Carlos Delfino tallies a career-high 30 as the Milwaukee Bucks knock out the New York Knicks
Carlos Delfino scored career-best 30 points as the Milwaukee Bucks knocked out the visiting New York Knicks 100-95 on Sunday night at the Bradley Center. In addition
to 30-point performance, Delfino also grabbed 11 rebounds and two assists in the victory.
The Bucks coach Scott Skiles was all praise for the dazzling Delfino, who has averaged 28 points in the last two games. "He normally gets about the same looks every
night. Like a lot of players, when he sees a couple go in early he loosens up a little bit, and then he can have these games. He's had two in a row, now, but he can have these games sprinkled in where he gets really hot, and that's obviously big for us."
John Salmons had 22 points while Luc Mbah a Moute added 19 points for the Bucks, who won their second consecutive game of the season. Brandon Jennings posted 14 points,
nine assists, and 11 rebounds in the victory while centre Andrew Bogut finished with 13 points, game-high 12 rebounds, three assists, and two blocks for the victors.
With this loss, the Knicks have now conceded four games on a trot. Power forward Amar'e Stoudemire registered a team-high 25 points and 11 rebounds for New York in
the loss. Carmelo Anthony finished with 23 points, while Chauncey Billups added 21 points for the Knicks.
Match Analysis
The Bucks led from the first basket of the game. They tore apart the Knicks defense in the first twelve minutes, building a 23-point lead. The game was however not
decided until the final minutes, as New York kept fighting back. The Knicks comeback started in the second quarter, as they outscored the Bucks 32-15 to head into the locker room with a 47-41 deficit.
New York extended their offensive play to the third quarter. The kept on mounting the pressure on the Bucks defense and Stoudemire's lay-up shot with 06:53 to go
in the quarter, further cut the Bucks advantage to 56-53. Buck however managed to take a 75-72 lead, heading into the final stanza.
Delfino’s 3-pointer extended the Bucks’ lead to 80-74 with 07:48 remaining in the final buzzer. Stoudemire then scored the next five points to make it 3-point (82-79)
contest.
Milwaukee went on a 9-4 run to stretch their lead to 91-84 at the 01:43 mark of the fourth. The Knicks bench tried to spark a comeback in the closing minutes but
John Salmons answered with a pair of free throws to seal the victory.
The performance of New York after the trade of small forward Anthony did not improve as it was expected to be. The Knicks are 7-8 after his trade. However, Carmelo
suggested the teammates not to panic.
"There is no time for anybody on the team to panic.” "We are losing some games that we're supposed to win, but I feel that it's a learning process for us. I'm not
really concerned about where we are as a team or us losing games or winning games, as long as we get better at the things we need to get better at, then I'm cool with that," Anthony said.
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