Redick Nets Season-High 31 Points, Lifts Clippers Past Bucks
LOS ANGELES (AP) — J.J. Redick scored a season-high 31 points and the Los Angeles Clippers pulled away in the second half for a 109-95 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night.
Redick, who averaged 24 points in two games against the Bucks last season, once again torched his former team, scoring 15 points in the third quarter.
Blake Griffin had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and Chris Paul added 18 points and 18 assists for the Clippers, who won their third straight. DeAndre Jordan had 19 rebounds.
Redick, who played 28 games for Milwaukee in 2013, had nine first-half points before connecting on six of eight shots in the third, going 3 of 4 from 3-point range. He finished two points shy of a career high.
Michael Carter-Williams finished with 20 points and 11 assists for the Bucks. Greg Monroe had 16 points and nine rebounds.
The Bucks began fouling Jordan, who shoots less than 40 percent from the line, with 5:02 remaining. He missed both foul shots but pulled down a rebound and found Redick, who sank an open 3.
Los Angeles trailed by a point entering the third quarter but went on an 11-0 run, which included two 3-pointers by Redick, to take a 63-56 lead.
Milwaukee opened the second quarter on an 8-0 run, eventually taking an 11-point lead. The Clippers rallied and had a chance to take a halftime lead but Paul's driving layup as time expired didn't fall, preserving Milwaukee's 48-47 margin. The Clippers shot just 37 percent in the first half.
TIP-INS
Clippers: Jordan got the crowd buzzing early in the first quarter with a thunderous right-handed slam dunk over Monroe, who was called for a blocking foul. ... The team held a practice Tuesday on the campus of Marquette University, where coach Doc Rivers starred from 1980-83. Rivers attended Marquette's game against San Jose State that night. He said his son, Austin Rivers, and Redick visited the locker room after the game to meet with Marquette coach Steve Wojciechowski, a fellow former Duke player.
Bucks: Greivis Vasquez missed his seventh game with a right ankle injury while Jerryd Bayless remained sidelined with a left ankle sprain for a third game. .The Bucks unveiled an alternate court, the only one in the league, and uniforms that featured jerseys with only the team's logo against a black backdrop. .Johnny O'Bryant sank his first career 3-pointer in the second quarter. . Milwaukee will play the Clippers in Los Angeles on Dec. 16 to close out the two-game season series.
UP NEXT
Clippers: At Chicago on Thursday night.
Bucks: At Toronto on Friday night.
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