NBA Game Summary - Milwaukee at San Antonio
(Wednesday, December 5th)
Final Score: San Antonio 110, Milwaukee 99
San Antonio, TX (Sports Network) - Gary Neal and Tony Parker each scored 22
points to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 110-99 win over the Milwaukee Bucks.
Parker also had 10 assists, while Tim Duncan recorded 17 points and 10 boards.
Tiago Splitter had 15 points off the bench for the Spurs, who have won seven
of their last eight.
"They were really active defensively. They all rebounded. Matty Bonner was
awesome on the boards and on the other end, the ball moved," said Spurs coach
Gregg Popovich. "Nobody held it, so that group really did a good job at both
ends and got the win for us."
Monta Ellis had 21 points and 11 assists and Ersan Ilyasova dropped in 17
points for the Bucks, losers in four of their last five.
San Antonio used a 24-7 run over the first 6 1/2 minutes of the fourth to go
up 100-83. The Bucks would cut it to nine following Ellis' 27-foot trey with
1:14 left, but couldn't get it closer.
"They just went on a run and we couldn't get back into the game," said Bucks
head coach Scott Skiles.
Milwaukee led 32-29 after the first quarter. Ilyasova had 11 of his 17 in the
frame and the team shot 61.9 from the floor while holding San Antonio to just
33.3 percent efficiency.
The Bucks pushed their lead to 58-52 at halftime after outscoring the Spurs
26-23 in the second period. Ilyasova continued his strong first half with six
points and Marquis Daniels had five points in the quarter. Duncan poured in 10
for San Antonio in the second.
The Spurs tied the game at 76 after three quarters of play. San Antonio held
the Bucks to just 25 percent shooting. The Spurs were 8-for-17 from the
floor and connected on 4-of-8 from beyond the arc.
Game Notes
Spurs forward Matt Bonner had a season-high 12 rebounds ... San Antonio guard
Manu Ginobili had 11 points and six assists ... The Spurs have won five of
their last six against the Bucks ... Daniels had 12 points and Luc Mbah a
Moute scored 10 for the Bucks ... Milwaukee guard Brandon Jennings was held to
14 points after going 5-for-15 from the floor.
12/06 02:21:15 ET

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