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11-20-2014, 08:40 PM
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Jason Kidd's Milwaukee Bucks played against 2 New York City Teams the last 2 nights
The Bucks hosted Derek Fisher's New York Knicks and last night, against his former team the Brooklyn Nets with Former Grizzlies Coach Lionel Hollins at helm the game went to a Triple Overtime in Brooklyn
Here are the stories:
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20141118_NY@MIL
Bucks hold off Knicks 117-113 to climb above .500
By GENARO C. ARMAS | AP Sports Writer
Nov. 19, 2014
MILWAUKEE (AP) In a hallway at the Bradley Center after another win for the Milwaukee Bucks, smiling team owner Marc Lasry gave coach Jason Kidd a hug.
The new era for the rebuilding franchise is off to a pretty good start.
Ersan Ilyasova had 20 points, and Milwaukee climbed above .500 for the first time in more than a year by fending off the New York Knicks for a 117-113 victory Tuesday night.
Zaza Pachulia added season highs of 14 points and 13 rebounds for the Bucks, who improved to 6-5 on the season after nearly blowing a 26-point lead. It was the first time the team had a winning record since March 20, 2013, when it was 34-33.
''As long as we're consistent, it doesn't matter how we start, but it's more how we finish,'' rookie forward Jabari Parker said. ''That's what we need to keep trying to do.''
Parker, who finished with 12 points, is one of the 19-year-old cornerstones of the future, along with 6-foot-11 forward Giannis Antetokounmpo. He had 13 points, and the balanced Bucks had seven players score in double figures.
After giving up a big lead in a season-opening loss at Charlotte, Kidd can point to this game as a valuable lesson for the future.
''I thought tonight we kind of used that as a stepping stone to finish off the game against a veteran ballclub that put themselves in position to win,'' Kidd said.
New York closed to 115-113 with 7.9 seconds left on a dunk off a baseline move by Carmelo Anthony.
Jerryd Bayless responded with two free throws for Milwaukee. He went 5 for 6 at the line in the final 26 seconds.
A desperation 3 at the buzzer by Tim Hardaway Jr. glanced off harmlessly off the rim. Anthony finished with 26 points, while Hardaway Jr. had 24.
The neck-and-neck final few minutes were unexpected after the Bucks led by double digits for most of the first three quarters.
After shooting 60 percent in the first half, the Bucks went cold from the field down the stretch. Bayless' jumper with 6:32 to go was Milwaukee's only field goal until Ilyasova pump-faked Anthony to hit a 16-footer with 33.1 seconds remaining for a 112-106 lead.
The Bucks outrebounded the Knicks 44-28, even with Pachulia replacing starting center Larry Sanders (bruised thigh) at the last minute.
''They wanted it at times a little bit more than we did,'' Knicks coach Derek Fisher said. ''It wasn't until the third quarter really started to get out of hand that we started to put the right mindset into playing with a sense of urgency.''
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TIP-INS
Knicks: Iman Shumpert returned to the starting lineup after missing a game with a hip contusion. He scored 21 in 36 minutes after Fisher said before the game that his shooting guard did not have a time restriction. ... Fisher said he kept G J.R. Smith in the starting lineup for another ball-handler against the Bucks, who were fourth in the league in defense in allowing 92.6 points per game.
Bucks: Kidd brushed off a couple questions about the Bucks' game on Wednesday against his former employer, the Brooklyn Nets. Kidd departed Brooklyn after one season in a messy split before being hired by the Bucks in June.
UP NEXT:
Knicks: At Minnesota on Wednesday.
Bucks: At the Nets on Wednesday.
MELO OUT
Anthony returned to the locker room for a couple minutes in the second quarter to get his left knee re-taped. Anthony said he aggravated his already sore knee after hitting the floor while scrambling for a loose ball.
''I've had some tests. I really don't know exactly what's going on with it - I mean, I know what's going on with it,'' Anthony said. ''But like I said, for me it's just a matter of just not kind of thinking about and playing through it.''
BIG BENCH
The Bucks' reserves had another big night with 51 points. Ilyasova shot 8 of 10 in 20 minutes, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range.
''For him to make a big shot down the stretch for us shows that everybody trusts one another,'' Kidd said. ''He stepped up for us.''
Meanwhile....
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20141119_MIL@BKN
Bucks overcome Knight's stunning miss, win in 3OTs
By BRIAN MAHONEY | AP Basketball Writer
Nov. 20, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) As shocked as they looked to still be playing, Brandon Knight's teammates didn't give up on him after his missed layup to end the first overtime.
Instead, they gave him the ball when they need a big shot in the second one.
Knight made the tying 3-pointer in the second overtime and the clinching free throws with 5.6 seconds to go in the third, and the Milwaukee Bucks outlasted the Nets 122-118 on Wednesday night in coach Jason Kidd's return to Brooklyn.
''My teammates trusted me to make the next shot to force a third overtime, so that's really what it's all about,'' Knight said, ''and we stuck through it as a team.''
Rookie Jabari Parker scored a season-high 23 points, O.J. Mayo added 21, and Knight and Giannis Antetokounmpo each had 18 for the Bucks, who won their third straight.
Brook Lopez scored a season-best 26 points for the Nets, who have dropped five in a row.
''We've got to find some ways somehow to get a win,'' Nets guard Joe Johnson said. ''When you're in a rut like this, it's tough. You've got to do all the little things. When you do get that win, it won't be certainly easy.''
Ersan Ilyasova and Khris Middleton each made two baskets in the third overtime for the Bucks, whose players celebrated with hugs for Knight, who still looked a little dazed when it ended.
''He made it a little bit exciting for everybody to watch,'' Parker said.
Knight finished 5 of 20 from the field, including the miss that had blown up on video long before the game ended. With the game tied at 105, he intercepted Johnson's pass with 2.9 seconds left in the first extra period and dribbled down the court a step ahead of the nearest Nets player but somehow missed the easiest shot in basketball, leaving Kidd and players on the Milwaukee bench in disbelief.
''It's a situation where you wish you could just go ahead and make it and send it home, but like I said we still did it in a different way and I'm happy about that,'' Knight said.
But he knocked down the 3-pointer with 19 seconds remaining in the second OT and the Bucks went on to improve to 7-5 in Kidd's first season.
He was loudly booed and taunted as a traitor in the arena where his retired jersey hangs in the rafters by fans who haven't forgiven him for leaving the Nets after one season to take the Bucks job.
''I have bad hearing anyways. So I thought whatever the greeting was, it's about the players,'' Kidd said. ''People don't pay to come see the coach, they come to see the guys play.''
Bojan Bogdanovic scored 19 points, and Deron Williams and Johnson each finished with 18 for the Nets.
Mayo made the tying basket with 30 seconds left in regulation but couldn't get a good shot up on the Bucks' last possession before the buzzer, and they went to overtime tied at 95.
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TIP-INS
Bucks: Larry Sanders started at center after missing Tuesday's game with a bruised left thigh. He scored four points in 15 minutes. ... Antetokounmpo stayed in the game after stepping on Knight's foot and twisting his ankle in overtime. He finished with 12 rebounds, four assists and three steals while playing tough defense on Johnson.
Nets: There was a video tribute in the first half for former Nets center Jason Collins, who announced his retirement Wednesday. He became the first openly gay player in one of the major North American team sports when he signed with the team last February. He also played on their back-to-back Eastern Conference championship teams in 2002-03. Collins sat courtside across from the Milwaukee bench.
LONG LOSSES
The Nets fell to 2-4 in triple-overtime games. They had won their last one, beating Toronto in London on March 5, 2011. This was the longest game in the NBA this season.
STREAK SNAPPED
The Nets had won the last five meetings in what had been their longest active winning streak against an opponent. Before that, Milwaukee had won the previous 13 in the series.
UP NEXT
Bucks: At Toronto on Friday.
Nets: At Oklahoma City on Friday
credit: cbssports.com
Jason Kidd's Milwaukee Bucks played against 2 New York City Teams the last 2 nights
The Bucks hosted Derek Fisher's New York Knicks and last night, against his former team the Brooklyn Nets with Former Grizzlies Coach Lionel Hollins at helm the game went to a Triple Overtime in Brooklyn
Here are the stories:
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20141118_NY@MIL
Bucks hold off Knicks 117-113 to climb above .500
By GENARO C. ARMAS | AP Sports Writer
Nov. 19, 2014
MILWAUKEE (AP) In a hallway at the Bradley Center after another win for the Milwaukee Bucks, smiling team owner Marc Lasry gave coach Jason Kidd a hug.
The new era for the rebuilding franchise is off to a pretty good start.
Ersan Ilyasova had 20 points, and Milwaukee climbed above .500 for the first time in more than a year by fending off the New York Knicks for a 117-113 victory Tuesday night.
Zaza Pachulia added season highs of 14 points and 13 rebounds for the Bucks, who improved to 6-5 on the season after nearly blowing a 26-point lead. It was the first time the team had a winning record since March 20, 2013, when it was 34-33.
''As long as we're consistent, it doesn't matter how we start, but it's more how we finish,'' rookie forward Jabari Parker said. ''That's what we need to keep trying to do.''
Parker, who finished with 12 points, is one of the 19-year-old cornerstones of the future, along with 6-foot-11 forward Giannis Antetokounmpo. He had 13 points, and the balanced Bucks had seven players score in double figures.
After giving up a big lead in a season-opening loss at Charlotte, Kidd can point to this game as a valuable lesson for the future.
''I thought tonight we kind of used that as a stepping stone to finish off the game against a veteran ballclub that put themselves in position to win,'' Kidd said.
New York closed to 115-113 with 7.9 seconds left on a dunk off a baseline move by Carmelo Anthony.
Jerryd Bayless responded with two free throws for Milwaukee. He went 5 for 6 at the line in the final 26 seconds.
A desperation 3 at the buzzer by Tim Hardaway Jr. glanced off harmlessly off the rim. Anthony finished with 26 points, while Hardaway Jr. had 24.
The neck-and-neck final few minutes were unexpected after the Bucks led by double digits for most of the first three quarters.
After shooting 60 percent in the first half, the Bucks went cold from the field down the stretch. Bayless' jumper with 6:32 to go was Milwaukee's only field goal until Ilyasova pump-faked Anthony to hit a 16-footer with 33.1 seconds remaining for a 112-106 lead.
The Bucks outrebounded the Knicks 44-28, even with Pachulia replacing starting center Larry Sanders (bruised thigh) at the last minute.
''They wanted it at times a little bit more than we did,'' Knicks coach Derek Fisher said. ''It wasn't until the third quarter really started to get out of hand that we started to put the right mindset into playing with a sense of urgency.''
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TIP-INS
Knicks: Iman Shumpert returned to the starting lineup after missing a game with a hip contusion. He scored 21 in 36 minutes after Fisher said before the game that his shooting guard did not have a time restriction. ... Fisher said he kept G J.R. Smith in the starting lineup for another ball-handler against the Bucks, who were fourth in the league in defense in allowing 92.6 points per game.
Bucks: Kidd brushed off a couple questions about the Bucks' game on Wednesday against his former employer, the Brooklyn Nets. Kidd departed Brooklyn after one season in a messy split before being hired by the Bucks in June.
UP NEXT:
Knicks: At Minnesota on Wednesday.
Bucks: At the Nets on Wednesday.
MELO OUT
Anthony returned to the locker room for a couple minutes in the second quarter to get his left knee re-taped. Anthony said he aggravated his already sore knee after hitting the floor while scrambling for a loose ball.
''I've had some tests. I really don't know exactly what's going on with it - I mean, I know what's going on with it,'' Anthony said. ''But like I said, for me it's just a matter of just not kind of thinking about and playing through it.''
BIG BENCH
The Bucks' reserves had another big night with 51 points. Ilyasova shot 8 of 10 in 20 minutes, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range.
''For him to make a big shot down the stretch for us shows that everybody trusts one another,'' Kidd said. ''He stepped up for us.''
Meanwhile....
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20141119_MIL@BKN
Bucks overcome Knight's stunning miss, win in 3OTs
By BRIAN MAHONEY | AP Basketball Writer
Nov. 20, 2014
NEW YORK (AP) As shocked as they looked to still be playing, Brandon Knight's teammates didn't give up on him after his missed layup to end the first overtime.
Instead, they gave him the ball when they need a big shot in the second one.
Knight made the tying 3-pointer in the second overtime and the clinching free throws with 5.6 seconds to go in the third, and the Milwaukee Bucks outlasted the Nets 122-118 on Wednesday night in coach Jason Kidd's return to Brooklyn.
''My teammates trusted me to make the next shot to force a third overtime, so that's really what it's all about,'' Knight said, ''and we stuck through it as a team.''
Rookie Jabari Parker scored a season-high 23 points, O.J. Mayo added 21, and Knight and Giannis Antetokounmpo each had 18 for the Bucks, who won their third straight.
Brook Lopez scored a season-best 26 points for the Nets, who have dropped five in a row.
''We've got to find some ways somehow to get a win,'' Nets guard Joe Johnson said. ''When you're in a rut like this, it's tough. You've got to do all the little things. When you do get that win, it won't be certainly easy.''
Ersan Ilyasova and Khris Middleton each made two baskets in the third overtime for the Bucks, whose players celebrated with hugs for Knight, who still looked a little dazed when it ended.
''He made it a little bit exciting for everybody to watch,'' Parker said.
Knight finished 5 of 20 from the field, including the miss that had blown up on video long before the game ended. With the game tied at 105, he intercepted Johnson's pass with 2.9 seconds left in the first extra period and dribbled down the court a step ahead of the nearest Nets player but somehow missed the easiest shot in basketball, leaving Kidd and players on the Milwaukee bench in disbelief.
''It's a situation where you wish you could just go ahead and make it and send it home, but like I said we still did it in a different way and I'm happy about that,'' Knight said.
But he knocked down the 3-pointer with 19 seconds remaining in the second OT and the Bucks went on to improve to 7-5 in Kidd's first season.
He was loudly booed and taunted as a traitor in the arena where his retired jersey hangs in the rafters by fans who haven't forgiven him for leaving the Nets after one season to take the Bucks job.
''I have bad hearing anyways. So I thought whatever the greeting was, it's about the players,'' Kidd said. ''People don't pay to come see the coach, they come to see the guys play.''
Bojan Bogdanovic scored 19 points, and Deron Williams and Johnson each finished with 18 for the Nets.
Mayo made the tying basket with 30 seconds left in regulation but couldn't get a good shot up on the Bucks' last possession before the buzzer, and they went to overtime tied at 95.
---
TIP-INS
Bucks: Larry Sanders started at center after missing Tuesday's game with a bruised left thigh. He scored four points in 15 minutes. ... Antetokounmpo stayed in the game after stepping on Knight's foot and twisting his ankle in overtime. He finished with 12 rebounds, four assists and three steals while playing tough defense on Johnson.
Nets: There was a video tribute in the first half for former Nets center Jason Collins, who announced his retirement Wednesday. He became the first openly gay player in one of the major North American team sports when he signed with the team last February. He also played on their back-to-back Eastern Conference championship teams in 2002-03. Collins sat courtside across from the Milwaukee bench.
LONG LOSSES
The Nets fell to 2-4 in triple-overtime games. They had won their last one, beating Toronto in London on March 5, 2011. This was the longest game in the NBA this season.
STREAK SNAPPED
The Nets had won the last five meetings in what had been their longest active winning streak against an opponent. Before that, Milwaukee had won the previous 13 in the series.
UP NEXT
Bucks: At Toronto on Friday.
Nets: At Oklahoma City on Friday
credit: cbssports.com