TREND IS BUCKED BY LAKERS LOSS TO MILWAUKEE FIRST IN FIVE YEARS MILWAUKEE 109, LAKERS 105.Byline: ROSS SILER Staff Writer There are no certainties left for the Lakers, not after losing Tuesday night to the Milwaukee Bucks The Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The current franchise owner is U.S. Senator Herb Kohl. for the first time in more than five years, not after deciding the answer to a zone defense was to take a franchise-record 373-pointers. The end result was a 109-105 loss in which Milwaukee guard Michael Redd  This page is currently protected from editing until disputes have been resolved. finished with 45 points -- the most by an opposing player this
season -- and delivered 18 in the fourth quarter as the Bucks built a
13-point lead that the Lakers could not overcome.
It was a staggering defeat both because the Lakers had beaten the Bucks in 10 consecutive games dating to March 2001 as well as because they had been 8-1 at Staples Center This article has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. * It does not cite any references or sources. before Tuesday. There was a chance for the Lakers in the end, as Jordan Farmar Jordan Robert Farmar (born November 30, 1986) is an American professional basketball player at starting point guard for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers. He was previously the starting point guard for the UCLA men's basketball team. and Luke Walton Luke Theodore Walton (born March 28 1980 in San Diego, California) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His position is small forward. connected on 3-pointers in the desperate last minute. The Lakers made 11 of 37 3-pointers Tuesday, 5of17 in the fourth quarter. Redd lost the ball out of bounds after he was trapped on an inbounds in·bounds adj. 1. Basketball Involving putting the ball into play by passing it from out of bounds to a teammate on the court. 2. Sports Within the designated boundaries. pass by Kobe Bryant Kobe Bean Bryant (born July 23 1978) is an American All-Star shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers. and Lamar Odom Lamar Joseph Odom (born November 6 1979, in South Jamaica, Queens, New York) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays power forward (also plays both forward spots and is a "point-forward") for the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Lakers. . That gave possession back to the Lakers with 16.3 seconds remaining, trailing 108-105. Lakers coach Phil Jackson
Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson (born September 17, 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana) is the current coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, an American professional basketball team. had Odom inbound the ball to Bryant, hoping Bryant would fire a return pass to Odom, whose momentum would carry him right into a 3-pointer. Bryant was defended by forward Ruben Patterson Ruben Nathaniel Patterson (born July 31, 1975 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA. He has signed with the Los Angeles Clippers after playing the final year of a six-year contract with the Milwaukee Bucks. , the self-proclaimed ``Kobe stopper'' from his days in Portland. Bryant backed down Patterson, then dribbled back outside the arc and missed a tough 3-pointer with six seconds remaining. ``We checked off,'' Jackson said, ``and Kobe took the challenge and tried to make the shot.'' Bryant finished with 27 points on 7-of-23 shooting, 6 of 14 from 3- point range. He kept the Lakers in the game by drilling three 3-pointers in the third quarter but went 3 of 8 -- all from 3-point range -- in the fourth. The Lakers also were unable to use Bryant against Redd in the second half, as Bryant picked up his fourth foul in the final minute of the third quarter. With Bryant on the bench to start the fourth, Redd scorched scorch v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es v.tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. the Lakers for 13 points in three minutes. Odom boiled over after he blocked Redd only to have the Bucks guard wrestle the ball away from him. Redd scored as part of a three-point play while Odom thought he had been fouled and slammed the ball in frustration. That drew a technical foul on Odom. Redd made both free throws in what was a four-point swing and followed with a 3-pointer on the next possession to put Milwaukee ahead 92-82. ``That was a little frustrating,'' Odom said. ``I've got one guy on my back, I'm fighting for the ball. I got the rebound kind of clear. I guess the whistle went his way all night. He won tonight.'' Redd had more points Tuesday than he scored in two games against the Lakers last season. His career scoring average against the Lakers was his lowest against any NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= team. Farmar played ahead of Smush Parker the last 17-plus minutes and split the zone as soon as he checked in during the third quarter. But Farmar went 1for5 from 3-point range in the fourth quarter, with Jackson concluding the rookie ``ran out of gas.'' For as much as Jackson has talked about the zone as being a soft defense, the Bucks used it to great success in the first half. They fell behind 13-4 in the opening minutes, switched to a zone, and went into halftime leading 52-47. The Lakers stalled in trying to break the zone and wound up taking 14 3-pointers, making only three of them. They might have been lured into a false sense of confidence having made a season-high 123-pointers in Sunday's victory over New Jersey. ``It's obvious when you look at how many 3-point shots we got,'' Jackson said. ``That's what players like to do against a zone is attack it with the 3-point shot. ... Penetration's always the key in basketball and this team forgot about penetration.'' ross.siler@dailynews.com (818) 713-3610 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) The Lakers' Lamar Odom runs into the Bucks' Dan Gadzuric, who was called for blocking, Tuesday. (2) The Lakers' Maurice Evans and Milwaukee's Ruben Patterson dive for a loose ball Tuesday. John McCoy/Staff Photographer |
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