Pacers drop 5th-straight game

INDIANAPOLIS -- Michael Redd scored 28 points to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to their first road win of the season, 89-86 over the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night.\nDesmond Mason added 21 points and seven rebounds for the Bucks, who opened with seven straight road losses before breaking through against Indiana thanks in large part to a 48-34 rebounding advantage.\nIt was the fifth straight loss for the Pacers, the longest losing streak for Indiana under second-year coach Rick Carlisle.\nThe Bucks barely held on after Reggie Miller led a furious rally in the fourth quarter. Playing his second game of the season after missing the first 16 with a broken left hand, Miller was his old unstoppable self. He scored 19 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter, the last coming on a 3-pointer in Mason's face with 29.9 seconds left to pull the Pacers to 84-83.\nRedd answered with a 3-pointer from the top of the key for an 87-83 lead. Fred Jones hit a 3-pointer with 4.1 seconds to play, but Milwaukee inbounded the ball, Redd hit two free throws and Anthony Johnson missed a wide open 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have tied the game.\nThe Pacers never lost more than two games in a row last season on their way to a Central Division championship and the Eastern Conference finals. They are now 3-6 since their top three players -- Ron Artest, Jermaine O'Neal and Stephen Jackson -- were suspended for fighting with Detroit fans on Nov. 19.\nThe Bucks snapped a three-game losing streak.\nCenter Jeff Foster had nine points and six rebounds in 27 minutes in his season debut for the Pacers. He missed the first 17 games after having right hip surgery.\nAs has been the case all season for Indiana, when one player finally gets healthy, another gets hurt. Starting point guard Jamaal Tinsley missed the game with a sprained right ankle suffered in Saturday's game at Golden State.\nThe Bucks have their own injury problems. Keith Van Horn did not make the trip and missed his second straight game after spraining his right ankle in practice. T.J. Ford still has yet to play this season, and Toni Kukoc is also on the injured list.