12/29/22 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Thursday
29 December 2022 Sports
Thursday Sports
From Wayne Mausser
The Packers were back on the practice field on Wednesday getting ready for the Vikings Sunday without quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who was held out with a knee injury. However, Rodgers expressed no concern about his availability for Sunday’s game.
Also on Wednesday the Packers were without Keisean Nixon and Christian Watson on the practice field. But David Bakhtiari did limited work for the first time since his appendectomy.
The Packers have won three straight and need to win against Minnesota and the final regular season game at home against Detroit, plus get a little help to make the playoffs.
“Yeah, it has been awesome,” Rodgers said. “I can’t think of one game that hasn’t gone our way. These games have consistently gone exactly how we wanted them to. We are thankful for all these games that have gone our way as well. Now we need one, maybe two more to go our way as well.”
The Vikings, meanwhile, have set an NFL record by going 11-0 in one-score games this season. Their only win all season that was not by a single score, came back in Week 1 against the Packers.
“I think both sides know that we are 2 completely diff teams right now,” said receiver Allen Lazard. “There have been injuries, people have developed, grown in confidence since then. We are not expecting the same team from them, and I don’t think they probably are about us either.”
Sunday’s kickoff is at 3:25 and you can hear all of the action beginning with the pregame at 1:00 on FM, 1023, The Bug.
In Thursday Nigth Football Dallas is at Tennessee. The Cowboys, 11-4, trail Philadelphia by two games in the NFC East while the Titans are 7-8 and tied with Jacksonville for first place in the AFC South. Tennessee has lost five straight while Dallas is 4-1 during that stretch.
DeMar DeRozan scored 42 points and the Chicago Bulls rallied to beat Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks 119-113 in overtime Wednesday night.
The Bulls trailed by 15 early in the fourth quarter, only to pull even in the closing minute of regulation. DeRozan scored 10 in overtime, Nikola Vucevic hit a 3 in the extra period and the Bulls beat one of the NBA’s best teams after losing to one of the worst — Houston — two nights earlier.
Antetokounmpo matched a season high with 45 points and set one with 20 rebounds. He also committed two turnovers in the closing seconds of regulation, and the Bucks extended their season-high losing streak to four.
DeRozan made it a two-point game near the end of regulation with a cutting layup, then stole Antetokounmpo’s inbounds pass and fed Ayo Dosunmu for a dunk that tied it at 106 with 7.8 seconds remaining. Antetokounmpo got called for traveling with about a second left.
The Bucks were up by four in OT when DeRozan scored on a finger roll and Vucevic nailed a 3 from up top to put Chicago ahead 111-110 with 1:28 left.
DeRozan made two free throws before Milwaukee’s Bobby Portis hit a 3 to tie it at 113 with 41 seconds remaining. DeRozan then hit a 12-footer and — after Antetokounmpo missed a fadeaway shot — made four free throws in the final 13.9 seconds.
Zach LaVine scored 24 points for Chicago. Vucevic added 15 points and 14 rebounds, and the Bulls improved to 2-0 against the Bucks this season after losing 18 of the previous 20 to them counting the playoffs.
Portis had 20 points and 11 rebounds for Milwaukee. Jrue Holiday missed the game because of a non-COVID illness and Khris Middleton remained sidelined because of a sore right knee.
The Bucks: host Minnesota on Friday night.
High School Basketball (Wed.)
(Boys)
Wisconsin Dells Tournament
Wisconsin Dells 79, Ripon 47
Tonight
Ripon vs Somerset
(Girls) Wisconsin Dells Tournament
Ripon 60, Wisconsin Dells 56
Tonight
Somerset vs Ripon
Other Boys Games (Wed.)
Brillion 73, Kettle Moraine Lutheran 61
Living Word Lutheran 72, North Fond du Lac 43
Omro 72, Delavin-Darien 43
St. Mary Catholic 87, St. Mary’s Springs 84
Mishicot 65, Princeton/Green Lake 22
Boys (Thurs.)
Lomira at Berlin
Cuba City vs Kettle Moraine Lutheran
Kewaskum at West Bend West
Hartford at Mayville
Manawa vs North Fond du Lac
Oshkosh North at Wauwatosa West
Princeton/Green Lake 83, Juda 29
Other Girls Games (Wed.)
Lake Mills 55, Waupun 50
St. Mary’s Springs 51, Kiel 42
Laconia 63, Westfield 36
North Fond du Lac 71, Milwaukee Gold Meir 36
Fond du Lac 65, Wisconsin Rapids 34
Lodi 58, Wautoma 47
Girls (Thurs.)
Lakeland vs Waupun
Omro at Plymouth
Bonduel at Laconia
Kohler at North Fond du Lac
Stevens Point at Fond du Lac
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