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Iverson leads 76ers past Bucks 116-97
Allen Iverson scored a season-high 54 points, including his 15,000th career point, and the Philadelphia 76ers won for the fourth time in five games, earning a 116-97 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night.
It was the seventh time in Iverson's nine-year career that he had scored at least 50 points in a regular-season game, and he has done it three times in the playoffs.
His career-high is 58 points against Houston in an overtime game on Jan. 15, 2002, and the 54 points tied his second-highest scoring total in a regular-season game.
He made 17 of 29 shots and 16 of 21 free throws, grabbing eight rebounds before exiting with 2:34 left and the Sixers leading 106-87.
A night after blowing a 19-point, fourth-quarter lead to New York, the 76ers nearly lost an 18-point lead. Michael Redd's 3-pointer brought the Bucks within 64-63 with 4:44 left in the third quarter, but the Sixers went on a 9-0 run to open a 10-point lead.
The Bucks, led by Redd's 29 points, came no closer than seven points the rest of the game, and no closer than nine in the fourth quarter.
Milwaukee, decimated by injuries, has gone 3-14 since starting the season 3-1.
Andre Iguodala scored 18 points and Corliss Williamson added 15 for Philadelphia.
Iverson is the seventh active player and 93rd in NBA history to score 15,000 points. He scored 33 first-half points, making 12 of 17 shots and six of seven free throws.
His 17-foot jump shot with 6:19 left in the second quarter gave him 15,001 points.
Iverson had 12 field goals in the first half to Milwaukee's nine. The Bucks missed 25 of 34 shots in the first half, with their starters missing 17 of 20. |
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