Rowan Kavner
SCORE – 109 – 95
MILWAUKEE – After two straight games needing to mount fourth-quarter comebacks, the Clippers made the win easier on themselves Wednesday night in Milwaukee.
The Clippers (13-9) earned their third straight win and sixth win in their last seven games, this time enjoying a lead the entire fourth quarter and getting a season-high 31 points from J.J. Redick in a 109-95 victory against the Bucks (9-14).
The Clippers, meanwhile, hit 12 3-pointers, led by Redick’s 6-for-9 mark from downtown. Redick finished two points shy of tying his career-high in scoring.
Blake Griffin added 21 points, 14 rebounds and four assists, while DeAndre Jordan had nine points, 19 rebounds and two monstrous dunks.
It was a back and forth game through most of the first three quarters, with the Clippers trailing by a point after each of the first two quarters. Jordan wasted little time completing his most thunderous throw-down of the season, dunking straight through Greg Monroe and leaving the Bucks’ center on the ground with a blocking foul.
Jordan later threw down another dunk with the Bucks fouling him again, but unsuccessfully stopping him. That was part of the Clippers’ late run in the third quarter, turning a 67-64 game into a 75-68 lead by the end of the quarter.
