Ersan Ilyasova torched the Raptors as the Bucks come on strong in the second and win it in the second half

The Bucks were down big with 1:51 left in the first half and they ended the half on a 7-0 run to cut a 12 point lead into a 5 point Raps lead and up to that point the Raps were playing sound team ball as they were sharing the ball as they had 10 assists in the first quarter on 13 made shots from the floor and 7 of 11 in the second quarter but only lead 56-51 going into the second half thanks to Ersan Ilyasova who had 13 in the half on his way to 31 points and Drew Gooden who had 13 as well of his 21 points. The Raptors were lead by Andrea Bargnani who played 14 minutes in the half and had 9 points along with Barbosa who had 12 in the game but the Bucks and most importantly Ersan Ilyasova took control of the game in the third quarter by taking their first lead at 2:06 left in the quarter on two made free throws made by Ersan Ilyasova and it went back and forth the rest of the quarter with the Raps ahead 79-78 going into the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter the Bucks who played only 9 players and none of them were named Andre Bogut put the Petal to the metal as Mike Dunleavy had 11 of his 19 points in the second half and 5 in the final quarter and outscored the Raps 27-20 and taken their sixth in a row from the Raps 105-99 as the Raps are 13-28 through 41 games and the Bucks are 17-24.

The Raps really only played 9 players on a back-to-back as Arron Grey only played 2 and a half minutes off the bench as Amir Johnson started 12 points and 6 boards while Bargnani had his minutes monitored closely with 30 but he used the extra rest to focus on the glass as he took down 8 boards and still is looking for his shooting legs as he was 4 of 10 from the floor and 3 of 4 from the line for 11 points. DeRozan had 8 of his team leading 21 points in the fourth quarter while Ed Davis had 10 boards in 21 and half minutes which was best on the Raptors and only trailed Ersan Ilyasova who had 12 to go with his 31 points for the Bucks.

The Raptors only had 6 assists on 16 made shots from the floor as they ended the game shooting 46.5% and the Bucks had 47.9% and the Bucks ended up with 4 more assists (26-22) and went to the line almost twice as much (35-19) and making two times more (29-15) than the Raptors but the Raptors had 7 more boards (43-36).

So more Lottery balls but I do not know if that helps

Tom Mehegan