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'The more one hears of Liszt's songs, the more one wonders why they have been so rarely performed … Kirchschlager's rich, resonant mezzo finds beauties everywhere on this disc, from heights of drama to intimacies of reflection, and at every turn Drake is with her' (BBC Music Magazine)
'The high expectations roused by Volume 1 of Hyperion's compete Liszt songs … are more than met with this second instalment … The programme is excellently chosen to showcase Liszt's versatility as a master of Romantic song … Kirchschlager's extraordinary dramatic gifts are displayed in the two longest songs here, Jeanne d'Arc au bucher and Die drei Zigeuner … Rich new levels of meaning are revealed … Kirchschlager and Drake deliver performances that set the beauty and inventiveness of each song in high relief … Not to be missed' (International Record Review)
'Hyperion's retrospective of Liszt's complete songs [is] one of the most important recording projects of recent years … Kirchschlager is exquisite and intensely dramatic by turns … Drake is outstanding throughout' (The Guardian)
'This is a fascinating and rewarding recital, which explores Liszt's oeuvre from the 1840s to 1870s … The grainy and distinctive timbre of Kirchschlager's vivid mezzo-soprano is well suited to this highly charged emotional world, and Drake's playing is eloquently impassioned without sinking to fortissimo ham' (The Daily Telegraph)
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This second volume of Hyperion's newest Lieder series features the great dramatic and musical gifts of mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager. Internationally renowned on the opera stage, the concert hall and the recording studio, Kirchschlager is an ideal performer of these most varied, complex and emotionally charged songs. She is accompanied by the multi-Gramophone Award-winning Julius Drake, who curates the series. The songs recorded here encompass thirty years of Liszt's life, with texts in German, French and Italian, and contain many examples of the hidden beauties of this undervalued and little-known strand of the composer's works. Detailed and informative notes by Susan Youens and a beautifully intimate recorded sound complete a volume which will be indispensable to any lovers of Lieder. |
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The songs in volume 2 of Hyperions series of the complete songs of Franz Liszt span more than thirty years of the composers life, from the mid-1840s when Liszt was still in his Glanzzeit (time of brilliance, or his younger years as a virtuoso performer) to an old age saddened by losses and difficulties. From start to finish, however, Liszts songs display certain consistent concerns, including his trademark harmonic and tonal experimentation; his was an ongoing quest to imagine the future of music. He seems never to have regarded any setting of a poem as final and was more given to revision and re-composition than any other nineteenth-century song composer except Schubert. Dramatically different versions of a Goethe-Liszt song bracket this recording and make apparent the Pilgrims Progress from extroverted, lengthy and rich musical tendencies in earlier years to greater economy, austerity and inwardness in later life. Born in a German-speaking area of Hungary in 1811, he and his family departed for Paris in 1823, and he adopted French, German, Hungarian and Italian identities at different times in his life and to varying degrees. That extraordinary cosmopolitanism is reflected in his choices of song texts in six languages (three are represented here: French, German and Italian), ranging from the occasional amateur poem by those in his exalted aristocratic circles to the greats of European poetry. These songs, in their subtlety and complexity, widen our understanding of a composer who can never again be pigeonholed or dismissed as half gypsy, half priest.
The manuscript for Goethes Wandrers Nachtlied I, or Der du von dem Himmel bist, records that it was conceived On the Ettersberg hillside. 12 February 1776. The poem begins with a series of subordinate clauses, an acclamation that takes time to reach the heart of the matter: the personas plea to be done with Faustian striving and find peace. The linguistic solecism whereby pain and joy are bound together by a masculine article, despite the feminine gender of the second noun, affirms that pleasure and pain are opposite poles of the same thingthe human condition? Liszt, who knew what it was to pray for the souls peace, created four settings of this poem between 1842 and 1870 (the fourth version is incomplete); typically, the first version is the longest, beginning with a brooding introduction in the piano before the singer enters with a quiet prayer. Thereafter, we alternate between invocations of sweet peace and tonal convulsions of anguish (I am weary of this restlessness!) in which the persona repeats the words of this brief poem over and over. The urgency of this plea cannot be doubted. Marling is a village in the South Tyrol (the northernmost part of Italy, bordered by Austria to the east and north) where the Viennese poet Emil Kuh, a friend and biographer of the greater writer Friedrich Hebbel, spent the last years of his life. For Liszt, who had taken minor orders in the Catholic Church in 1865, the poetic personas invocation of the church bells sacred song inspired one of his most beautiful late lieder, Ihr Glocken von Marling. Here, the overtone series of church bells, the way in which their pulsating tones fill the air, become non-resolving seventh and ninth chords in a beautifully lyrical manifestation of Liszts tonal sophistication. The friendship between Liszt and the prickly genius Heinrich Heine was largely over by the time the first version of Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam was created, but even so Liszt could recognize the invitations to music in Heines unique poetic voice. Heine finds a memorable image for the fascination of German poets (fir trees in frozen climes) with exoticism (the palm tree on burning southern sands)what a clever variation on the mountaintop perspective and the theme of the distant beloved prevalent in Romanticism. In Liszts first setting of this popular poem we hear brooding darkness and chromatic profundity enveloping the fir tree, while the brief idyllic dream of exotic objects of desire begins with the repeated treble chords that often signal Lisztian dreamingor heavenly realms. Perhaps the most striking difference between this first setting and its much later revision is in the endings; this version ends by recalling the close of Schuberts Heine song Ihr Bild (similar loud dynamics, similar descending bass line, similar final major chord). The bar of silence before the ending is another Schubertian touch. Vergiftet sind meine Lieder is one of Liszts greatest songs. Liszt was perhaps the first composer to discover the fifty-first poem in Heines Lyrisches Intermezzo for song; other nineteenth-century musicians steered clear of the Vesuvian compound of accusation, vulnerability, helplessness, lamentation, even fear, in these words. In one reading, Heines poem tells of his lifelong dilemma as a post-Romantic poet caught between the Ideal and the Real: the Geliebte could be both the Romantic muse, or the Ideal, who has poisoned his art of real life, and the Real who poisons the Ideal. Liszt may have seen in this poem a reflection of his disintegrating relationship with Marie dAgoult, which ended the same year of 1844 in which he first composed this song. His music is organized by repetitions of the initial theme both with and without words, a mini-rondo of obsessive grief. When he designates du, you, as the beloved, housed in his heart along with Medusa-like serpents, we hear one of the most shattering dissonances in all nineteenth-century music. Clärchens Lied, or Freudvoll und leidvoll, comes from Act 3 of Goethes drama Egmont; this famous poem-for-music had already been turned into song by Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Friedrich Zelter, Beethoven and Schubert before Liszt first set it to music in 1844a lengthy version with a lavish introduction, which he revised in 1849. (This revised version, heard here, was published in 1860; Liszt also composed an entirely different setting, which was published in 1848, the same year as the first version of the first setting.) The titles contrast between joy and sorrow becomes, by musical metamorphosis, gently swinging motion between major and minor harmonies; the final two chords of the song are the last summation of these two poles. The younger Liszt made Himmelhoch jauchzend a matter of heaven-storming richness, but the older composer pares down the exuberance considerably. Angelika Kirchschlager sings this version of Freudvoll und leidvoll in the mezzo-friendly key of E major, following an edition that circulated widely in the years following Liszts death. There are some minor differences in the vocal line and the piano-writing between this and the version in A flat major, and the latter will follow later in the series. The eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Hungarian style known as verbunkos, born of military recruiting music and closely associated with the virtuosity of Hungarian gypsy bands, is on display in Die drei Zigeuner, complete with bokázó figures (clicking of heels), hallgató (free melodies without words), garlands of triplet rhythms, the so-called gypsy scale, and alternating slow and lively tempi. No wonder Liszt was drawn to this poem: its poet, Nikolaus Lenau (born Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau in what was then Hungary and is now part of Romania) created three musician-personæ whose instrumentsfiddle, pipes and cimbalomLiszt mimics brilliantly in the piano. In a letter to Carolyne on 27 May 1860, Liszt wrote: In addition, the whim suddenly took me, without rhyme or reason, to set Lenaus Zigeunerand at the piano I quickly found the whole outline; he finished it on 17 June. It may be a cliché to say that Goethes Wandrers Nachtlied II, or Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh, is one of the greatest masterpieces of German versebut it is. Written on 6 September 1780 on the wall of a wooden hut at the peak of the Kickelhahn mountain near Ilmenau, it begins by evoking the onset of night and then transforms evening into the imminent end of life. In the quiet chords whose roots descend by thirds in the piano at the beginning of Liszts second version, we hear musical peace descend on the landscape. In the repetitions of the poets final lines, we hear a crescendo of longing, urgency, and perhaps a touch of fearfulness that cedes to the invocation of ultimate peace, bringing back the harmonies of the beginning on a higher plane. Alfred de Mussets La confession dun enfant du siècle (1836) and his 1840 sonnet Tristesse or SadnessLiszts text for Jai perdu ma force et ma viedefine the so-called mal du siècle, a compound of ennui, melancholy, apathy, and distaste for life. In a letter of condolence to the wife of Alexei Tolstoy (second cousin to Leo Tolstoy) in 1875, Liszt quoted the closing lines of Mussets poem, in which life is summed up as weeping. Chromatically clouded, dramatic-emphatic sighing figures fill the piano introduction before the singer enters with an unaccompanied, recitative-like passage, typical of Liszts late songs. This work is also emblematic of Liszt in its interior ethereal treble passage evoking the eternal and its exploration of tonal ambivalence: we end in mid-air. One of Liszts most dramatic late songs is his setting of Alexandre Dumas pères scene Jeanne dArc au bûcher, one of many works inspired by Joan of Arcs hideous death at the age of nineteen. The peasant girl from eastern France whose victories in battle made possible the coronation of Charles VII did not become an official Catholic saint until 1920, but she was a significant figure in European culture long before then (Friedrich Schillers play The Maid of Orléans is one example). Liszt had hoped to persuade first Dumas, then Gérard de Nerval, to create a Faust libretto for him, but had to settle for this shorter nugget of dramatic verse on a different subject. His music exists in several different versions, three for voice and piano, beginning in 1846 and concluding three decades later. In this final revision the song begins in slow, agonized uncertainty and then progresses to a beautifully transparent prayer whose invocation of Gods spirit (Votre Esprit) impels one of Liszts signature arresting harmonic shifts. We hear flickering flames in the piano and rising passages as she ascends to the funeral pyre, this in turn followed by another tender prayer whose intermittent triplet figures in the left hand foreshadow the clarion trumpet calls to hold the banner of France as she goes to her death. Liszt ends this dramatic scene not with bombast but with music that tells of the saints ascension into heaven. The time has come for me (Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita [Midway through the journey of life]thirty-five years old!) to break out of my virtuosos chrysalis and allow my thoughts unfettered flight, Liszt wrote, paraphrasing Dantes Virgil, as he prepared to walk away from one of the most glittering concert careers in the history of music and move to WeimarGoethes citywhere he settled in 1848. For any Goethe-loving song composer, Faust was an inevitable source of inspiration, especially when its characters sing. In the eighth scene (entitled Evening) of Part I, the village girl Gretchen sings Es war ein König in Thule just before she discovers the casket of jewels that Faust and the diabolical Mephistopheles have left for her. Ultima Thule was the legendary name for the ends of the earth, and this tiny ballad tells of a king faithful to his beloved beyond her death. Schubert had earlier told this tale in a pseudo-antique, starkly skeletal song (D367). Liszts second version, by contrast, tracks every twist and turn of the story in episodic ballad manner, complete with wistful reminiscences of folksong-like melody for the singer (although accompanied by progressive harmonies), pomp and circumstance for the kings last banquet with his knights, and a dramatic descent into a watery grave. Liszt shunned song cycles but would on occasion group two or three songs on texts by the same poet. One example is the Muttergottes-Sträusslein zum Mai-Monate by the Aachen poet Joseph Müller, based on the medieval tradition of the Mary Garden planted with flowers symbolic of the Virgins qualities. In a letter to Carolyne on 22 May 1857, Liszt recounted Müllers gift of a small miscellany of Catholic poetry, and on 2 August he announced his intention of setting two poems which will have the simplicity of the rosary: Das Veilchen (The violet, Our Ladys Modesty) and Die Schlüsselblumen (The cowslips, Our Ladys Keys, symbolic of winning grace). In Das Veilchen Liszt directs the singer to sing half-voice and indicates that a harmonium can be used in place of a piano. The ultra-Romantic progression of harmonies that rise by the interval of a third appears in the interior of each stanza. Winning grace is evident in the piano introduction of Die Schlüsselblumen, linked in various harmonic ways to the song of the violet. Scattered amidst the settings of great poets in the roster of Liszts songs are those to texts by contemporaries now largely unknown. Und sprich sets a small poem by Rüdiger von Biegeleben, son of the diplomat Baron Ludwig von Biegeleben, a statesman who opposed Otto Bismarck and advocated for Austrian leadership in the German Confederation. Here, the poetic persona exhorts someonehis or her own inner self?to look at the play of light and shadow on the sea and draw lessons about sorrow, fortune and God from the sight. This meditative setting from the mid-1870s is a perfect example of the late Liszts exercises in economy without ever sacrificing his lifelong genius at creating arresting harmonic progressions. The accompaniment is shot through with silences that allow the singers sacral admonitions to come through clearly. Ihr Auge (Nimm einen Strahl der Sonne) is a brief, passionate outcry of a song. The combined illumination of Natures brightest lightsthe sun, the evening star, the glowing lava from Mount Etnacannot equal the light of the beloveds eyes, which can warm and illuminate but also destroy the lovers soul. The gasping urgency in the piano figuration at the beginning, the brief enharmonic shift to distinguish inner life from external Nature, and an ending that sounds remarkably un-final: these are recurring Lisztian hallmarks. This much passion, Liszt tells us, has an afterlife beyond the final bar. Where Robert Schumann drew on the idea of reflections in the water for his setting of Heinrich Heines Im Rhein, im schönen Strome, in the song cycle Dichterliebe, Op 48, Liszt paints rippling waters and the fluttering of angels wings. In the revised version recorded herethe first version is on Volume 1the waters flow in gentler, less virtuosic manner; one notes again the chiming chords in the treble register indicative of Liszts ethereal or angelic strain of music. Poem and song were born of one of the great building projects of the nineteenth century: the completion of Cologne Cathedral (officially the Hohe Domkirche St Peter und Maria), begun in 1248 but left unfinished in the early sixteenth century. In 1814 the future Prussian monarch Friedrich Wilhelm IV first resolved to see to its completion, and the actual building began in 1842, two years after he assumed the throne. For a time both Liszt and Heine were involved in fundraising efforts for the cathedral, the deeply Catholic Liszt more so than the poet. The image of the Virgin in this song refers to a famous panel on a retable altarpiece painted by the late Gothic painter Stephan Lochner in the 1440s. Es muss ein Wunderbares sein is one of Liszts most popular songs, given its merger of sophisticated harmonies and its spare texture, devoid of pyrotechnics. The Bavarian poet Oscar von Redwitz-Schmölz became famous in his twenties for his sentimental epic Amaranth from which the Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (later Queen of Prussia and German Empress) extracted two stanzas in July 1852 for Liszt to set to music. Fifteen years later, in 1867, Liszt met Redwitz-Schmölz and wrote to Carolyne von Sayn-Wittgenstein (18191887, the most important woman in Liszts life from the time of their meeting in 1847 to his death) to say: His person pleases me more than I would have expected. One generally imagines him wholly steeped in pietywith lowered eyes and a timid manner of speaking, intermingled with sighs! Not he! The penultimate harmony on sagen is a final touch of chromatic expressivity in this small gem. La perla was probably composed in homage to the noblewoman who wrote the poem: Thérèse von Hohenlohe-Waldenburg (18171895), who was a cousin of Princess Marie von Sayn-Wittgenstein (the daughter of Liszts mistress Carolyne by her estranged Russian husband) and the mother of Rilkes later patroness Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis. Thérèse and Liszt had encountered one another in Rome, and Liszt visited the Hohenlohe villa in Duino in 18678. In this poem she endows a pearl with a persona and a history, from its birth in a mussel shell to its brutal removal from its oceanic home and its subsequent slavery in adornment for the rich: the rape of Nature to satisfy human vanity. In the postlude of this extended dramatic song we hear a grief-stricken, chromatic transformation of the placid sea-music at the start. At the end of this recording, we hear what happened when Liszt revisited an earlier, more extravagant setting of Goethes Der du von dem Himmel bist. In this re-conceptualization later in life, what was extroverted earlier becomes a more inward experience. In the change of a single chord when the initial three harmonies of the introduction are repeated, we hear the proximity of Schmerz and Lust, their kinship and their difference. We also hear Liszts occasional recourse to basso cantante, a singing bass line; both the piano and the singer pray for peace. Susan Youens © 2012 |
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The Center of Hurricane Dolly Slowly Making Landfall Near Brownsville
Hurricane Dolly, a category 2 storm with 100 mph winds, will not strengthen any further as it makes landfall near Brownsville. Tornado warnings continue to be issued for locations near and north of Corpus Christi as twisters are developing in the tropical airmass.
The outer-bands of Dolly can be seen in the Brazos Valley as high cirrus clouds can be seen overlapping the puffy summertime cumulus clouds in the lower layers of the atmosphere.
Rodney Harris
The winds in Hurricane Dolly were near 100 mph during the 10 a.m. advisory -- making it a category 2 hurricane. The storm could continue to strengthen before it makes landfall within the next few hours.
Hurricane force winds extend out to 25 miles from the center of the storm. Tropical Storm force winds extend out to 140 miles from the storm.
Several tornado warnings were issued for Corpus Christi Wednesday morning due to twisters developing to the north of Dolly -- which is typical with tropical systems. A tornado watch remains in effect for the Texas coast through 7 p.m.
Rodney Harris
Hurricane Dolly Forecast To Make Landfall By Noon (Wednesday Morning Update)
Hurricane Dolly continues to track northwestward and should make landfall near Brownsville before noon. Winds in the storm are at 85 mph and the winds could increase by 10 mph before landfall, which would make it a category 2 storm.
Rodney Harris
Dolly Becomes the Second Hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic Season (Tuesday Evening Update)
The 4 p.m. advisory for Dolly stated what satellite imagery has been suggesting all afternoon -- Dolly is now a hurricane. With winds at 75 mph, Dolly is the second hurricane to develop during the 2008 Atlantic season. Hurricane-force winds extend out about 15 miles from the center of the storm. Tropical storm-force winds extend out over 160 miles from the center of the storm (represented in yellow to the right).
Hurricane Dolly is now expected to make landfall near Brownsville on Tuesday morning.
Rodney Harris
Winds Reach 70 mph in Dolly (Tuesday Afternoon Update)
The latest data suggest that the winds in Dolly have increased to near 70 mph. Once winds reach 74 mph, Dolly will become the second hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic season. Forward motion with the storm has also slowed a bit. An eye is also becoming clear in the visible satellite imagery -- another sign of the storm picking up strength
Rodney Harris
New Pinpoint Forecast Tracks Dolly Further South
The latest model run from our Pinpoint Forecast Model has Dolly making landfall a little further south than previous forecast. As mentioned earlier in the blog, this is in-line with the official forecast from the National Hurricane Center. Dolly should make landfall near Brownsville on Wednesday Afternoon. Hurricane warnings were discontinued north of Corpus Christi, but remain in effect from Corpus Christi southward to Mexico.
Rodney Harris
Beneficial Rain Possible As Far North as Central Texas
Dolly will likely make landfall near Brownsville, which is where most of the heavy rain will fall. Up to 10 inches of rain is possible in south Texas through Friday. However, we won't completely miss out on the precipitation. An average of 2 inches of rain is possible for Houston and an average of 1 inch is possible for the Brazos Valley -- in particular locations south of Bryan/College Station.
Rainfall totals may not be great, but at least a trace of rain is possible as far north as Central Texas.
Rodney Harris
Pinpoint Forecast Shows Landfall Near Brownsville (Tuesday Morning Update)
Your Pinpoint Forecast model -- which is run from the News 3 Weather Center -- has shifted its track of Dolly a little further south over the past 24 hours. This is more in-line with the official forecast from the National Hurricane Center. Dolly should hit the lower Texas coast or upper Mexico Wednesday afternoon. We have increased rain chances across the Brazos Valley to 50% for Wednesday and Thursday.
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Hurricane Watches issued for lower Texas coast (Monday Evening Update)
The National Hurricane Center has issued a Hurricane Watch along the northern Mexican coast through the lower Texas coast to Port O'Connor. A Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are possible in the watch area within 36 hours.
A Tropical Storm Watch has also been issued along the northern Mexican coast through the lower Texas coast to San Luis Pass. A Tropical Storm Watch means that tropical storm conditions are possible in the watch area within 36 hours.
Dolly is forecast to make a landfall along the lower Texas coast Wednesday afternoon. While the storm won't directly impact the Brazos Valley, it will increase our rain chances Wednesday and Thursday.
Rodney Harris
Monday Afternoon Update
Tropical Storm Dolly is maintaining maximum winds at 50 mph. The storm is quickly moving through the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Dolly is forecast to become the second hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic season on Tuesday. The official track from the National Hurricane Center has the storm making landfall between Brownsville and Corpus Christi on Thursday.
Hurricane watches and tropical storm watches have been issued for the lower Texas coast and northern Mexico.
Moisture from Dolly should be blown our way, which will mean better rain chances and slightly cooler temperatures by the end of the week. Remember, that a slight change in Dolly's path could mean big differences in your forecast. Continue to keep up to date with KBTX Media for the latest weather developments.
Meanwhile, a new tropical wave has developed off the west coast of Africa. Bertha developed in the same region (which just recently moved off the maps, after almost three weeks of life!) This wave could develop into yet another tropical storm as it moves through the Atlantic ocean.
Tropical Storm Cristobal continues to move northeastward, along the eastern U.S. coast. Cristobal, which is the third named storm of the 2008 season, is expected to bring some much needed rain to the east coast.
Rodney Harris
Monday Morning (2AM) Update
As of 2am this morning, the National Hurricane Center has a current fix on the center of Dolly, which is very poorly defined, at 21.1 degrees N and 86.8 degrees west--or just east of Cancun! Why is this significant? It is a major shift to the north. This places the center of Dolly to the north of the Cone of Uncertainty. Once this data is ingested in the computer models, we might see a jump to the north bringing what could be Hurricane Dolly ever closer to the upper-Texas coast. At this time, we are still days away from landfall and a lot can still change. The Hurricane Hunters will be investigating the system all day tomorrow and I will bring you the very latest as I get it.
Looking at the Infrared Satellite this morning, Dolly appears to be struggling to get her act together. The proximity to land hasn't really helped either. Dolly has maintained a very vigorous mid-level circulation with a very weak and ill-defined low-level swirl. The much stronger mid-level circulation appears to have drawn the low-level circulation northward. This often happens during the developing stages of tropical systems. The current forecast by the National Hurricane Center still brings this to a potent category one hurricane just off the coast of Brownsville by 5am Thursday morning. It is important to remember that intensity forecasts are very hard to make. These systems can and often strengthen faster than forecast. It is possible that Dolly could hit Texas as a Category two or three storm. However, with this jump to the north, I would suspect that the Cone of Uncertainty will shift northward as well. Now would be a good time to check to see if your hurricane supplies are well stocked just in case the storm jogs a bit further north than expected.
Blake Mathews
Sunday Morning Update
Well folks, Tropical Storm Dolly will arrive at 11am EST. The information is scarce currently, but we have just gotten word that Tropical Storm Dolly will be named by the National Hurricane Center in Miami at 11am. I'll edit this blog when we receive more information. All interests in the Cayman Islands, Yucatan, and western Gulf of Mexico needs to pay very close attention on what could become Hurricane Dolly in the next 24 to 48 hours.
Blake Mathews
Saturday Evening Update
The swirl of clouds we've been watching down in the Caribbean has been trying to organize all afternoon, but upper-level wind sheer has kept this system from developing. The Hurricane Hunters flew into the system earlier this afternoon and found winds well within excess of tropical storm force, but were unable to close off a low level center. That low level center is key to development; often indicated by a west wind. Reconnaissance is scheduled to fly the storm again this evening to see if indeed a storm has developed.
Computer models this evening show a wide range of scenarios but have come into better agreement on placement of the system. Computer models, depending on which one you chose, show a storm ranging from tropical storm strength to a major hurricane. The good news for the upper-Texas coast is that the computer models are now indicating that this system may make its way further south than what was thought earlier--anywhere from Tampico, Mexico to Brownsville, TX. However, please keep in mind that these are mere computer models and can and will change as more and more data is ingested in them. Being that there is no distinct low-level center, the computer models have to guess where the center might be. Once a center is defined by satellite and or the Hurricane Hunters, then that data can be ingested and a better forecast solution can be produced. Until then, everybody from Tampico, Mexico to the Louisiana border needs to keep a very close watch on what may likely be Tropical Storm Dolly Sunday.
Blake Mathews
Friday Evening Update
The tropics have really heated up this afternoon. We are currently monitoring two systems. One area of disturbed weather is currently located off the coast of the Carolina's. This system has increasingly become better organized today and could become a depression or tropical storm in the next day or so. An Air force's Hurricane Hunters is scheduled to investigate this system tomorrow--if necessary.
Of much more concern is what is brewing down in the central Caribbean Sea. Four days ago, this system was located 1200 miles east of the Leeward and Windward Islands. Up until now, the system has fought upper level wind sheer (which tears storms apart), land, and less than adequate sea surface temperatures (which need to be at least 80 degrees for development). This afternoon, the Hurricane Hunters flew the system and found that the system did not have a closed low (often indicated by a west wind). Therefore, the system was not upgraded. Latest satellite imagery shows that the system continues to become better organized and a depression and or a tropical storm may be developing.
Why are we watching this so closely? A couple reasons actually. First of all, wind sheer over the Caribbean is forecast to relax a little bit. This will allow the storm to better vent itself and therefore grow stronger. This is evident this evening by banding features that are now showing up on the satellite, which previously it has lacked. Second, the sea surface temperatures are very very warm. A system only needs about 79 to 80 degree water about 100 meters deep for a system to develop. The water temperatures currently are far warmer with temps in the mid and upper 80s and coastal waters warmer still. This will provide adequate energy for the storm to grow. Third, the ridge that has provided us with the hot and dry weather over the Brazos Valley remains planted along the east coast. This acts as a blocking pattern and therefore will shunt the system westward. An upper level low currently over Florida this evening is digging southwest which will do two things; pull it north and ventilate the system allowing it to grow stronger. Current computer model forecasts show this system developing into a tropical storm with a general heading toward the Texas coast. Keep in mind that intensity forecasts are very challenging. Though current forecasts call for a tropical storm, we can not rule out the possibility of rapid intensification into a hurricane. Sill many more questions than answers, but Bob, Rodney and I will do our best to keep you ahead of the storm!
Blake Mathews
Thursday Morning Update
The NHC sent an Airforce Hunter aircraft into the storm yesterday and an organized, surface low-pressure was not found. The storm has shown less organization over the past 24 hours. As a result, it has not been upgraded.
The NHC dose not expect the storm to develop, but will continue to watch it carefully.
Rodney Harris
Original Blog
The National Hurricane Center will send an Airforce Hunter aircraft into an area of low pressure about 200 miles east of the Winward islands. The area of disturbed weather has shown signs of organization over the past several hours and a tropical depression could be developing.
The center of low pressure is moving westward, into the eastern Caribbean, where development is not favorable. If the storm does manage to develop, it would be the third storm of the 2008 season.
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Spurs 109, Bucks 77: Duncan applies a Fundamental beatdown
It was strictly no contest from the opening tip.
Tim Duncan toyed with the Bucks and the San Antonio Spurs cruised to a 109-77 victory on Wednesday night before an announced crowd of 11,087 at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
Duncan finished with 21 points and 16 rebounds in a remarkably efficient performance. He hit 9 of 12 shots and all three free throws he attempted while playing 24 minutes.
"Timmy's playing well," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "He's an anomaly, really. He's out there on one leg and just keeps on playing beautiful basketball. He makes everybody around him better with the decisions he makes and with the way he plays unselfishly. He's still the base of everything that we do."
Tony Parker added 15 points and five assists and starting center Jeff Ayres, starting in place of the injured Tiago Splitter, grabbed 10 rebounds for San Antonio (17-4).
The Spurs led, 32-16, after one quarter and extended the margin to 63-40 at halftime.
"We came with the right energy," Duncan said. " We got some great energy from Jeff and some guys off the bench came in and really played well.
"I made some early and it helps. My shot is starting to come around a little bit. The first 20 games it hadn't been there so I hope it stays with me."
Reserve point guard Nate Wolters paced the Bucks (5-17) with a season-high 18 points on a night when the Bucks starters combined for just 19 points. Rookie Giannis Antetokounmpo added a season-high 15 points and eight rebounds in 33 minutes and reserve center Miroslav Raduljica had 10 points and seven rebounds.
Milwaukee's shooting struggles were symbolized by Bucks forward Ersan Ilyasova, who hit just 3 of 16 shots and finished with eight points.
Starting small forward Khris Middleton was 1 for 7 from the field, O.J. Mayo was 1 for 4, Brandon Knight was 2 for 6, John Henson 2 for 6 and Ekpe Udoh 1 for 4. Milwaukee shot 34.5% (29 of 84).
It was the Bucks' worst loss of the season, surpassing a 27-point defeat to the Indiana Pacers on Nov. 15 in Indianapolis.
Bucks center John Henson was coming off a 25-point, 14-rebound performance in Chicago on Tuesday but struggled to defend Duncan.
"He's a load," Henson said. "That's why he's a Hall of Famer.
There's not much you can learn except try to do better next time. You know what's coming with Tim Duncan. I had a hard time. He hit some shots and got it going, especially off the pick and pop."
The Spurs got contributions from the bench as Marco Belinelli had 11 points, Cory Joseph 10 and Boris Diaw and Patty Mills added nine each.
"You wouldn't think they were old, man," Henson said. "They've been doing it for so long, they know what they need to do. They know how they've got to prepare for these games."
PLAYER OF GAME: Duncan dominated inside and out to pace the Spurs to their easy victory. In addition to 21 points and 16 rebounds, he added three assists and two blocks.
STAT OF GAME: Duncan scored more points (21) than all the Bucks starters combined (19) and he also had more rebounds (16) than the Bucks starters (11).
Duncan, Spurs in cruise control with 63-40 halftime lead
Tim Duncan and Tony Parker put on a clinic in the first half as the San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 63-40 lead over the Bucks on Wednesday night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
Duncan showed why he's called the "Big Fundamental" with 16 points, 11 rebounds, three assists and two blocks. And Parker darted around and through the Bucks defense for 11 points and four assists.
San Antonio shot 57% from the field while hitting 25 of 44 attempts and outrebounded the Bucks, 28-15.
Nate Wolters led the Bucks with 10 points in 12 minutes and Brandon Knight added eight points.
Milwaukee's starters were outscored by the Spurs starters, 42-14.
Ersan Ilyasova attempted 10 shots in the half but made just two and starters O.J. Mayo and Ekpe Udoh both were scoreless.
Duncan had 12 points and eight rebounds in the first quarter as the Spurs bounced out to a 32-16 lead.
Gary Neal still hurting, misses chance to face former team
Gary Neal wanted to play against the San Antonio Spurs and face his teammates from the past three seasons.
But the Milwaukee Bucks guard did not get approval from team doctors Wednesday night after doing some work on the court before the game.
Neal had a cortisone shot in his left foot on Tuesday and he said it would probably take three or four days before the pain would subside.
"I've got to follow the doctor's orders," Neal said. "I just got the injection yesterday. It's not really the plantar fasciitis now; it's more the soreness from the injection. They don't want anything to get worse.
"I went out there and tried to play. But just the pounding on the heel; it's still sore."
The Spurs bring a 16-4 record to the BMO Harris Bradley Center after defeating Toronto, 116-103, on Tuesday night in Ontario.
"I talked to everybody," Neal said of connecting with his former Spurs teammates before the game. "I had three great years there.
"I was fortunate and blessed to be able to come from overseas and get with a great organization like that and play with true professionals and great players, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker and (Manu) Ginobili.
"For the last three years I spent more time with them than I spent with my own family. We have a lot in common and we have a lot to connect about and talk about. And we were one three-pointer away from winning an NBA championship."
Bucks coach Larry Drew said he would go with the same starting lineup he used in Milwaukee's 78-74 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday night.
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich again will start 6-foot-9 forward Jeff Ayres in place of the injured Tiago Splitter. But Ayres played just 9 minutes Tuesday wnile Australian Aron Baynes came off the bench to score 14 points and grab six rebounds in 21 minutes.
"He's just a hard-working kid and tries to do his best," Popovich said of Baynes. "He's big and strong. He's had good international experience playing on the Australian Olympic team. He's not a newcomer to competition. He just hasn't had many chances to play, and last night he got a chance to play and he did well."
Just minutes before the game the Spurs announced Baynes had suffered a sprained ankle and would not play.
Bucks 78, Bulls 74: Henson's big night leads to victory
Chicago - John Henson is gobbling up those big minutes and producing.
The Bucks' second-year center played 41 minutes Tuesday and finished with 25 points and 14 rebounds in Milwaukee's 78-74 victory over the Chicago Bulls at the United Center.
Brandon Knight added 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Bucks (5-16). Mike Dunleavy paced the Bulls (8-11) with 24 points.
The Bulls had just nine available players due to injuries and were without Derrick Rose, Joakim Noah, Luol Deng and Jimmy Butler. Noah was a late scratch due to a thigh injury after going through shootaround on Tuesday morning.
Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau used just eight players with backup guard Mike James still nursing a knee injury.
The Bucks had just 10 healthy players after losing Zaza Pachulia and Gary Neal to injuries earlier this week.
Dunleavy scored 18 points in the second quarter to lift the Bulls to a 42-35 halftime lead.
But Bucks coach Larry Drew assigned Knight to defend Dunleavy late in the second quarter and Milwaukee battled back within 57-55 at the end of the third quarter.
Milwaukee also played effectively in a zone defense in the second half.
The Bucks led, 72-66, when Ekpe Udoh grabbed three straight offensive rebounds as Milwaukee tried to gain command.
But the Bucks failed to score in that sequence and Boozer converted in the paint for the Bulls to cut Milwaukee's lead to 72-68.
A three by Dunleavy brought the Bulls within 73-72 before Henson hit a desperation 22-footer with the shot clock running down for a 75-72 Bucks lead with 1:35 left.
"That was a huge shot," Drew said. "I don't know. I guess the basketball gods were with us tonight. That was a hope and a prayer and it went in."
A late turnover by the Bulls led to two free throws by Ilyasova and a 77-72 Bucks lead with 4.2 seconds left.
Carlos Boozer finished with 21 points and 12 rebounds for Chicago, which was held to its lowest scoring output of the season and failed to break the 80-point mark for a second consecutive game.
PLAYER OF GAME: Henson had 25 points, 14 rebounds and six blocks to lead the Bucks to their second straight road victory and third victory in a row at the United Center, dating to last season.
STAT OF GAME: The Bucks won despite hitting only 2 of 11 three-point attempts. The made threes were by Knight and Khris Middleton.
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Dunleavy heats up in second quarter; Bulls lead 42-35 at half
Chicago - Former Bucks player Mike Dunleavy took the Chicago Bulls offense into his own hands in the second quarter at the United Center on Tuesday night.
Dunleavy heated up to score 18 points in the second quarter and the Bulls grabbed a 42-35 halftime lead. Chicago outscored Milwaukee, 28-15, in the second period.
John Henson paced the Bucks with 12 points, seven rebounds and five blocks in the half and Brandon Knight added seven points and seven rebounds in 20 minutes.
Both teams struggled with their shooting as the Bulls hit 39.1% (18 of 46) while the Bucks were at 38.9% (14 of 36).
Dunleavy had no such problems as he drilled 7 of 10 shots, including his only three-point try. He also had three rebounds and two assists in 22 minutes.
After Bucks rookie Giannis Antetokounmpo raced out to deny Dunleavy a three-point attempt, the veteran quickly made a backdoor cut for a layup and a 40-31 Bulls lead late in the second quarter.
Knight made a drive for a basket in the final seconds of the half to cut the Bucks' deficit to seven points.
Banged up Bucks, Bulls to battle: Noah out for Chicago
Chicago - Khris Middleton was held out of the morning shootaround but will start as the Bucks begin a stretch of four games in five nights on Tuesday against the Chicago Bulls.
Middleton was bothered by a sore left ankle but Bucks coach Larry Drew said he expected the second-year small forward to be available. The second-year forward said he was good to go about an hour before the game as he iced the ankle in the Bucks locker room.
Middleton has scored in double figures in nine of his last 14 games, including a career-high 29-point effort against Washington in an overtime victory on Friday night.
The Bulls will be without Luol Deng (sore Achilles) and Jimmy Butler (turf toe). Bulls center Joakim Noah went through shootaround, according to a Bulls spokesman, but later was ruled out of Tuesday's game due to a sore right thigh.
The Bucks have just 10 available players after losing Zaza Pachulia and Gary Neal to recent injuries. The Bulls are expected to have nine healthy players.
The Bulls' starting lineup includes rookie Tony Snell and Kirk Hinrich at guards, former Bucks player Mike Dunleavy and Carlos Boozer at forwards and 6-foot-10 Nazr Mohammed at center.
The Bulls players on the bench are Taj Gibson, Marquis Teague, Erik Murphy and Mike James.
The Bucks bench consists of Luke Ridnour, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nate Wolters, Ersan Ilyasova and Miroslav Raduljica.
Drew said he expects Ilyasova to start eventually but for now will stay with Udoh in the starting five.
"Ersan is still nursing the foot a little bit and I just want to bring him around slowly," Drew said. "At some point that will probably change as far as moving him into the lineup.
"We just have to get him healthy. And we're looking at lineups as far as matchups are concerned."
Zaza Pachulia out at least 4 weeks with fractured right foot
St. Francis - The Bucks' injury list grew even longer Monday with the news that veteran center Zaza Pachulia has a fractured bone in his right foot.
Pachulia is in a walking boot and will have the foot re-examined in four weeks. He said he broke the calcaneus bone or heel bone when he stepped on a player's foot during the Bucks' home loss to Detroit on Wednesday night.
Bucks coach Larry Drew also indicated forward Caron Butler would be out another week to 10 days due to a swollen left knee and guard Gary Neal missed practice with a flareup of the plantar fasciitis in his left foot. Neal will not travel to Chicago as the Bucks head south by bus for Tuesday's game against the Bulls at the United Center.
"It could be worse, right?" Pachulia said after practice. "There was nothing I could do. There was no control. I landed and stepped on somebody's foot and it appeared (as a) fracture.
"Hopefully these four weeks are going to go nice and smooth. It's a small fracture. But because of my weight and size I need to be careful with it and make sure it's totally healed before I come back."
Pachulia said his right Achilles had been "a little tight" in recent games. He had surgery on the Achilles in March after being injured while playing with the Atlanta Hawks.
"I think with this four weeks I'm totally done with injuries and I'll be back like normal Zaza," he said. "For any athlete, an injury is bad news.
"But with this four weeks, beside my foot I can heal the Achilles as well and come back real strong. That's the goal; that's my mind-set.
"We'll do all the necessary treatments or exercises and we'll put in all the time and work during this four weeks."
Bucks coach Larry Drew said his lineup will be depleted even more with Pachulia's absence.
"We just have to play guys who originally were not part of the rotation," Drew said. "Miroslav (Raduljica) more than likely will be seeing more minutes.
"I've got total trust in all my guys. He (Raduljica) is a young guy who doesn't have playing experience. I thought he did a good job the other night. He'll certainly be cast into a situation now where he'll have to play some extended minutes."
Raduljica played nine minutes against Brooklyn on Saturday as the Bucks tried to contend with Nets center Brook Lopez, who scored 32 points in Brooklyn's 90-82 victory.
Second-year player John Henson will continue to start at the center position and likely will play big minutes.
"There are going to be some matchups that will give him problems," Drew said. "As long as he's competing, that's my biggest concern."
Butler has missed the last six games after his knee became swollen during the Bucks' trip to Charlotte for a Nov. 29 game.
"Being in this position, being a captain on the ballclub and coming back to my hometown, and only missing two or three games last year (with the Los Angeles Clippers), now missing so many early on, it's frustrating," Butler said.
"But I've got to be patient and let the healing process take its course."
Butler said the team is trying to stay competitive despite its 4-16 record.
"I see people just trying to win," Butler said. "You're trying a whole bunch of things. You're trying different lineups and just trying to win games. Somehow, some way, try to win games and see what happens."
Nets 90, Bucks 82: Lopez simply dominant in paint
Brook Lopez dominated in the paint and led the Brooklyn Nets to a 90-82 victory over the Bucks on Saturday night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
Lopez scored a season-high 32 points as the Nets (6-14) bounced back from a 30-point thrashing at the hands of the New York Knicks on Thursday.
The Bucks (4-16) were coming off an overtime victory in Washington on Friday but could not gain any traction and trailed by as many as 12 points in the final quarter.
Bucks coach Larry Drew tried several options in defending the 7-foot Lopez, including 7-foot-1, 270-pound center Miroslav Raduljica. But Lopez hit 11 of 13 field goals and 10 of 11 free throws in a dominant performance.
Kevin Garnett missed his first seven shots before scoring on a rebound tip and a jumper as the Nets closed out their victory in the final quarter.
O.J, Mayo paced the Bucks with 22 points and John Henson added 18 points and seven rebounds.
The Bucks held a 40-39 halftime lead but were outscored in the third quarter, 26-19, as the Nets steadily pulled away.
PLAYER OF GAME: Lopez missed only two shots while hitting his set shot from the perimeter and also having his way inside. His dunk gave the Nets an 86-78 lead late in the game and removed any doubt about the final outcome.
STAT OF GAME: The Nets outscored the Bucks in the paint, 44-30.
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Bucks squeak out 40-39 halftime lead; Lopez scores 20 for Nets in half
Bucks coach Larry Drew said before the game his team would face a challenge trying to contend with Brooklyn Nets center Brook Lopez.
And Drew was right.
Lopez scored 20 points in the first half - more than half his team's total - but the Bucks still led, 40-39, at intermission.
Drew used Ekpe Udoh, John Henson and bulky third-string center Miroslav Raduljica to try to slow down Lopez but to little avail. The Nets center hit 7 of 8 shots and 6 of 6 free throws while playing 20 minutes.
Henson led the Bucks with nine points and O.J. Mayo added seven.
Gary Neal, who did not play in Washington on Friday, came off the bench to hit a pair of three-pointers. The second one gave the Bucks their one-point margin at halftime.
Drew vows to get Wolters playing time; Livingston to start for Nets
Bucks coach Larry Drew said before Friday's game in Washington that he needed to keep rookie point guard Nate Wolters involved.
So when Brandon Knight picked up two fouls early in the game, Wolters was called off the bench. The former South Dakota State star wound up playing 17 minutes and had four points, five assists and three rebounds in the Bucks' 109-105 overtime victory against the Wizards.
Wolters had not played at all in the previous three games while veteran Luke Ridnour played the primary backup point guard minutes.
But on Friday Ridnour played just 3 minutes.
"It's hard when you've got three point guards," Drew said. "But Nate has done a phenomenal job for us. A topic of discussion these last couple days has been finding some minutes for him.
"Not only does he deserve it, but a big part of his growth, very similar to Giannis', is being out on that floor. It's going to be my job to find some minutes for him, and I'll do that."
Wolters ranks third in the league in assist-to-turnover ratio (6.87) and has impressed observers since he was thrust into action on opening night in New York, after Knight suffered a hamstring injury early in the game against the Knicks.
Wolters was relied on heavily in the first few weeks of the season and started seven games when both Knight and Ridnour were injured.
But the 6-foot-4 guard understands his playing time will not always be steady.
"You've just got to be ready every game, whether you're going to play a lot or not play a lot," Wolters said. "You never know in this league, especially with our team the way the injuries have been.
"It's a little tough not knowing how many minutes you'll play but something you've got to deal with."
The Bucks are committed to taking a close look at all their young players and Wolters clearly fits that category.
"Every rookie in the NBA goes through ups and downs in playing time, not playing," Wolters said. "It's just part of that first year.
"Getting a ton of minutes right away, being thrown in the fire like that, I think it will help me out when I continue to get more minutes and these opportunities keep coming," Wolters said.
Wolters enters Saturday's matchup with Brooklyn averaging 7.2 points, 4.4 assists and 2.7 rebounds while playing nearly 26 minutes a game.
In his pregame remarks, Nets coach Jason Kidd said he would make one lineup change, inserting Shaun Livingston at point guard and bringing Tyshawn Taylor off the bench.
It will be Livingston's eighth start of the season.
"Ty has done his job," Kidd said. "Tonight we're going to go with him (Livingston) starting. We've asked a lot of him minute-wise and production here early in the season.
"We felt we'd give him a little break by not starting him. Now given that break, he's back in the starting lineup."
Livingston played for the Bucks during the lockout-shortened 2011-'12 season, appearing in 58 games and making 27 starts.
The Nets are still without Paul Pierce, Jason Terry, Deron Williams and Andrei Kirilenko due to injuries.
Brooklyn (5-14) is coming off a 113-83 pounding by the New York Knicks on Thursday at the Barclays Center and has dropped four of its last five games. The victory came one week ago in a 97-88 decision at Memphis.
Brandon Knight's clutch shots bring OT victory
Washington - Brandon Knight brought his shooting shoes to the gym on Friday night.
Or maybe it was just a velvet shooting touch.
The Milwaukee Bucks point guard hit a game-tying three-pointer late in regulation and sank a tough two-point shot with 21.1 seconds left in overtime, lifting the Bucks to a 109-105 victory over the Washington Wizards at the Verizon Center.
The Bucks spoiled a sterling effort from Wizards point guard John Wall, who had 30 points and eight assists in 47 minutes.
Khris Middleton paced the Bucks (4-15) with 29 points while Knight added 20 and John Henson contributed 19 points and 17 rebounds.
Trevor Ariza had 22 points and Marcin Gortat added 14 points for Washington (9-10).
The Bucks built a 56-43 halftime lead behind 20 points from Middleton and 11 points and 11 rebounds by Henson.
But Ariza sank all 4 three-pointers he attempted tin the third quarter to help the Wizards rally within 78-74 entering the fourth quarter.
The Wizards led by five points in the final minute after a clutch jumper by Wall, but Middleton scored on a drive.
Then Knight sank his three-pointer with 15.1 seconds left to tie the score at 102-102 and force overtime. Washington had a chance to win but Chris Singleton missed a potential game-winning shot in the final seconds.
"When we came to the bench after Brandon hit the shot and we had that last defensive possession, the mind-set was to really lock in and get it done on the defensive end," Bucks coach Larry Drew said. "And they did."
Washington lost Martell Webster and Nene to injuries during the game and they did not return.
Drew also credited Knight for his play.
"He really drained that last one, that three (in regulation)," Drew said. "He got a good look at it; he got his feet set. I thought he played a very solid game from start to finish."
PLAYER OF GAME: Knight's clutch shooting and refusal to back down in his duel with Wall earns the honor. He finished with 20 points, six assists and six rebounds but his defense was just as important. Knight helped force a turnover when Wall and Ariza collided with each other in overtime with the Bucks leading by three points and 12.3 seconds left.
STAT OF GAME: The Bucks improved to 1-2 in overtime games this season.
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Middleton paces Bucks to 56-43 halftime lead
Washington - A short-handed Bucks squad took a 56-43 halftime lead over Washington on Friday night at the Verizon Center, behind the hot shooting of Khris Middleton and the solid play of center John Henson.
Middleton scored 20 points in the half on 7-of-11 shooting, including 3 of 6 from three-point range.
Henson contributed 11 points and 11 rebounds in 22 minutes and guard O.J. Mayo added 10 points for the Bucks.
The Wizards lost small forward Martell Webster when he sprained his left ankle on the final play of the first quarter.
Milwaukee finished the half on a 14-3 run and a frustrated Wizards coach Randy Wittman drew a technical foul from referee Ken Mauer. Earlier Mauer had whistled Washington point guard John Wall with a technical.
Wall had 11 points to lead the Wizards but Washington shot just 34.1% from the field (14 of 41).
The Bucks connected on 48.8% in the half, sinking 21 of 43 attempts, and outrebounded the Wizards, 25-19.
Milwaukee was without backup center Zaza Pachulia (sprained right foot) but Ekpe Udoh (sprained right ankle) played 11 first-half minutes and had two rebounds.
Rookie Nate Wolters got back in the rotation and had four points and three assists in 11 minutes.
Drew ponders reduced options on front line
Washington - Bucks coach Larry Drew was hoping power forward Ekpe Udoh would be able to play Friday night against Washington.
But Drew said he wouldn't know until shortly before game time as the Bucks prepared to meet the rising Washington Wizards, who have won seven of their last nine games.
Udoh suffered a sprained right ankle in the Bucks' 105-98 loss to Detroit on Wednesday. Center Zaza Pachulia sprained his right foot in the same game and did not make the trip to Washington.
That leaves the Bucks fairly thin up front as they face a physical Washington duo of center Marcin Gortat and power forward Nene.
"He'll let us know by game time," Drew said of Udoh. "If he's not able to play, we'll just have to roll with what we have."
Drew said there are few positives for the Bucks in using a smaller lineup against the Wizards.
"When you play against a team that's this big, the last thing you want to do is go small," Drew said. "They'll put you into entirely too many rotations. You won't be able to defend them 1-on-1. You'll have to do something to junk it up a little bit.
"I wouldn't want to start out small but if that happens to be the case, that's what we'll do."
If Udoh cannot play, seldom used center Miroslav Raduljica could see some playing time on Friday. The rookie from Serbia has played just 6 minutes in the last five games and did not appear in three of those games due to coach's decision.
The Wizards are likely to see the debut of rookie Otto Porter, the third overall pick in the 2013 draft. Porter, a 6-foot-8 forward from Georgetown, has not played yet this season due to a right hip flexor injury.
"I'm excited," said Wizards coach Randy Wittman. "It gives us an opportunity to have another body coming off the bench and we'll see how it goes."
Asked if Porter would be on a minutes restriction, Wittman said, "Mine."
The coach pointed out Porter has participated in just three practices so far.
"We've got to be smart," Wittman said. "He's going to be winded. I don't care how much conditioning he's done. He's going to be tired. We've got to be careful with that."
Giannis' 19th birthday sweet but he misses family
Washington - Giannis Antetokounmpo had a sweet start to his 19th birthday Friday as the Bucks forward celebrated with cupcakes for his teammates.
The youngest player in the league, the 15th overall pick in the 2013 draft, is playing a greater role now that Caron Butler is out with a knee injury. And Antetokounmpo is soaking up all his NBA experiences while learning about the league and life in America.
But he admits he misses his family. His mom and dad and two younger brothers remain in Greece although efforts are under way to try to bring them to the U.S.
"I know it's a happy day for me," Antetokounmpo said after the Bucks shootaround Friday morning at the Verizon Center. "It's a very happy day for my family. But my family is not here in the U.S. so I'm a little bit sad. But what can I do, you know?"
Antetokounmpo joked about his adjustment after leaving his native Greece.
"The first month was very hard for me because I was 18," Antetokounmpo said. "Now I'm 19. I'm a big man now. I never leave the country. It was the first time I knew I was going to leave my family for a long time and be far away from them. So it's a very big adjustment for me.
"I hope they come to visit me. I try every day to call them."
Antetokounmpo said he is excited with the increased playing time in recent games. He played 28 minutes against Boston in a Bucks victory on Saturday and had 10 points, seven assists and four rebounds. After playing 15 minutes against the Celtics on Tuesday in Boston, he played 28 minutes against Detroit on Wednesday (6 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks).
"I belonged in this league from the beginning of the year," he said. "But just now I get some playing time and it's very nice."
Antetokounmpo said he has grown 1 1/4 inches since being drafted by the Bucks in June.
He is now measured at 6-10 1/4 although he is listed at 6-9. "I hope I don't grow more," he said. "Six-10 is nice."
What has he been eating in the U.S.?
"Everything," Antetokounmpo said. "I eat meatballs. I never had eaten meatballs before. A lot of burgers. Shrimps. I never tasted shrimp before."
Antetokounmpo said he spoke on the phone with his mother and they discussed the death of South African leader Nelson Mandela. Antetokounmpo's parents moved to Greece from Nigeria.
"I know he was very important in this world," Antetokounmpo said of Mandela.
Center Zaza Pachulia did not make the trip with the team due to a sprained right foot and Ekpe Udoh did not go through shootaround due to a sprained right ankle. So the Bucks will be thin on the front line as they face the Washington Wizards on Friday night.
Larry Sanders speaks out on Instagram
Bucks center Larry Sanders, following the release of video of his role in the November nightclub fight, released this statement on Instagram on Thursday.
It reads as follows:
"I blame no one for my mistakes. I take full responsibility for my actions, this is something I've dealt with my whole life ... from being the black male followed around the store to being the black male helped around the store ... I've seen the American society from both ends .. ppl are hypnotized by the media to feel and base certain judgment toward certain groups of ppl and they don't even know it ... born into a system put into place before our existence"
Pistons 105, Bucks 98: Detroit big men dominate in Jennings' return
It was billed as Brandon Jennings' return.
But the Milwaukee Bucks had far bigger headaches than Jennings on Wednesday night.
They were dominated by Detroit Pistons big men Andre Drummond and Greg Monroe on the way to a 105-98 defeat at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
Drummond finished with 24 points and 19 rebounds and Monroe had 18 points and 17 rebounds for the Pistons (9-10).
Milwaukee (3-15) lost its second straight and for the 13th time in its last 14 games.
And the Bucks starters were missing in action, meaning the load had to be carried by the reserves on this night.
Ersan Ilyasova paced a strong bench effort with a season-high 22 points and 10 rebounds and Luke Ridnour added 10 points and eight assists in 29 minutes.
The Bucks starters scored just 23 points in the first three quarters as Milwaukee trailed, 80-67, entering the final period.
Milwaukee tried to make a late run and pulled within 98-93 on a three-pointer by Brandon Knight with 1:36 left. But Jennings sank two free throws and found Josh Smith with a long outlet pass for a basket and a 102-93 Detroit lead inside the final minute.
Jennings did not shoot well (4 for 16) but had 17 points and 11 assists in his first game against the Bucks in Milwaukee since the July 31 trade that sent him to the Pistons. He committed six turnovers.
PLAYER OF GAME: Drummond was a force in the paint for Detroit and even survived a Hack-a-Shaq (Bang-a-Drum) tactic late in the game as he made 2 of 4 free throws after being fouled twice intentionally by the trailing Bucks. Drummond sank 8 of 13 field goals and 8 of 14 free throws.
STAT OF GAME: The Bucks allowed 42 free throw attempts and the Pistons hit 32 for a mark of 76.2%. Detroit hit far more free throws than the Bucks attempted (22).
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Ilyasova paces Bucks to 50-45 halftime lead
Ersan Ilyasova came off the bench to score 16 points and added six rebounds in the first half Wednesday, pacing the Bucks to a 50-45 lead over the Detroit Pistons.
Brandon Jennings had five points in the half in his first appearance in Milwaukee since the July 31 trade that sent him to the Pistons in exchange for Brandon Knight and Khris Middleton.
Luke Ridnour also gave the Bucks a huge boost off the bench. The veteran point guard had six points and five assists in 17 minutes.
Ilyasova was 5 of 10 from the field and 2 of 4 from three-point range.
The Bucks also were helped by reserves Giannis Antetokounmpo and Gary Neal. Both players logged 15 minutes and Neal had eight points while Antetokounmpo added four rebounds and two blocked shots.
Andre Drummond led Detroit with 12 points and 11 rebounds. The Pistons shot just 33.3% from the field (14 of 42) while the Bucks hit 40.5% (17 of 42).
Drew wants Larry Sanders back 'ASAP,' declines comment on citations
Bucks coach Larry Drew said before Wednesday's game with Detroit that he would have no comment on the municipal citations issued to center Larry Sanders for his part in a nightclub brawl.
The incident took place in the early morning hours of Nov. 3, following the Bucks home opener against Toronto.
Sanders suffered a torn ligament in his right thumb in the incident, and surveillance video of the fight was released on Wednesday.
Sanders was fined $185 for a disorderly conduct ticket and $366 for an assault and battery ticket.
"I don't want to comment on it," Drew said.
Asked when he hoped to have Sanders back in the lineup, Drew said, "ASAP. We're hoping, and I know Larry is hoping as well, once he gets the cast off and once the thumb is examined again, he will be able to rejoin us as soon as he can."
Initially the injury time frame was determined to be four to six weeks, which could put Sanders back before Christmas if all went well with his recovery.
Drew said "there are lessons learned for everybody" from the incident. The video shows Sanders throwing bottles and then being jumped on by several individuals at the club.
"I'm sure after this incident he has learned his lesson," Drew said.
Both the Bucks and Detroit Pistons arrived late to Milwaukee due to the foggy weather Wednesday. The Bucks flight from Boston was diverted to Chicago and they arrived around 2:30 a.m. by bus from O'Hare Airport. The Pistons also were forced to land in Chicago and arrived in Milwaukee around 4:30 a.m. after defeating the Miami Heat, 107-97, on Tuesday in Miami.
Police ticket Bucks center Larry Sanders for disorderly conduct, assault and battery
Police have ticketed Milwaukee Bucks center Larry Sanders for disorderly conduct and assault and battery in connection with a Nov. 3 altercation at Apartment 720, a popular downtown nightclub.
The two charges are municipal citations. The Milwaukee County district attorney's office said it had no plans to issue criminal charges against Sanders.
The municipal citations carry a fine of $185 for the disorderly conduct ticket and a fine of $366 for the assault and battery ticket.
Michael Hart, Sanders' attorney, said Wednesday that Sanders was not the aggressor in the incident.
"We are going to defend him," Hart said. "He has gotten a bad rap. The facts will bear that out."
A police official said at least one other person would be ticketed in connection with the incident.
A court date has been set for 1:15 p.m. Jan. 21.
Originally, Sanders said he injured his thumb in the Bucks' home game Nov. 2 against the Toronto Raptors, but the Bucks later confirmed the injury occurred at the nightclub. Sanders underwent surgery on his right thumb and has not played since.
Milwaukee Police released surveillance video of the fight Wednesday. Below is a portion of that video.
Jennings rides into Milwaukee on high of beating Heat
Brandon Jennings should be pumped up for his return to Milwaukee, regardless of how his new team is playing.
But the Detroit Pistons are coming off a 107-97 victory in Miami on Tuesday against the defending league champs.
And Jennings played a huge role, hitting a critical three-pointer to stem a Heat comeback. Heat star LeBron James called Jennings' shot "the dagger from 90 feet."
The Bucks and Pistons play Wednesday night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center in Jennings' first appearance since the July 31 trade that sent him to Detroit. The Pistons already defeated the Bucks, 113-94, on Nov. 25 at the Palace of Auburn Hills and Jennings had 15 points and 13 assists that night.
Former Pistons guard Brandon Knight was coming off an injury when the teams played in Detroit but he is back in form now and playing major minutes as a starter for the Bucks.
Milwaukee will try to rebound from a 108-100 loss in Boston on Tuesday night.


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