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February 24, 2010, Wednesday
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AUSTRALIA'S Andrew Bogut had 24 points and 20 rebounds in his third career 20-20 game to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 83-67 win over New York Knicks on Monday.
Limited to just 5 1/2 minutes at Madison Square Garden three weeks ago because of a migraine, Bogut played 36 minutes this time and overwhelmed the Knicks' smaller front line. He shot 12 of 15 from the field in his first 20-20 game since December 13, 2008, against Indiana.
"Obviously they want to get the ball up and down and push it, they're very small," Bogut said. "So, obviously that's an advantage for me on the offensive end."
Bogut had only two fewer points in the game than the Knicks managed in a woeful second half. New York hadn't scored fewer points since a 59-104 embarrassment in Boston on November 29, 2007.
John Salmons scored 15 points for the Bucks, who forced the Knicks into their worst offensive performance of the season and completed a three-game sweep of the series.
Bogut seemed on his way to a dominant effort in the Bucks' 114-107 win here on February 5, making all three shots for six points before he was forced to leave. He was the one causing the pain this time, helping the Bucks improve to 27-28 with their fourth straight road victory.
Despite its ugly shooting, New York was within six points with under 9 minutes left. Jerry Stackhouse then made a 3-pointer before consecutive baskets by Luke Ridnour and Salmons made it 74-61 with 7:49 left. D'Antoni promised his team would speed up the tempo after last week's trades, yet finished nowhere near its previous worst scoring night of 78 points against Dallas on January 24.
The Bucks, who came in a game out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, swept the series for the first time since going 4-0 in 1990-91.
Milwaukee never trailed in the first half, but the Knicks put together their only prolonged stretch of good offense with a 12-0 burst that turned a 10-point deficit into a 53-51 lead on Wilson Chandler's layup with 5:20 remaining in the third quarter.
The Bucks answered immediately with 13 straight points, including consecutive layups by Bogut, to open a 64-53 advantage on two free throws by Brandon Jennings with 41 seconds to go. They led by nine entering the fourth.
"We played our two point guards together multiple times this year and it just gives us an extra ballhandler on the floor," Bucks coach Scott Skiles said of Jennings and Ridnour.
"We were able to push it up to 13 and get a little bit of breathing room there and not run away with the game or anything but take control of it."
Tracy McGrady scored 15 points in his second game with the Knicks.
In Salt Lake City, Atlanta's Joe Johnson produced a big-time performance in the fourth quarter to steer the Hawks to a 105-100 win over the injury-hit Jazz, their first victory in Utah since 1993.
The Hawks' All-Star guard scored 11 of his game-high 28 points in the last quarter, including a go-ahead three-pointer with 2:28 remaining.
Elsewhere in NBA, it was: Mavericks 91, Pacers 82; Clippers 98, Bobcats 94; and Wizards 101, Bulls 95.
Limited to just 5 1/2 minutes at Madison Square Garden three weeks ago because of a migraine, Bogut played 36 minutes this time and overwhelmed the Knicks' smaller front line. He shot 12 of 15 from the field in his first 20-20 game since December 13, 2008, against Indiana.
"Obviously they want to get the ball up and down and push it, they're very small," Bogut said. "So, obviously that's an advantage for me on the offensive end."
Bogut had only two fewer points in the game than the Knicks managed in a woeful second half. New York hadn't scored fewer points since a 59-104 embarrassment in Boston on November 29, 2007.
John Salmons scored 15 points for the Bucks, who forced the Knicks into their worst offensive performance of the season and completed a three-game sweep of the series.
Bogut seemed on his way to a dominant effort in the Bucks' 114-107 win here on February 5, making all three shots for six points before he was forced to leave. He was the one causing the pain this time, helping the Bucks improve to 27-28 with their fourth straight road victory.
Despite its ugly shooting, New York was within six points with under 9 minutes left. Jerry Stackhouse then made a 3-pointer before consecutive baskets by Luke Ridnour and Salmons made it 74-61 with 7:49 left. D'Antoni promised his team would speed up the tempo after last week's trades, yet finished nowhere near its previous worst scoring night of 78 points against Dallas on January 24.
The Bucks, who came in a game out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, swept the series for the first time since going 4-0 in 1990-91.
Milwaukee never trailed in the first half, but the Knicks put together their only prolonged stretch of good offense with a 12-0 burst that turned a 10-point deficit into a 53-51 lead on Wilson Chandler's layup with 5:20 remaining in the third quarter.
The Bucks answered immediately with 13 straight points, including consecutive layups by Bogut, to open a 64-53 advantage on two free throws by Brandon Jennings with 41 seconds to go. They led by nine entering the fourth.
"We played our two point guards together multiple times this year and it just gives us an extra ballhandler on the floor," Bucks coach Scott Skiles said of Jennings and Ridnour.
"We were able to push it up to 13 and get a little bit of breathing room there and not run away with the game or anything but take control of it."
Tracy McGrady scored 15 points in his second game with the Knicks.
In Salt Lake City, Atlanta's Joe Johnson produced a big-time performance in the fourth quarter to steer the Hawks to a 105-100 win over the injury-hit Jazz, their first victory in Utah since 1993.
The Hawks' All-Star guard scored 11 of his game-high 28 points in the last quarter, including a go-ahead three-pointer with 2:28 remaining.
Elsewhere in NBA, it was: Mavericks 91, Pacers 82; Clippers 98, Bobcats 94; and Wizards 101, Bulls 95.
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