--G Luke Ridnour left early in the fourth quarter of Wednesday night's game against the Pacers after colliding with Indiana C Jeff Foster. Ridnour never returned to the game. Bucks' officials said Ridnour suffered a nose contusion. His status for Friday night's game against the Raptors wasn't known.
--The Bucks have had their third-quarter woes this season and it has cost them. The Bucks have trailed after the third quarter in 26 games and lost 23 of them. --Starting Saturday night against the Hawks, the Bucks will play seven of their next nine games at the Bradley Center. The Bucks are 10-4 in their last 14 games in the BC.
--Former NBA player Jim Chones will join Fox Sports Wisconsin next month as an analyst for Bucks games. Chones was born and raised in Racine, Wis., which is just south of Milwaukee, and then starred for Marquette University in Milwaukee.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "It's already brutal." -- Bucks television broadcaster Jon McGlocklin ,after the Pacers took a 31-14 lead with three minutes to go in the first quarter Wednesday night against the Bucks.
