ANDRE IGUODALA, Samuel Dalembert and Kyle Korver combined for 62 points to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 114-99 victory over Milwaukee on Tuesday night to snap the Bucks’ five-game winning streak. Rookie Yi Jianlian from Shenzhen scored 13 points for the Bucks. The 76ers’ win also snapped the Bucks’ 6-0 mark this season at the Bradley Center, leaving just Boston (7-0) and San Antonio (8-0) as the league’s perfect teams at home. Looking for anything to build on with a stretch of four games in five nights, the Sixers said they came to Milwaukee with the attitude that they had nothing more to lose after dropping seven of the previous eight in their worst start since 1995. For a change, everything went right for Philadelphia even after squandering a 14-point lead. “A lot of it is human nature,” said Bucks coach Larry Krystkowiak. “We’ve been told for the better part of the week how great we are and that’s a hungry team in the other locker room. There are no easy games. We’re not the kind of team that can write it in. We weren’t ready from the opening tip. “It’s the same thing I’ve been saying. We need to come out with some energy and defend and share the basketball. They had a great game plan . . . we got complacent on offense and we certainly didn’t guard. It’s a formula for a rough evening. We weren’t ready to play on both ends of the floor.” Korver, who missed the previous four games with a strained groin, went 8-of-13 from the field and 4-of-5 from 3-point range to finish with 20 points. Iguodala, the lone bright spot so far this season for the Sixers, had 20 points and 11 assists while Dalembert was two off his career high with 22 points to go with eight rebounds.(SD-Agencies)
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