November 13, 2006

Redd has monumental game; Bucks fall short again

Category: Bucks — Patrick Stumpf @ 1:52 am


Old with the old, in with the new. That slogan turned out to be put into place at the end of the night. Michael Redd has said that he doesn’t want to carry the load every night for the Bucks. Well, last night he took matters into his own hands. With Milwaukee down as much as 24, the second-round pick from Ohio State put the team on his back and almost single-handedly beat the now 6-1 Utah Jazz. Redd had 25 points in the final period to pull the Bucks to an even tie. Redd, who scored 25 in the final frame, light up the Jazz’s Deron Williams all night, going 18 of 32 from the field (56%) including 6 of 12 on 3-pointers. With 6.9 seconds left and the Bucks down three, they called Redd’s numbers for the tying basket. While the Bradley Center erupted with pandemonium, the Jazz kept their cool, raced down the court, and point guard Deron Williams found replacement Matt Harpring cutting to the basket for the 2-point lead. Harpring replaced All-Star shooting forward Andrei Kirilenko, who left the contest with a sprained ankle, chipped in with 17 points. With a mere 1.8 seconds left, the Bucks went to their man one more time for the game winner. Unfortuantely the shot fell short and the Bucks and Michael Redd were left heartbroken. Although he didn’t win the game, history was made as Michael Redd set a francise record with 57 points, overtaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s previous record of 55 set in 1971.

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