Hometown Broadcasting Sports Tuesday 12/17/19
17 December 2019 Sports
The Milwaukee Bucks’ 18-game winning streak ended Monday night when Seth Curry and Kristaps Porzingis each scored 26 points to help the Dallas Mavericks hang on for a 120-116 victory even without star guard Luka Dončić. Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 48 points and 14 rebounds, but got little support as Milwaukee lost for the first time since a 103-100 setback at Utah on Nov 8. The winning streak was their longest since a franchise-record 20 consecutive victories by the 1970-71 championship team that featured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, then known as Lew Alcindor, and Oscar Robertson. Dallas led comfortably for most of the fourth quarter until the final half-minute. Tim Hardaway Jr. made the second of two free throws to make it 119-114 with 7.6 seconds left. Antetokounmpo scored on a layup and was fouled, but missed the free throw. Sterling Brown grabbed the offensive rebound, but his putback was blocked by Porzingis. Dončić sat out with a sprained right ankle, while the Bucks were missing injured point guard Eric Bledsoe. Milwaukee trailed 86-76 entering the fourth quarter and got no closer than seven until the final 23 seconds. Dallas was 16 of 41 from 3-point range, including four 3s each by Curry and Porzingis. The Bucks went 11 of 41 from beyond the arc. Kyle Korver added a season-high 17 points for Milwaukee, going 5 of 7 on 3-pointers. The Bucks host the Lakers on Thursday.
The Wisconsin Herd lost a tough road game at Fort Wayne Monday night, 125-124. Guard Rayjon Tucker had his second consecutive 30-point game, scoring 35 points while grabbing three rebounds and dishing out seven assists. JaKarr Sampson led Fort Wayne with 24 points and also had 11 rebounds along with two assists. The loss drops the Herd to 12-2 but they’re still in first place in the Eastern Conference, ahead of the Maine Red Claws and Delaware Blue Coats, both 9-4. Wisconsin will return home to face the Austin Spurs on the second night of a
back-to-back. This season, the Herd are 1-0 against Western Conference foes.Tip-off inside Menominee Nation Arena is set for 7:00 p.m. CT, and the game can be found and heard on MYNEW32 and The Score.
The Packers are off today after going over film of their 21-13 win over the Bears on Sunday. Green Bay clinched a playoff berth while improving to 11-3 on the season. Green Bay is at Minnesota (10-4) on Monday night. The Packers need one victory in their final two games to clinch the NFC North.
In Monday Night Football, Drew Brees takes over as the all-time leader in touchdown passes, by throwing four in leading the Saints to a 34-7 home win over the Indianapolis Colts. Brees passed Payton Manning on the all-time list and now has 541 for his career. Manning threw for 539 touchdowns and New England’s Tom Brady stands at 538. Brees’ record-breaker came on a five-yard pass to backup tight end Josh Hill on New Orleans’ first drive of the third quarter. To add to his historic evening, Brees finished 29-of-30 (96.7 completion pct.) for 307 yards, breaking the single-game completion percentage mark set by Philip Rivers.
Josh Lindblom’s journey to the Milwaukee Brewers went through South Korea. Lindblom and Milwaukee finalized a three-year contract for $9,125,000. He is a 32-year-old right-hander who went 35-7 with a 2.68 ERA in two seasons with South Korea’s Doosan Bears, including 20-3 with a 2.50 ERA in 30 starts this year. Lindblom is the third starter acquired this offseason by the Brewers, who signed free agent left-hander Brett Anderson to a $5 million, one-year deal and obtained lefty Eric Lauer from San Diego in a trade.
High School Basketball (Boys)
(Wed)
Horicon 57, Central Wisconsin Christian 42
Lomira @ Ripon-It’s a 7:15 tipoff on AM1600/93.1FM,WRPN.
Laconia @ Berlin-The tipoff is at 7:15 on 102.3, The Bug.
New London @ Winneconne
Kewaskum @ Mayville
North Fond du Lac @ Campbellsport
Adams-Friendship @ Omro
Kimberly @ Oshkosh North
Kaukauna @ Fond du Lac
Oshkosh West @ Appleton North
Appleton West @ Hortonville
Neenah @ Appleton East
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