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Live by the jumper, die by the jumper.
Philadelphia found out just how true the saying is
Wednesday night, losing, 111-100, to the Milwaukee Bucks in a National
Basketball Association game despite hitting 17 of their first 20 shots from the
field.
"That's how it went for those guys tonight,'' said
Glenn Robinson, who led the Bucks with 37 points.
"
They couldn't miss early,
and then we played better defense. It more than evened out.''
The Sixers shot 81 percent from the field in the first
quarter and were 26-of-38 (68.4 percent) in the first half. Philadelphia led by
13 points at 45-32, but was ahead only 59-52 at halftime.
Milwaukee played better defense in the second half,
but the 76ers did not help themselves. Philadelphia had 21 turnovers in the
game, nine in the fourth quarter.
"We didn't execute when we needed to down the stretch,
and everyone was trying to be a hero,'' said Sixers coach John Lucas.
"
Our
guys didn't work together and that took us out of the game.''
The game mirrored the last time these two teams met, on
Dec. 22 at the Spectrum, where Philadelphia is now 4-13. In that game, the
Sixers were up by 15 before losing, 99-94.
Milwaukee won its fourth straight at the Spectrum and
has won two in a row overall. Philadelphia has lost three straight and six of
seven. Their last win at home was Dec. 20 against Utah.
"It's a game that got away from us and we didn't play
to win,'' Sixers rookie Jerry Stackhouse said.
"We were playing like we
expected them to come back and make a run at the end to win.''
The Bucks took their first lead, 91-89, with 5
minutes, 41 seconds to play on Robinson's three-pointer, but Vernon Maxwell
converted a three-point play at the other end and the Sixers went back up,
92-91.
Two free throws by Robinson and a jumper by Vin Baker,
who scored 15 of his 22 points in the second half, gave Milwaukee the lead for
good at 95-92 with 4:20 to play.
In the fourth quarter, Philadelphia was outscored,
30-16, and misfired on 11 of its last 16 shots.
Benoit Benjamin added 19 points for the Bucks and
Baker had 10 rebounds.
Maxwell led the 76ers with 20 points and Trevor Ruffin
had 12 of his 17 points in the first half. Stackhouse added 16.
Milwaukee point guard Sherman Douglas was ejected in
the first quarter after arguing a traveling call. Lee Mayberry, his
replacement, handed out 10 assists.
"He asked to be ejected,'' Bucks coach Mike Dunleavy
said.
"I really don't know what he said, but Mayberry did a great job.''
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