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Spurs look dull Milwaukee hands San Antonio second home loss
Posted: Friday December 24, 1999 01:51 AM
SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- The Milwaukee Bucks beat the NBA champion San Antonio Spurs with a one-two punch of their own. Sam Cassell scored 27 points and Glenn Robinson had 25 as Milwaukee edged San Antonio 94-91 on Thursday night. Tim Duncan, who teams with David Robinson to give San Antonio one of the league's best frontcourt duos, led the Spurs with 18 points, but was only 6-for-22 from the field. San Antonio lost for only the second time in 14 games at home this season. "These guys always seem to respond well after playing poorly and we played poorly in Sacramento on Tuesday," Milwaukee coach George Karl said. "Tonight was a big win for us. We rode Glenn Robinson and Sam Cassell and were able to hold on for the win." Ray Allen added 14 points for the Bucks. "When teams go after Tim Duncan and David Robinson like tonight, under the new rules they can do that, it makes it difficult on us," said San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich, who saw Duncan and Robinson combine to shoot 10-for-32 from the field. "I thought the guys executed great. We got what we wanted, but the shots didn't go down." San Antonio opened the fourth quarter with a 6-2 run to close within three at 77-74 on Jerome Kersey's jump shot. But Milwaukee pulled away again, with Vinny Del Negro hitting a 15-foot jumper to give the Bucks an 85-76 lead with 7:00 remaining.
David Robinson's three-point play brought San Antonio within three at 92-89 with 1:24 remaining. Following Glenn Robinson's jump shot, David Robinson's putback basket made it 94-91 with 34 seconds to play. After a Milwaukee shot-clock violation, San Antonio missed a chance to send the game to overtime when Jaren Jackson misfired on a pair of 3-point attempts in the final 10 seconds. "I really had it going tonight," said Glenn Robinson, who was 10-for-16 from the field. "It feels good to shoot the ball that well. We all made some big shots late in the game and that is what gave us the momentum to come out with a win." Milwaukee outscored San Antonio 26-24 in the paint. "I hope we can keep this up and play with this much intensity when we are playing teams we are supposed to beat," Allen said. "This is the best I have seen us play on both ends of the court this year." Notes: San Antonio's Terry Porter missed the game because of a knee injury, ending his consecutive games streak at 358. ... Milwaukee, which entered the game ranked No. 2 in the NBA in free-throw shooting at 78.7 percent, was 23-for-29.
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