: vs. Jeff Bzdelik/Terry Porter Sixth Men: vs. Earl Boykins/Desmond Mason Injury Report Bucks TJ Ford- OUT Nuggets Ryan Bowen- OUT Jeff Trepangier - OUT Mark Pope-OUT Matchup to Watch: vs. Keith Van Horn/Carmelo Anthony Anthony: 20.4 Points, 2.8 Assists, 6.1 Rebounds Van Horn: 16.7 Points, 1.8 Assists, 7.2 Rebounds Keys To The Game <u>Bucks</u> No big Nuggets 1st quarter Get it inside Get Redd to have a hot shooting night Van Horn use his height to post up on Melo Get your home crowd into it Van Horn stay out of foul trouble <u>Nuggets</u> Get out to a fast start Have Melo use his quickness to blow by KVH Boykins will be the sparkplug Camby must be a factor GMan's Prediction Melo's first Milwaukee apperence. The Bucks look to win at home again against a very tough Nuggets team. Bucks will need to play better than they have lately, even though they beat the lowly Hawks by 14, play like that and you don't beat the Nuggets. Friday nights are always a rockin at the BC, and one of the loudest buildings in the NBA will be the Bucks 6th man. This will be fun to see, should be a very very back and forth game....I'm going to go with the homer pick though.. Bucks By 3
Ahh tough game, but the Bucks are at home so I'm looking for them to take this one by 5. Redd needs to have a good game, and KVH can't have a bad shooting night. I don't like KVH on Melo because Melo will blow by him and abuse him, but he has the height advantage on the other end for the post up. Damon Jones dish out some more dimes buddy, and the Bucks inside guy cna hold up against Camby and Nene, this will be a good game.
Nice Preview. This is going to be a good game to watch, I would like to see Carmelo Anthony to do some cool dunks. I say Denver Nuggets by 2+
Final Score: Bucks 111, Nuggets 117 Carmelo had a great game.31pts, 6rebs, 9ast and turning the ball over only once. Nene and Andre both played great but Nene fouled out.Earl was solid coming off the bench.Great overall performance by the Nuggets.They shot 56% from the field. Desmond played great coming off the bench.KVH and Damon both played great for the Bucks but Redd struggle shooting from the field.He was only 4 for 15 but he finished with 19 points.He was great from the line making 11 out of 13 free-throws. Box Score
Denver 30 22 36 29 117 Bucks 26 21 34 30 111 Bucks Points Leader: Keith Van Horn 25 pts Nuggets Points Leader: Carmelo Anthony 31 pts Bucks Rebounds Leader: Joe Smith 10 boards Nuggets Rebounds Leaders: Andre Miller 8 boards Bucks Assists Leader: Damon Jones 10 Assists Nuggets Assists Leader: Carmelo Anthony 9 Assists Other Notes: Desmond Mason 22 pts 6 boards, Michael Redd 19 pts, Damon Jones 18 pts 10 assists, Joe Smith another double-double Andre Miller 23 pts 8 boards, Nene 21 and 7, Boykins 15 pts Carmelo Anthony GMans MVP Bucks fall to 34-31 Nuggets go to 35-32 Next Games: Milwaukee vs New York Sunday Denver vs Utah Sunday Not a good outing for the Bucks, Melo is a stud. Redd needs to get his shooting back going again, another solid game for KVH
Redd has been off the past few games , and he's been getting to the line but not making his FG attempts. He needs to get it back on track, and the next game is against NY at home. KVH plays his former team for the first time, and the Bucks really need to win it. Melo was just scoring and scoring and the whole Denver team played well. Melo, Dre', Nene and Boykins all lit it up and were scoring mercilessly out there.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting og15:</div><div class="quote_post">Redd has been off the past few games , and he's been getting to the line but not making his FG attempts. He needs to get it back on track, and the next game is against NY at home. KVH plays his former team for the first time, and the Bucks really need to win it. Melo was just scoring and scoring and the whole Denver team played well. Melo, Dre', Nene and Boykins all lit it up and were scoring mercilessly out there.</div> Melo was on fire and i lvoe seeing his assts go up.. This means he is becoming a great all around player and his team played weell against a good but struggling bucks team and remember: Vote Melo for ROY
