NBA Greatest Duels: Allen Iverson vs. Ray Allen (2003) скачать в хорошем качестве

NBA Greatest Duels: Allen Iverson vs. Ray Allen (2003)

MILWAUKEE (Ticker) -- Tim Thomas wasn't about to let his former team make another comeback. Thomas had a thunderous follow dunk and added a free throw in the final minute of overtime, lifting the Milwaukee Bucks to a 110-105 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, who had a four-game winning streak snapped. The 76ers erased a 14-point deficit in the third quarter and a nine-point deficit in the final 3 1/2 minutes of regulation, forcing overtime at 96-96 on Allen Iverson's steal and layup with 33 seconds left. But Iverson, who never has made a game-winning shot in his seven-year career, let the Bucks off the hook by missing a fadeaway jumper at the buzzer. Baskets by Sam Cassell, Toni Kukoc and Michael Redd gave Milwaukee a 104-98 lead with 1:51 to play. Again the Sixers rallied, closing within a point as Greg Buckner made a 3-pointer and Eric Snow sank a jumper. Cassell missed a jumper and the rebound went to Redd, who inexplicably fired up a 3-pointer instead of dribbling away some of the clock. The shot rattled around the rim, and Thomas soared and hammered it in with his left hand for a 106-103 lead with 44 seconds remaining. The former Sixer added a free throw seven seconds later, and Cassell made two from the line to seal it at 109-103 with 25 seconds left. "Tim's tip-in was big-time," Bucks coach George Karl said. "He had a great work ethic out there tonight. He's been a solid player." Thomas scored 21 points and took over the offense from Ray Allen, who had 20 points before fouling out in regulation. "It shows that we have other talent on this team," Thomas said. "That's what a team is supposed to do - step up. You know he's out, you don't worry about him coming back. ... I see myself as one that has to step up. I feel I'm talented enough and confident enough to get that done." "When Ray fouled out, I thought that Michael and Tim picked it up for us," Karl added. Cassell, Kukoc and Redd scored 16 points each for the Bucks, who avenged a 95-93 loss at Philadelphia on October 30. They had lost four straight meetings with the Sixers. Iverson scored 31 points and Keith Van Horn added 22 and 13 rebounds for Philadelphia, which lost for the first time since opening night at Orlando. "We expended so much energy coming back, we had some tired guys out there late in the game," Sixers coach Larry Brown said. Milwaukee expanded a 10-point halftime lead to 61-47 early in the third quarter before Philadelphia closed to 74-72 behind 10 points from Iverson. The Sixers briefly took the lead before Kevin Ollie - another former Sixer - hit a pair of jumpers in a 9-0 spurt that gave the Bucks an 85-78 lead. Allen's basket made it 93-84 with just under 3 1/2 minutes to go, but Iverson made a pair of hoops, Van Horn took in a steal for a dunk and - after Allen fouled out - Greg Buckner tipped in a miss by Iverson to cut the deficit to a point. After Cassell made a free throw, Iverson had a drive blocked and Thomas hit a jumper with 57 seconds left. Iverson answered with two foul shots and his steal and layup. The Bucks shot 54 percent (42-of-78) from the field. The Sixers shot 45 percent (45-of-100) but stayed in the game with 24 second-chance points and 28 points off turnovers. "We had a bad first half," Brown said. "We played like strangers. We took so many bad shots in the first half."