Redd scores 40, stops T-Mac

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  1. Milweskee

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    MILWAUKEE, Jan. 21 (Ticker) -- The best offensive performance of Michael Redd's career was motivated by his defensive effort on Tracy McGrady.

    Redd scored 32 of his career-high 40 points in the second half and held McGrady in check down the stretch as the Milwaukee Bucks posted a 113-102 victory over the defenseless Orlando Magic.

    A former reserve who has started every game this season, Redd scored at least 30 points for the fourth time this season. After struggling in the first half, he caught fire over the final 24 minutes and finished at 16-of-25 from the field.

    His big fourth quarter led the Bucks to their 11th win in 12 games at the Bradley Center and was the team's first 40-point game since Ray Allen totaled 47 vs. the Hornets on April 14, 2002.

    Redd excelled in the fourth quarter on both ends. Motivated by holding McGrady scoreless in the final 12 minutes and limiting him to three missed shots, Redd scored 18 points in the period.

    "No question to feel that you can stop somebody gives you more juice on the other end," Redd said. "He's a tough player. He had 34 points and embarrassed us (in a loss at Orlando on Monday). We wanted to come back at home and make a statement."

    "Thats's huge. Not just holding him to 20, (but) even the 20 that he got, he had to work for it," Milwaukee forward Joe Smith added. "Players like that, you always want to make them work for it as much as possible."

    Redd made just 4-of-10 shots in the first half as Milwaukee faced a 51-46 deficit. But he scored 14 points in the third quarter, capping an 8-0 spurt with a 3-pointer to give the Bucks a 76-74 advantage heading into the final period.

    "Unbelievable," Milwaukee coach Terry Porter said. "That's a career high for him and he had the toughest challenge defensively, guarding Tracy McGrady. In that stretch in the third, he really carried us. He hit three or four shots and kept us in striking distance. Eventually we got the lead and then held on."

    In the final 12 minutes, the 6-6 guard was even better. He gave Milwaukee a 102-92 lead with a three-point play at the 2:48 mark. When the Bucks nearly gave it back, they needed Redd to take over again.

    "It was an unbelievable zone, my teammates kept feeding me," said Redd, who made his final 10 shots. "I was able to play free tonight and have fun."

    With Milwaukee's lead reduced to 102-100, Redd scored seven points in the final 47 seconds. He surpassed his previous career high of 36 with a pair from the line that made it 105-100 with 41 seconds to play.

    "He did have a very good basketball game tonight," said Orlando coach Johnny Davis, whose team lost its ninth straight road game. "They did a good job of screening for him and getting him open. He did what he had to do and he gave them the offense they needed on their home court."

    Redd allowed McGrady to score 9 points in the first 4 minutes. Then, he clamped down hard and McGrady only got 11 after that. Redd ultimately ended up scoring twice as much as McGrady. Gadzuric came off the bench for only 15 minutes, because of his previous injury, and got 5 points on 2-2 shooting, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, and 4 blocks. I can't wait 'til this guy is healthy again.
     
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    Is any other shooting guard in the Eastern Conference more deserved of an All-Star spot than Michael Redd? The guy plays solid defense - by shutting down the opponents top SG-SF nightly (McGrady last night) - and he still is 7th in the league in scoring at 22.0 ppg.

    I understand that he doesn't have a huge shoe contract and he isn't a high profile athlete in a big market, but for once, can the NBA reward a basketball player for playing exceptional basketball? Unlikely, but he deserves it.
     
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    [​IMG]lmfao stop T-Mac? you didnt watch the game did you? he was limping starting the 3rd quater..and still managed to have 20 pts 6 assists 2 steals 3 rebounds and 1 block...redd was not limping back in orlando he was 5-19 with 18 pts trying really hard to score but got shut down by bogans.they had to work on screens after knowing that bogans can shut down redd..if it wasnt for screens he woulda got shut down once again...T-Mac shot over redd the whole first half..he is like '4 taller than redd..
     
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    <div class="quote_poster">Quoting TMac_OwNz:</div><div class="quote_post">[​IMG]lmfao stop T-Mac? you didnt watch the game did you? he was limping starting the 3rd quater..and still managed to have 20 pts 6 assists 2 steals 3 rebounds and 1 block...redd was not limping back in orlando he was 5-19 with 18 pts trying really hard to score but got shut down by bogans.they had to work on screens after knowing that bogans can shut down redd..if it wasnt for screens he woulda got shut down once again...T-Mac shot over redd the whole first half..he is like '4 taller than redd..</div>

    He's still definately more worthy of an all-star spot than T-Mac this year for sure. He's been consistant offensively and defensively, and has been great for them all season. T-Mac seemed to just go along with losing and accepted it when they lost 19 in a row.
     
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    What I said is not nearly as funny as how sad your favorite team is. But I guess you have to laugh at stuff in order to deal with the agony that goes along with being an Orlando Magic fan.
     
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    Michael Redd deserves to be a reserve. He's been playing great basketball all year, and for him not to go to the All-Star game would be a shame.
     

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