Bucks can't contain Redick, fall to Clippers at home
MILWAUKEE -- J.J. Redick can't explain his torrid shooting in recent games against Milwaukee, though knows his performance hasn't been fueled by any ill will toward his former team.
"I don't know what it is, but no, it's not a revenge thing. I wasn't here long enough," Redick said.
Redick scored a season-high 31 points, going 6 for 9 from 3-point range, and the Los Angeles Clippers pulled away from the Bucks in the second half for a 109-95 victory on Wednesday.
"I feel like if I take the shots that I take in practice that eventually I'll hit something," said Redick, who was just 1 for 9 against Minnesota on Monday.
Redick, who averaged 24 points in two games against the Bucks last season, scored 15 points in the third quarter. He had nine first-half points before connecting on six of eight shots in the third, going 3 of 4 from 3-point range. He finished two points shy of a career high.
"What's amazing is he started out slow again. He missed a bunch of open shots," Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. "When you're a shooter, you're a shooter. And once he got his rhythm it was just awesome to see."
The Bucks gave Redick too many open looks in the third quarter, Bucks coach Jason Kidd said.
"He got going and we couldn't slow him down or get in his way," Kidd said.
Blake Griffin had 21 points and 14 rebounds, and Chris Paul added 18 points and 18 assists for the Clippers, who won their third straight. DeAndre Jordan had 19 rebounds.
Michael Carter-Williams finished with 20 points and 11 assists for the Bucks. Greg Monroe had 16 points and nine rebounds.
The Bucks began fouling Jordan, who shoots less than 40 percent from the line, with 5:02 remaining. He missed both foul shots but pulled down a rebound and found Redick, who sank an open 3.
Los Angeles trailed by a point entering the third quarter but went on an 11-0 run, which included two 3-pointers by Redick, to take a 63-56 lead.
