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Bucks and Wizards meet in nation's capital

Mar 8, 2011 - 4:26 PM (Sports Network) - The Milwaukee Bucks look to put an end to their six-game road losing streak when they invade the nation's capital to take on the Washington Wizards at the Verizon Center.

Milwaukee hasn't won on the road since a 116-110 overtime win at Toronto on Jan. 28 and is only 8-22 away from Brew City this season.

The Bucks just went 1-3 on a four-game homestand and capped the trek with Sunday's 89-83 loss versus the Boston Celtics. Brandon Jennings finished with 23 points, six boards and five assists, while Luc Mbah a Moute had 19 points and seven boards for Milwaukee, which suffered its 12th loss in 16 games.

"The whole game, we felt like we hung in there, we did a good job of hanging in there with them, but I feel like we shot ourselves in the foot, turning the ball over and not executing when we needed to at a crucial moment of the game," Mbah a Moute said. "That really cost us."

Mbah a Moute is averaging 17.5 points and 7.5 rebounds in his last two games and Jennings is posting 20.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 2.3 steals so far this month (3 games). John Salmons had 11 points in the loss to Boston and is 11 rebounds shy of 2,000 and nine steals from 600 for his career.

The Bucks are still pushing for a postseason spot in the East and sit 3 1/2 games behind Indiana for the eighth and final berth in the conference. Andrew Bogut is questionable for Tuesday's game with a rib injury and has missed three straight games.

Washington will begin a three-game homestand tonight versus the Bucks, Clippers and Thunder, and is 15-17 in DC this season.

The Wizards are coming off Sunday's 113-102 road loss against the Detroit Pistons, as rookie John Wall finished with a game-high 24 points and handed out seven assists in defeat. Nick Young and Andray Blatche scored 21 points apiece for Washington, which fell to 1-29 as the guest this season and has dropped eight of nine games overall.

"We didn't get any stops down the stretch tonight is what it boiled down to," Acting Wizards coach Randy Wittman said. "[Detroit] hurt us with the (Prince) and Stuckey pick-and-roll and kind of hurt us every which way."

Wizards head coach Flip Saunders missed the game in order to attend his mother's wake and funeral. He should be on the sidelines for tonight's game. Kay Saunders, 90, died last Friday in suburban Cleveland.

Wall is averaging 19.5 points, 8.5 assists and 5.0 rebounds in his last 10 games, while Blatche is averaging 18.4 points, 8.4 boards and 3.4 assists over his previous seven contests. Blatche has scored 20-plus points in three straight games. Rashard Lewis (knee) is questionable for Tuesday.

The Bucks and Wizards have beaten each other once this season, with each team prevailing as the host. Young is averaging 23.5 points in those two games.