Donnerstag 19.04.2012

Alle schon am Bubu machen oder was :mrgreen:


  • With a victory tonight, the Pacers can clinch home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs, but not the third seed. Their magic number for wrapping that up is two. Coach Frank Vogel said he would not consider dialing back the regulars’ minutes until the third seed is clinched.
  • George Hill will start his seventh game in a row at the point, as Darren Collison will remain sidelined by a sore groin. The Pacers are 6-0 with Hill in the lineup, and he has averaged 14.3 points, 5.0 assists and 3.7 rebounds. Vogel said Hill has played well enough to earn the starting job but that no decision has been made in that regard.
  • Milwaukee will be without forward Ersan Ilyasova, who sustained a bruised right thigh late in the Bucks’ 121-110 loss to Washington Wednesday. Luc Mbah a Moute will start in his place. Larry Sanders, who was out Wednesday with the flu, will be available off the bench.
  • Indiana is the hottest team in the league, with six consecutive wins and 10 in 11 April games. The Pacers are 15-4 since the trade for Leandro Barbosa on March 21.
  • Roy Hibbert is working on the longest double-double streak of his career with five in a row. He’s averaging 14.6 points, 11.8 rebounds and 2.6 blocks in that span.
  • Danny Granger has scored at least 18 points in 13 consecutive games, averaging 22.4. He has hit 11 of 15 from the 3-point line in the last two games.
  • The Bucks have lost two in a row and four of five to see their postseason hopes jeopardized. Coach Scott Skiles called tonight’s game “an absolute must-win” and said “we’re going to have to play one of our best games of the season to have a chance.”
mal schauen obs irgendwann Quoten um 1.80 gibt [[nixweiss]][[sabber]]