Brandon Jennings

NBA: Milwaukee 97, Houston 91

Milwaukee -- Two free throws by Brandon Jennings gave Milwaukee a four-point lead with 21 seconds left Friday and the Bucks went on to down Houston 97-91.

Andrew Bogut scored 24 points and grabbed a season-best 22 rebounds in helping the Bucks win back-to-back games for the first time in almost a month.

Jennings added 19 points and John Salmons had 17. Milwaukee finished off a four-game homestand with a 3-1 mark.

The free throws by Jennings put Milwaukee in front 95-91 and Brad Miller then missed a 3-pointer for Houston. Bogut clinched it by scoring on a layup with 9 seconds remaining.

Kevin Martin had 23 points for the Rockets, who have lost two out of three.

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NBA: Milwaukee 104, Charlotte 101

Milwaukee -- Brandon Jennings scored 32 points Saturday, including two free throws in the final seconds, for a 104-101 Milwaukee Bucks victory over the Charlotte Bobcats.

Charlotte pulled within 102-100 with 7.1 seconds left when Gerald Wallace was fouled and injured going to the net. Kwame Brown was selected to shoot Wallace's free throws but made just 1-of-2 and Jennings then hit a pair from the foul line to clinch the Milwaukee win and snap a five-game losing
streak.

Ersan Ilyasova added 17 for the Bucks and John Salmons put in 16.

The Bobcats were led by D.J. Augustin's 26 points. Wallace finished with 19 in Charlotte's fourth setback in six outings.

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NBA: Milwaukee 107, New York 80

Milwaukee -- Brandon Jennings scored 19 points and Drew Gooden tallied 17 Tuesday in Milwaukee's 107-80 win over the visiting New York Knicks.

Jennings added six assists and Corey Maggette had 14 points for the Bucks, who raced to a 41-19 lead after one quarter and led by 21 at the half.

Amare Stoudemire led New York with 19 points. Wilson Chandler scored 11 and Raymond Felton notched 10.

The Knicks shot just 37.8 percent from the field to Milwaukee's 51.3
percent.

New York's biggest threat came midway through the third quarter when an 8-0 Knicks run cut the deficit to 71-57. But jump shots by Keyon Dooling and Maggette plus an Andrew Bogut dunk padded Milwaukee's lead to 88-64 with 1:24 left in the quarter.

NBA: Milwaukee 102, New York 87

Milwaukee -- The Milwaukee Bucks jumped off to a big early lead over the New York Knicks and never looked back, posting a 102-87 win Saturday.

Andrew Bogut scored 22 points, Jodie Meeks added 19 and Brandon Jennings chipped in 17 for Milwaukee, which won its second straight. The Bucks were up 40-22 after the first quarter and 66-35 at halftime in the one-sided affair.

New York dropped its third in a row. The Knicks were led by David Lee, who notched 18 points, seven boards and four assists.

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NBA: Milwaukee 96, Detroit 85

Milwaukee -- Brandon Jennings scored 24 points Saturday, helping the Milwaukee Bucks to a 96-85 win over the Detroit Pistons.

Milwaukee bounced back from a 29-20 first-period deficit with a solid 36-14 third.

Detroit came within 81-77 with 5:56 left, but an 8-2 spurt gave Milwaukee an 89-79 lead and Detroit was done.

Hakim Warrick scored 21 with five rebounds, and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute added seven points with eight rebounds for the Bucks, who were coming off a season-opening 99-86 loss at Philadelphia on Friday.

Ben Gordon led Detroit with 26 points, three assists and three steals.