Van Horn can't get Bucks going

So desperate was Terry Porter to get Keith Van Horn involved in the Bucks-Pistons series that he inserted the struggling forward into the starting lineup for Game 4. The idea was for the Bucks to go small and get more points in transition. The result? Well they did score 92 points, but unfortunately for them the Pistons scored 109 to take a 3-1 lead in the best of seven series.

Van Horn's return? 11 points, three rebounds and three turnovers in 36 minutes. The 11 points marked a series high, and unless things turn around quickly Milwaukee most likely will have only one game left in their season.

"We were just trying to get Keith started," Porter said. "He was not in his rhythm off the bench."

Via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

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Bucks confirm Ford to have surgery

"Rookie guard T.J. Ford will undergo cervical spine surgery during the first week in May, Milwaukee Bucks officials confirmed after the team's practice Friday."

The surgery will be performed by Robert Watkins at the Los Angeles Spine Surgery Institute at St. Vincent Hospital in Los Angeles.

Milwaukee Bucks GM Larry Harris expects Ford to be ready ready about a month or so before the start of training camp.

"Somewhere between the third and fourth month, he will be back on the court with activity," Harris said. "We're looking the middle of August, certainly September, that he will be back."

Via Charles F. Gardner of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

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Pistons look to Rasheed, Prince

Perry Farrell of the Detroit Free Press writes that if the Detroit Pistons want to take control of their series with the Milwaukee Bucks, both Rasheed Wallace and Tayshaun Prince need to take more shots.

Wallace is averaging 16.5 points while shooting 58.3 percent from the field and 44.4 percent from three-point range., while Prince is averaging 15 points shooting 45.5 percent from the field. More importantly though Wallace has been averaging 12 shots and Prince 11 a game.

"He's a mismatch for anybody, so we must get him a little more involved and play off him a little more," said point guard Chauncey Billups on Wallace. "We've been working on a couple of things as far as getting the ball down low and letting him open the game up. If you have a player like that you have to take advantage of his abilities."

Via Detroit Free Press

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