(My Sportsbook) - The Charlotte Bobcats travel to Milwaukee Friday for the front end of a home-and-home set against the Bucks at the Bradley Center. Milwaukee will visit Time Warner Cable Arena on Saturday. The Bobcats dropped their second straight game in Charlotte on Tuesday when New York's Chris Duhon scored 15 points -- including two clutch free throws down the stretch -- and doled out eight assists, as the Knicks snapped a season-high six-game losing streak with a 93-89 victory over the Bobcats. Gerald Wallace logged 21 points and Boris Diaw 20 for Charlotte. Rookie D.J. Augustin offered 15 points and Emeka Okafor 13 and 15 rebounds. Raymond Felton ended with 12 points, eight boards and eight helpers in defeat. The Bucks, meanwhile, finished a quick two-game tour of Texas on a down note Wednesday when Houston's Yao Ming finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds, as the Rockets held on for an 85-81 win over Milwaukee. The Bucks, who downed the Spurs in San Antonio on a day earlier, had five players reach double figures, led by Michael Redd with 20 points. Richard Jefferson scored 16, and Luke Ridnour filled the scoresheet with 11 points, 11 assists and seven boards, but the Bucks fell short for the second time in their last three contests. Milwaukee, which is 8-5 at Bradley Center, has won four straight against the Bobcats after dropping the previous three encounters in the series. Charlotte is a miserable 3-9 as the visitor this season. |
