Perhaps suffering from overconfidence, Milwaukee dropped a 117-103 game to underdog Washington. Milwaukee coach Bob battled unsuccessfully to get his players to take the game seriously, as they came in as heavy favorites. "What more can you do? We prepared as much for them as any other opponent, we made sure we came up with a custom game plan for them, but most of the players just expected Washington to roll over dead."

Washington coach Bob, on the other hand, was thrilled to come away with the win. "I don't know what it was, but I could see from the start that they weren't executing as sharply as normal. I knew we couldn't beat them if they played well, but I felt they were leaving just enough of an opening for us to steal a win. That's exactly what happened, and by the time they finally started to wake up we were well in control."

Washington was led by Gavagan (25 points, 2 assists, a block), Hamilton (22 points, 5 boards, 0 assists), Gibson (12 points, 4 assists, a block). Milwaukee was led by Hunter (33 points, 6 boards, 0 assists, 3 blocks), Thomas (12 points, 12 boards, 3 assists), Jaramillo (14 points, 0 assists, 3 blocks).

Washington snapped their losing skid at 5 games, and stand at 30-42 and 19-15 at home. They stay at #5 in the Southeast and hold at #13 overall in the Eastern Conference. With the loss, Milwaukee fall to 48-25. They stay at #1 in the Central and hold at #2 overall in the Eastern Conference.

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