Michael Redd scored 29 points Monday to lead the Milwaukee Bucks in a 97-91 victory over Washington. Andrew Bogut added 18 points and 10 rebounds for Milwaukee.

Linas Kleiza came off the bench Tuesday to nail a season-high 25 points in Denver's 114-105 victory over Milwaukee. Carmelo Anthony led six other Nuggets in double figures with 17 points in the Nuggets' third straight win and sixth in their last seven outings. We got a win and that's all that matters, said Kleiza.

Vinny Del Negro, who has never before been a coach, is expected to be introduced Wednesday as the head coach of the NBA's Chicago Bulls. The Bulls have scheduled a news conference, apparently to make the formal announcement that Del Negro, 41, will take over from fired interim coach Jim Boylan.

The Orlando Magic's Hedo Turkoglu was voted to receive the Most Improved Player Award, the NBA announced Monday. Turkoglu averaged 19.5 points a game -- nearly eight points more than his 11.7-points-per-game career average and the best of his eight-year NBA career.

Scott Skiles agreed Monday to accept a multiyear contract to become head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks. Skiles, 44, is a former Bucks player who has an overall record of 281-251 in eight seasons as an NBA head coach with Phoenix and Chicago.