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Michael Redd scored 25 points and Desmond Mason added 19 as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Chicago Bulls 98-91 in a preseason game Saturday night.
Scottie Pippen made his preseason debut and his first appearance in a Bulls' uniform since 1998 -- in Game 6 of the NBA Finals at Utah.
Pippen started and played 17 minutes, including the entire third quarter. He scored four points with three assists and three rebounds.
Redd started a 17-3 run for the Bucks with a 3-pointer in the third quarter, and Joe Smith capped it off a with a three-point play to give the Bucks a 74-65 lead with 4:46 left in the period.
Joe Smith had 13 points for the Bucks (3-2), and T.J. Ford added seven points and seven assists. Ticketmaster
Chicago (3-3) was missing Jalen Rose (sprained right thumb), Tyson Chandler (lower back strain), Kirk Hinrich (flu) and Eddie Robinson (strained lower back). Donyell Marshall left the game in the second quarter with a sprained right ankle.
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Tim Thomas (bruised right calf), Toni Kukoc (back spasms) and Joel Przybilla
(right patellar tendon strain) were out for the Bucks. Ticketmaster
Marcus Fizer had 20 points and Lonny Baxter 19 for the Bulls.
Eddy Curry scored 11 points in 27 minutes. He was 3-for-8 from the free throw line.
Baxter scored 17 points and Fizer had 15 in the first half for Chicago.