MILWAUKEE - Washington Wizards coach Randy Wittman is watching his team grow up and become a contender. Andrelton Simmons Jersey .One night after knocking off LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Wizards rallied behind John Wall and Paul Pierce, after falling behind by 15 points in the first half, to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 111-100.Pierce led the Wizards with 25 points, hitting several key shots down the stretch, and Wall added 19 points and 9 assists.Wittman said he was disappointed with the way his team started after its big win over the Cavaliers.We threw the ball over the place to start the game, he said. We were able to right the ship late in the second quarter. In years past, we may not have been able to recover.John Wall said the Bucks came out and hit us in the mouth.In the past, we would have folded and lost by 30, he said. But we dug deep and played hard. Once we got the lead, we never looked back.Wall said the game was very important after Fridays win.You dont win last night on the big stage and then come out here and get beat, he said. Otherwise, what was the point of winning that game? This is a big statement for our team.The Wizards, at 9-3, have the second best record in the Eastern Conference.The way we played in the second half is the way were capable of playing, Wittman said.The Wizards took control of the game by outscoring the Bucks 19-8 to start the fourth quarter, grabbing a 93-78 lead when Bradley Beal hit a 17-foot jumper with 7:15 remaining.Milwaukee fought back and cut the lead to 104-97 with 2:13 remaining when Ersan IIyasova hit a jumper. But Pierce hit a 19-foot jumper as the shot clock expired to give Washington a 106-97 lead with 1:13 remaining.Wall then stole the inbounds pass and scored on a dunk with 1:10 remaining to put the game away.Beal added 17 points for the Wizards.Giannis Anteokounmpo said the Bucks did not play with as much energy as the game went along.We didnt play as hard as we did in the first half, he said. The ball got stuck in our hands a lot. Bucks coach Jason Kidd said the Wizards turned up the pressure in the second half.We have to understand teams are going to press us, he said. Teams are seeing that if you press us right now, we cant handle it. Thats something we have to address.Brandon Knight led the Bucks with 27 points and Anteokounmpo added 20 points. Milwaukee lost its second straight game and fell back to .500 at 7-7 after winning three straight games.----REBOUNDINGWittman said rebounding was the Wizards focus and it paid off. Milwaukee outrebounded Washington 42-34 the first time the two teams met this season. Washington was able to pull out a win. But this time, Washington dominated the boards, outrebounding Milwaukee 53-46 as Marcin Gortat led the Wizards with 13 rebounds and Pierce added 9 rebounds.TIP-INSMilwaukee: Anteokounmpo was back in the starting lineup after coming off the bench and playing just 15 minutes and scoring seven points Friday in the Bucks blowout loss to Toronto. Anteokounmpo sprained his ankle in the Bucks triple-overtime win over Brooklyn Wednesday.The Bucks received a delay of game warning before the game even started as the team was slow out of the huddle for the opening game tip.Washington: Nene left the game with 6 minutes remaining in the first quarter and did not return. The Wizards said he had a right plantar fascia.Forward Otto Porter did not play due to a tight left hamstring.Washingtons 8-3 mark entering the game was the teams best 11-game start since the 1974-75 season when they started 9-2.BIGGER LOSSThe Bucks blowout loss to Toronto on Friday got a little worse Saturday. The NBA corrected a scoring error in the game, saying John Henson was credited with a 3-pointer when he should have been awarded just two points on a jumper with 1:44 remaining in the game. That made the final score 124-82.UP NEXTMilwaukee plays host to Detroit on Tuesday. The Pistons already beat the Bucks this season, winning 98-95 Nov. 7.Washington returns home to play Atlanta on Tuesday. Huston Street Jersey .Y. - For once, Clayton Kershaw was glad to see a long shutout streak end. Yunel Escobar Jersey . If Vettel wins at Suzuka on Sunday, and his nearest rival Fernando Alonso finishes worse than eighth, the German driver will join his compatriot Michael Schumacher and Argentine Juan-Manuel Fangio as the only men to win four consecutive titles. http://www.baseballangelslockroom.com/ricky-nolasco-angels-jersey/ .Y. -- The Montreal Canadiens have had few reasons to celebrate this season as they have been mired near the basement of the Eastern Conference.LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The Atlanta Hawks just keep rolling on the road.They pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 107-98 Monday night and earn their seventh straight road victory for the first time in 21 years.They have been doing it by building double-digit leads on opponents floors.We really cant control the crowd and a lot of stuff, so we just go out there and do the best we can, said Al Horford, who had 16 points for the East-leading Hawks. Coach always stresses the importance of defending and rebounding, and I feel like weve been doing a good job of that.Paul Millsap scored 23 points, Jeff Teague added 20, and DeMarre Carroll had 17 points and eight rebounds in Atlantas fifth straight win overall and 19th in 21 games.Right now, Atlanta has unshakable confidence, Clippers coach Doc Rivers said.Not so for the Clippers, who fell to 7-10 against teams that currently have winning records.Defensively, we have no presence, said Chris Paul, who had 10 points and 10 assists before fouling out with 1:50 to play.Blake Griffin had 26 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Clippers, whose biggest lead of nine came at the start of the game. DeAndre Jordan added 15 points and 16 rebounds, and J.J. Redick had 14 points as the teams three-game winning streak ended.If we knew exactly what we need to address, Griffin said, hesitating to find the words. Its just not something we can snap our fingers and fix.Dennis Schroders driving layup gave the Hawks the games first double-digit lead, 82-72, early in the fourth. It came near the start of an 18-6 run that extended their advantage to 95-78, largest of the game. Schroder had seven points, Pero Antic five, and Millsap four in the spurt.We werent executing and making good decisions early, but our defence put us in a position where we could kind of hang around and keep it at six or eight, Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer said. We made a little run at the end of the second quarter, then the defence maintained its place, and offensively we got into a little bit of a rhythm.The Clippers committed six of their season-high 21 turnovers in the fourth, when the Hawks had one. Atlanta shot 48 per cent from 3-point range, and the Clipperrs were held to 28 per cent. Bud Norris Jersey. We missed a lot of open shots and were very lax with the ball, Rivers said. We lost the game because we turned the ball over and gave them easy shots. We were forcing a lot of passes.Griffin made one of two free throws to tie it 67-all late in the third before the Hawks scored 10 of the last 12 points to take a 77-69 lead going into the fourth. Carroll had six in the spurt. Griffin and Paul both picked up their fourth fouls in the quarter when the Clippers briefly led by two.The Clippers turnovers led to 23 points by the Hawks, who came in averaging 26.5 in four previous games.TIP-INSHawks: They had 13 steals. ... The last time they won seven straight road games was Nov. 17-Dec. 22, 1993. ... Their bench was 1 for 12 from the field in the first half. ... Atlanta has won eight straight against West foes, equaling their streak from Oct. 31-Nov. 18, 1997. ... They snapped a three-game skid against the Clippers at Staples Center. ... They won the season series 2-0, having taken a three-point victory at home less than two weeks ago.Clippers: Former Laker Dennis Rodman sat behind the teams bench. ... They shot 50 per cent from the field in the opening quarter before dipping to 36 per cent in the second. ... Informed that he remains Atlantas franchise assists leader with 3,866, Rivers joked, Atlanta has not had a lot of good players. Rivers played for the Hawks from 1983-91 at the start of his NBA career.SHOOTIN SCHRODERSchroder had all seven of his points in the fourth after going 0 of 4 in the first half.Its great for him as a young player to stick with it, Budenholzer said. Hes a very confident young man, and he made some big plays. He also did well defensively. Were trying to do it as a team, and different guys at different moments are finding ways to help us.SEARCHING CLIPPERSLike Griffin, Jordan cant quite put his finger on why the Clippers struggle against the NBAs best teams especially defensively.You see it in spurts of us having the right tools to be a defensive team, Jordan said. Then theres times where we look like we dont know what were doing.UP NEXTHawks: Host Memphis on Wednesday.Clippers: Host Lakers on Wednesday. Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Jerseys From China Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys ' ' '