Bucks 103, Pistons 82
Brandon Jennings scored 21 points to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 103-82 victory over the visiting Detroit Pistons on Monday.
Milwaukee (9-11) improved to 6-2 at home and picked up its second win over the Pistons this season. Detroit (4-18) lost its fifth straight game and fell to 1-10 away from the Motor City.
Jennings scored 11 of his points in the third quarter and finished with five assists. Jennings is one of only six players in the NBA averaging at least 20 points and five assists per game.
Drew Gooden, starting in place of the injured Andrew Bogut, stepped up his game with 16 points, including scoring seven straight in three-minute span midway through the third quarter to break the game open.
Milwaukee shot better than 70 percent in the first quarter and grabbed an early 18-point lead before Detroit chipped away. Rodney Stuckey finished off a three-point play to pull the Pistons within six points just before the break. Stuckey scored 11 of his 19 points in the second quarter.
Pistons center Greg Monroe posted 16 points and 10 rebounds for his fourth straight double-double. Veteran forward Tayshaun Prince chipped in with 14 points.
Mike Dunleavy buried back-to-back 25-foot 3-pointers in transition to put the Bucks ahead by 23 points to open the fourth quarter. He finished with a season-high 20 points off the bench.
Milwaukee forward Stephen Jackson, coming off a one-game suspension for abusing an official, did not play.
The Pistons and Bucks meet again in Detroit on Friday.