Milwaukee played in the Motor City tonight and it turned into a Midwest, Central Division showdown. The Bucks seamed to be in control of the in the second quarter when they stormed out to a solid lead. But in the 3rd quarter the Pistons started to get back into the game and by the end of the game it was down to the wire. Milwaukee won by 3 points and survived partly in thanks to Sterling Brown who added 9 points and valuable mins off the bench.
The Greek Freak scored 32 points, grabbed 12 points and dished 5 assists. Bledsoe scored 17 points and had 9 assists and Middleton also had 22 points. Tony Snell started, scored 12 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. D.J. Wilson played 26 mins and scored 9 points on 4-5 shooting from the field.
On the Detroit side of things Blake Griffin recorded a triple double with 19 rebounds, 11 assists and 10 rebounds. The negative side of his stat line is the 10 turn overs that definitely didn’t help the Pistons chances of a victory.
The Bucks now travel back home to Milwaukee to face the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night at 7pm at the Fiserv Forum. The game can be seen on Fox Sports Wisconsin.
