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Monday, Feb. 19 8:00pm ET
Milwaukee's Big Three too much for Spurs

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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The so-called Big Three shared the ball in the Bradley Center on Monday night and led the Milwaukee Bucks to a 102-98 victory over the San Antonio Spurs.

Sam Cassell
Milwaukee's Sam Cassell goes up between San Antonio's David Robinson (50) and Tim Duncan.

Glenn Robinson and Ray Allen each scored 23 points and Sam Cassell added 22 as the Bucks snapped the Spurs' four-game winning streak, outshooting San Antonio 53.2 percent to 47 percent.

Derek Anderson had 25 points, and Tim Duncan 23 points and 13 rebounds for the Spurs. Duncan was only 10-for-26 from the floor and David Robinson 5-for-15. The setback knocked the Spurs out of the top spot in the Midwest Division, where they have a 35-17 record compared to Utah at 35-16 after beating Utah 114-99 Monday.

"We have three or four guys on this team that can score," said Cassell, who also had nine assists. "They have guys who can score, too, but teams that try to outshoot and outscore us are going to have trouble beating us.

"Tonight, we shared the ball real well. My job is to get the ball to the guys who can score. When I'm scoring, it gives the other team one more guy to worry about."

Robinson's jump shot with 49.9 seconds left gave the Bucks the lead for good at 100-98. He made a steal on the other end of the court with 35 seconds remaining.

Milwaukee ran the clock down until Robinson missed a jumper. But Ervin Johnson saved the ball from going out of bounds and passed to Allen.

"That was a big play," Duncan said. "We were getting away from the rim for it (the ball) to bounce back, but he (Johnson) just happened to be under the rim and got it. It was the luck of the bounce."

As the Bucks ran more time off the clock, Tim Thomas was fouled and made one of two free throws to make it 101-98.

Anderson missed a 3-point attempt with 3.2 seconds left. After a timeout, Cassell made one of two free throws for the final score.

Milwaukee coach George Karl said the tempo suited the Bucks.

"We didn't want to let them get us into a slow game," said Karl, whose team improved to 31-20. "We didn't want to be in the 80s. We wanted to play up-tempo."

The score was tied five times in the third quarter. San Antonio finished the quarter with a 10-4 run to take a 79-76 lead into the final 12 minutes.

"Both teams really competed well," said San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich, whose team is 35-17. "We looked good going into the third quarter, but they made a couple shots down the stretch and we made a couple mistakes. That's the difference in basketball games."

The Spurs led 32-26 at the end of the first quarter, in large part because they forced the Bucks into seven turnovers in the period. But Milwaukee went on a 9-0 run, capped by Thomas' 3-pointer with 1:17 left in the first half, to take a 54-45 lead.

San Antonio countered with a 5-0 run, and Terry Porter made a layup at the buzzer to pull the Spurs to 54-50 at halftime.

Game notes
Jason Caffey started at forward for the first time in weeks for the Bucks and had nine rebounds before fouling out. ... The Bucks were 11-for-19 from 3-point range. ... Antonio Daniels started as a third guard for the Spurs and scored 17 points. Derek Anderson moved to small forward. ... Duncan had his NBA-leading 42nd double-double with 23 points and 13 rebounds.

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