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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – The scouting report may be out on Eddie
Robinson, but teammate David Wesley says that doesn't mean you can
stop him.
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"He's an athlete," Wesley said after Robinson scored 20
points, six on alley-oop dunks in the second half, as the Charlotte
Hornets beat the Milwaukee Bucks 100-90 Saturday night. "When you
throw it up there, no one is going up there to get him. If he just
realized how good he is, wow. He just doesn't know."
Bucks coach George Karl knows.
"The name of the game tonight was rebounding and Eddie
Robinson," Karl said. "Robinson killed us with his alley-oop
dunks."
Robinson missed his career high by one point as the Hornets
outrebounded Milwaukee 59-36 and moved within three games of the
Central Division-leading Bucks.
"I think I was running the floor very well tonight and they
were losing sight of me," Robinson said. "My teammates were
looking for me on the break a lot."
Jamal Mashburn returned after missing a game with a bruised
sternum to score 15 points and grab 12 rebounds. The Hornets won
for the 11th time in 13 games, taking the season series with
Milwaukee 3-1.
"I think its too early to start looking at the Central
Division," Karl said. "But I think if we put up 50 wins it will
be tough for them to catch us."
Mashburn said the Hornets are only concerned with themselves.
"I don't think anybody is in front of the TV hoping Milwaukee
loses," Mashburn said. "It doesn't matter if we don't take care
of our business."
Elden Campbell had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Charlotte, and
P.J. Brown added 11 points and 12 rebounds.
Ray Allen led Milwaukee with 32 points but scored only eight
points in the second half as the Bucks' three-game winning streak
came to an end.
Glenn Robinson added 21 points, but the Bucks shot just 40
percent and got just seven points from Sam Cassell.
"I can't go 2-for-14 and expect this team to be successful,"
Cassell said.
Eddie Robinson converted an alley-oop pass from Baron Davis with
42 seconds left in the third quarter to give the Hornets a 74-68
lead.
He dunked a feed from Wesley early in the fourth period, and the
duo hooked up again 24 seconds later to make it 80-71 with 10:19
left.
The Bucks got no closer than five points the rest of the way,
and Wesley's 3-pointer with 1:58 left gave Charlotte an 11-point
lead.
Neither team led by more than six points through the first three
quarters. The Bucks led 23-21 after the first quarter, thanks to 11
points from Allen. His fourth 3-pointer with 17 seconds left in the
second quarter helped the Bucks take a 47-46 lead into halftime.
Allen had 24 points on 10-for-14 shooting at the break, but he
scored just four points in the third quarter.
Game notes
Hornets reserve guard Eldridge Recasner missed his second
straight game with back spasms.... The Bucks were in Charlotte
since early Thursday, but coach George Karl flew to Milwaukee
Friday to watch his son Coby play in a high school basketball
playoff game. He returned Saturday morning.
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