Buzzer-Beater Bucks Down 76ers

February 16, 1999 / 10:38 PM EST / AP

Milwaukee's Glenn Robinson came up big down the stretch again.

Robinson's 18-foot jumper with one-tenth of a second remaining gave the Bucks a 93-92 victory over Philadelphia on Tuesday night.

Robinson took a pass from Ray Allen, who couldn't get off a shot in the lane, and hit the game-winner to keep Milwaukee in first place in the Central Division.

"Ray sucked his man in and I had a good look," said Robinson, who also drained a 17-foot jumper as time expired at the end of regulation in the Bucks' overtime victory over Charlotte in their first game of the season. "It felt good when it left my hand, and I was just hoping it would go down."

Milwaukee's final shot was designed for Terrell Brandon, who scored seven consecutive points late in the fourth quarter to keep the Bucks close. But Brandon was covered, and Robinson became wide open when Philadelphia's George Lynch double-teamed Allen.

"Allen penetrated and was going to the hole," explained Robinson. "But I was ready in case he couldn't get a shot off."

Robinson's shot gave the Bucks, who trailed 68-67 heading into the final quarter, its first lead since a 7-6 advantage early in the game.

"We were lucky tonight," commented Milwaukee coach George Karl. "I think we stole one because Philadelphia played better than we did."

Allen Iverson scored 17 of his 23 points in the second half, and Theo Ratliff had 21 points, 13 rebounds, and eight blocks for Philadelphia, which set a franchise-record by holding its opponent under 100-points for the ninth consecutive game, including all six this season.

Tyrone Hill and Dell Curry tallied 16 points apiece for Milwaukee, while Brandon finished with 15. Robinson led the Bucks with 18 points and Hill also finished with 12 rebounds.

Hill's rebound basket brought the Bucks within 92-91 with 47 seconds left, after the 76ers had gone ahead 92-89 on Harvey Grant's layup. Iverson missed a tough driving layup with 19 seconds remaining, and the Bucks called timeout to diagram their final play.

"Tyrone's follow-up shot was a big play, just as big as the game-winner," said Karl.

The Bucks were behind 90-89 with 1:23 seconds left when they had a chance to take their first lead since early in the first quarter, but Robinson's illegal screen gave the ball back to the 76ers.

Iverson's two free-throws followed by layups from Matt Geiger and Ratliff had given Philadelphia an 88-82 lead with 4:03 left. But Brandon scored five straight points to bring the Bucks within 88-87.

After two more free throws from Iverson, Brandon hit another shot to pull Milwaukee within one for the third time in the final three minutes.

Iverson's two free throws gave Philadelphia its biggest lead of the game, 40-28, with 3:57 seconds remaining in the second quarter as the 76ers made 9 of 13 shots to start the period. Curry hit back-to-back thee pointers to cap a 14-3 Milwaukee run that brought the Bucks within 47-44 at the intermission.

"We put ourselves in a tough situation," said 76ers guard Aaron McKie. "We shouldn't have given them an opportunity to take this game from us."

NOTES: Milwaukee has won eight of the last ten games against the 76ers in Philadelphia. ... The 76ers have outrebounded all six of their opponents this season. ...Ratliff earned his 500th career block when he rejected Ervin Johnson one minute into the game.

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