“We started the second half and I think we had five turnovers in those first three minutes”. Still, the Bucks weren’t ready to fold despite the Warriors 17-4 run: MCW shocked the universe by calmly burying a three to extend Milwaukee’s lead to 86-80, and a pretty Mayo-to-Parker fast break connection helped the Bucks take an encouraging 93-85 to the fourth.
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Miami, Washington State take postseason skids into Sun Bowl
It’s a place that Scott said he and the team is glad to be and an appropriate setting for the Canes during this bowl season. Washington State began the season ominously as they lost 24-17 as 31-point favorites at home to Portland State.
So Mayo jawed with Green over that, then patted Green on the head. O.J. Mayo was the only other player able to get anything up at all, and he went 0-for-6.
4 dead after tornadoes sweep through Texas
Among the victims was a 7-year-old boy who perished while riding in a auto that was swept up and tossed by storm winds. The tornadoes also killed six people in Tennessee and one other in Arkansas, bringing the three-state total to 17.
“Just, ain’t no man going to touch my head”.
Giants Need to Find Production Without OBJ
Coach Tom Coughlin talked to his team Thursday about playing without Beckham, telling them this is a chance to bond. Against the Vikings, they will be on their own in a game that still could have playoff implications.
He was the first to publicly jab the Milwaukee Bucks for how they celebrated snapping the Warriors’ winning streak last Saturday – opening the door for guards Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson to pile on the opinion. “Obviously a team that gave us our one in the loss column, and we felt they could have won with a little more class”. The Warriors trailed by as many as 15 points in the third quarter and by 11 with less than eight minutes to play before Green and Curry took over to improve Golden State to 26-1 with its 30th straight home victory in the regular season. “That’s something that needed to get done and we made the change after halftime”.
Golden State interim coach Luke Walton said he didn’t want to risk making the issue any worse. You better believe the Dubs will keep that in mind during Friday’s rematch between the teams.
Pistons 147, Bulls 144 (quadruple OT): Andre Drummond scored 33 points and pulled down 21 rebounds as the Detroit Pistons outlasted the Chicago Bulls 147-144 in quadruple overtime. The Pistons scored the first seven points of the fourth OT and hung on.
Greg Monroe had a double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds. That also ended a 28-game overall winning streak by the Warriors, second-longest in National Basketball Association history.
After leading by as many as 15 points in the third period, the Bucks held a 100-89 advantage in the fifth minute of the fourth quarter before the Warriors rallied. Then it was Curry and Thompson’s turn to punish the bucks down the stretch, though Milwaukee did find a counter by repeatedly running plays through Giannis on the block.
Marreese Speights, who added 11 points, for a moment went to confront the Suns’ Ronnie Price after being fouled on a last-minute dunk attempt, but apparently decided it wasn’t worth it. Minnesota had lost eight of its previous nine games.
The Bucks have lost the first two games of their Western road trip, falling to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday and dropping a 103-90 decision to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday. They fell to 1-27. Green was right with him, posting 21 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. – Knicks beat 76ers – The New York Knicks handed the Philadelphia 76ers their 27th defeat of the season, a solid 20-point performance from rookie Jahlil Okafor proving too little for the one-win Sixers. Brandon Knight with 17 points was the lone Suns starter in double figures. “But we were playing at the height of our game in that second and third quarter”.
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Thompson, who is coming off his first 40-point game of the season, said Carter-Williams acting like a UFC fighter at a weigh-in was a bit much. Trey Burke added 13 off the bench for the Jazz and Trevor Booker finished with 12.
