Two young, improving teams found the national stage Friday night. ESPN brought its cameras to the Ford Center to shed some light on Milwaukee Bucks rookie Brandon Jennings and Oklahoma City's sensational third-year pro, Kevin Durant.

David West had 27 points and 10 rebounds, and the New Orleans Hornets defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 102-99 in overtime Wednesday night.

San Antonio Spurs' Antonio McDyess grabs a rebound in front of the Milwaukee Bucks' Dan Gadzuric during the first half in San Antonio yetserday.

Gregg Popovich was looking for someone to exercise defensive aggression at the outset of the third quarter after his team had given up 12 unanswered points to the Bucks in the final 31/2 minutes of the first half Monday.

Statistically, the Bucks were outplayed at home by the dreadful Charlotte Bobcats , but the home court advantage, or more specifically, Charlotte's horrific free throw and 3 pt shooting, helped the Bucks get a narrow win.A Oh, and a huge dose of Brandon Jennings helped.A Here is the WinStats Boxscore for last night's game .

's value to the Milwaukee Bucks is evident every time he goes out of the lineup.

AUSTRALIAN Andrew Bogut's best NBA season has been put on hold because of a leg injury which will rule him out for four to six weeks.

The answer came from a 20-year-old who seems to have an answer for every occasion, but Dirk Nowitzki had the final answer.

I did a win contribution chart for the Milwaukee Bucks. Since no Buck has yet played even one entire "player game" , I didn't translate the numbers into wins and losses produced by each player because all the rounding off produces distorted numbers.A But I did break the numbers down to show each player's own Win Score statistics compared to his ...

It wasn't like the Milwaukee Bucks woke up one morning with "We Are the World" stuck in their heads and decided to make the Bradley Center a global melting pot.

St. Francis - Backup center Dan Gadzuric signed a six-year, $36 million contract before the 2005-'06 season, a deal that contributed to the eventual firing of former Milwaukee Bucks general manager Larry Harris.

's presence after the 7-foot center was shut down in early February last season.

Andrew Bogut bested Al Jefferson inside with 17 points and 10 rebounds, Luke Ridnour had 16 points off the bench and the Milwaukee Bucks used a second-half surge to top the Minnesota Timberwolves 87-72 on Friday night.

Hakim Warrick has been struggling with his shot and was one of a group of forward to allow Chicago's Luol Deng to grab a career-high 20 rebounds.

The Bucks didn't play great offense last night, but they did play great defense, and they won every important battle.A They won the opponent free throw rate battle , they won the rebounding battle , and they won the turnover battle .A If they do all ofA those things every game, who needs offense?A They'll never lose.

Instead, the Milwaukee Bucks rookie came up just short of a triple-double with 17 points, nine rebounds and nine assists in his team's 99-86 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night at the Wachovia Center.

Sports Illustrated has been a sort of bible for me since I was 12. Coincidentally, that was the last time the Milwaukee Bucks raised a championship banner, behind the exploits of sky-hooking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the often-crustaceous Oscar Robertson.

The Bucks had a decent preseason, going 3-5. The defense struggled early, but had a nice stretch of well-defended games to close out the exhibition season.

A shell of a team. Their Nos. 2-4 scorers from last year are gone. The only sure bet: Michael Redd will exercise his $18 million player option next summer.</ Central: 5 East: 14 Jon Barry, ESPN Barry's picks Michael Redd better work miracles.

D.J. Augustin scored 15 points, rookie Gerald Henderson was nearly perfect from the field and Charlotte beat the Milwaukee Bucks 94-87 on Tuesday night in Tyson Chandler's preseason debut with the Bobcats.