MILWAUKEE — The spotlight is focused on Michael Redd these days, not because he is the Milwaukee Bucks' leading scorer but because the leading scorer doesn't lead the Bucks to many wins.

But Thursday night, Redd rose to the occasion and scored 37 points to lead the Bucks to a 104-92 victory over the Indiana Pacers, snapping their three-game losing streak.

Redd met with coach Larry Krystkowiak in Krystkowiak's office for 15 minutes prior to the game as reporters waited outside for their regular pregame gathering with the coach. Krystkowiak described the meeting as "regular maintenance. I try to touch base with a lot of guys at some point. Nothing major. This is a great time to do it."

But the timing was interesting because Redd answered, "I don't understand. You'll have to ask coach," when questioned about sitting out 4 minutes of the fourth quarter in Tuesday's loss to the Phoenix Suns.

"He needed a rest," Krystkowiak said. "He had played 14 straight minutes."

That wasn't the case against the Pacers, though. Redd played all 24 minutes of the second half, scoring 14 of his points and finding himself in the thick of a 12-0 run that allowed the Bucks to take an 86-75 lead with 7 minutes left.

"It just kind of happened," Krystkowiak said. "There were a couple of times I was thinking about giving him a rest, but every time that happened, we ended up getting a timeout."

What Krystkowiak found most pleasing about the game-winning spurt is Redd didn't need to score to help the Bucks pull away. He did have one basket that made it 81-75, but he followed with an assist that led to a Charlie Bell basket.

"We just played, played freely," Redd said. "Let it loose. No thinking. Just play basketball."

The Bucks are 10-17 when Redd leads them in scoring and 7-9 when he doesn't.

"There's nobody on the team I'd rather have taking an open shot than Mike," Krystkowiak said. "It's times when he carries the burden on his shoulders a little bit and takes some poor shots. He knows that.''

However, it is no secret Krystkowiak has had problems getting Redd to buy into his share-the-ball philosophy. Redd averages 17 shots per game, three more than Mo Williams and six more than Andrew Bogut, the next two leading scorers on the team.

Redd took 29 shots against the Pacers, more than double the next highest number of shots by Bobby Simmons, who took 13.

But he also moved the ball, picking up five assists and losing out on a couple of more when teammates missed shots. Travis Diener, the former Marquette star from Fond du Lac, made his first NBA start in three seasons for the injured Jamaal Tinsley and had 15 points and nine assists.