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MILWAUKEE (AP) – Glenn Robinson doesn't surprise his teammates
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Robinson scored 27 points, some coming on incredible shots, and rallied the Milwaukee Bucks to 104-96 victory over the Miami Heat on Thursday night.
"Give Glenn a lot of credit tonight," Milwaukee's Sam Cassell said. "He made a lot of tremendously big shots. He put us on his shoulders tonight in the fourth quarter. He did what he does best – score."
Robinson snapped a 92-all tie with a short jumper in the lane
with 2:42 left. After Miami's Tim Hardaway hit two free throws and tied the game at 94, Robinson countered with another field goal to make it 96-94.
Ervin Johnson cleanly blocked a dunk attempt by Brian Grant and Cassell hit a baseline jumper before adding four straight free
throws in the final minute to help seal the win.
"I made some tough shots down the stretch and I thought I got fouled on a couple of them," Robinson said. "I had the hot hand tonight and I delivered for us. Tomorrow it might be Sam or it might be Ray (Allen).
"It was a big fourth quarter for all of us. We all struggled with our shots, but I was the only one with the good feel for making shots tonight."
Cassell and Lindsay Hunter each scored 17 points for the Bucks.
Tim Thomas added 14 and Ray Allen 13.
Hardaway scored 25 points for the Heat, who fell three games behind the Bucks in the battle for the second-best record in the Eastern Conference behind Philadelphia. Milwaukee trails the 76ers by four games with 11 to play.
Anthony Mason scored 18 points and Grant added 15 for Miami,
which is 0-2 since center Alonzo Mourning, who was diagnosed with a
kidney disease in October, returned to the lineup.
Mourning, who played 19 minutes in Tuesday's home loss to
Toronto, had eight points and six rebounds in 19 minutes against
the Bucks.
Miami coach Pat Riley was disgusted by his team's performance.
"Our game is defense," Riley said, "digging out games,
rebounding ... you know, 87-81. They scored 23 points in the last
5½ minutes of the game. We're not going to win like that.
Miami led by 10 points in the first quarter before the Bucks
rallied behind the 3-point shooting of reserve Lindsey Hunter. Four
3-pointers by Hunter helped the Bucks to a 47-42 lead. Milwaukee
led 49-48 at halftime, despite 17 points by Hardaway.
The lead changed hands 10 times in the third quarter. Milwaukee
led by a point, 73-72, after three.
The Heat got eight straight points from Eddie House and led by
as many as six points in the final quarter before Robinson took
control.
"The Dog (Robinson) made some unbelievably tough shots,"
Milwaukee coach George Karl said.
"Defensively, down the stretch, we made some huge stops. This
was a huge win because now we have the tiebreaker on Miami. We
don't win the rebounding-free throw battle often, but tonight we
did."
Game notes
Karl is 15-7 in games coached against Riley. ... The Bucks
are 15-3 against their scheduled opponents in the final 11 games.
... The Bucks were 12-14 last season against the Atlantic Division.
This year they're 19-6. ... The Bucks are promoting Thomas, who
averages 12.6 points and 4.2 rebounds, for the NBA's Sixth Man
award. ... The Bucks close out their season on April 17 in Miami.
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Washington 116
Golden State 100
Atlanta 104
Indiana 93
Milwaukee 104
Miami 96
San Antonio 106
Utah 88
Boston 106
Chicago 104
Phoenix 90
Houston 85
Vancouver 89
New York 68
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