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Monday, Apr. 16 7:30pm ET
Bucks own nine-game streak over Magic

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- If Milwaukee's 101-89 victory over the Orlando Magic on Monday night was a playoff preview, their first-round matchup could be a very short series.

Ervin Johnson
Orlando's John Amaechi has the ball stripped away by Milwaukee's Sam Cassell, left and Ervin Johnson.

The Bucks continued their domination of the Magic, winning their ninth in a row against Orlando, as Glenn Robinson scored 19 points to lead six players in double figures.

"We feel like we'll match up well against them in the playoffs," said Scott Williams, who had 12 points and tied a season-high with 14 rebounds. "They just don't have the firepower necessary to last 48 minutes with us."

But Milwaukee coach George Karl expressed uncertainty about how much the Bucks' mastery would help them in the playoffs.

"Beating this team for two years doesn't mean anything next week," he said.

Tracy McGrady's 26 points topped the Magic, who will be the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs, cementing a first-round matchup against the Bucks. Orlando had an outside chance of capturing the sixth seed, but needed victories in its final two games while Toronto lost twice.

"The sweep, we're going to put that behind us," McGrady said. "We've got to concentrate, execute, defend and we've just got to believe we can beat them."

Lindsey Hunter, who had 10 of his 15 points after halftime, put the Bucks ahead for good late in the third quarter with five consecutive points. And his 3-pointer with 7:01 left gave Milwaukee an 88-76 lead.

After Orlando cut its deficit to seven points, Jason Caffey scored the first four points of an 8-2 run that secured the victory. Caffey had seven of his 11 points in the quarter, while Ervin Johnson had six of his 13 in the fourth.

Beating this team for two years doesn't mean anything next week.
Milwaukee coach George Karl on the playoff matchup with Orlando

Behind Hunter, Johnson and Caffey, Milwaukee's reserves outscored Orlando's 45-25.

"I really feel that we can beat that team, but we're not going to beat them if we let their other guys besides (Sam) Cassell, Big Dog (Robinson) and Ray Allen get off," McGrady said.

Milwaukee appeared to seize control late in the second quarter by scoring 11 consecutive points. Darvin Ham had all six of his points in the run, and his flying layin put the Bucks ahead 51-36 1:07 before halftime.

But Orlando stormed back to begin the third quarter, going on a 20-6 tear. Andrew DeClerq scored six consecutive points, and McGrady's long jumper from the right baseline tied the score at 59 with 6:08 left in the period.

"I don't think we played with much fundamental focus in that period of time," Karl said. "I thought we played somewhat lazy."

Orlando drew a crowd of 17,248, its sixth sellout of the year and third in a row.

Game notes
Referees called four lane violations on free throws. ... Orlando point guard Darrell Armstrong, activated from the injured list Sunday, didn't play, but would see action against Miami on Wednesday, Magic coach Doc Rivers said. Armstrong has missed seven games since being sidelined with a strained groin. ... Magic center Michael Doleac did not dress, missing his fifth consecutive game with a sprained left ankle .... McGrady, with 27.1 points a game, has the highest scoring average in NBA history for players who ended a season 21 years old or younger. Ranking second is Bernard King, who scored 24.2 a game for New Jersey in 1977-78. ... Members of the rock band Creed were in attendance.

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