Dalembert Helps Sixers Roll Past Bucks

Philadelphia 114, Milwaukee 99

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 27 (AP) -- Kyle Korver waited patiently at his locker, glancing at his teammates and prepared to start a game. If it wasn't for ice on both knees, it would have been hard to tell the 76ers' forward had already finished one.

"I'm glad to be back,'' said Korver, who missed the previous four with a groin injury. "I feel like I'm in good shape. I didn't get tired out there.''

Korver provided a spark and he combined with Andre Iguodala and Samuel Dalembert for 62 points to lead Philadelphia to a 114-99 victory over Milwaukee on Tuesday night to snap the Bucks' five-game winning streak.

Philadelphia was resilient in snapping Milwaukee's 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.

"We understood they were undefeated at home, but we talked about before the game that they weren't going to win every game at home,'' Sixers coach Maurice Cheeks said. "At some point they were going to lose a game. We were hoping it was going to be us.''

Looking for anything to build off of with a stretch of four games in five nights, the Sixers said they came to Milwaukee with a different attitude after dropping seven of the previous eight in their worst start since 1995. But Korver acknowledged the win won't mean too much if Philadelphia starts another losing skid on Wednesday at home against Utah.

"That was one game, we can't keep on having these stretches of four or five bad games and then get a good game and say we've kind of turned a corner or we're young or we're learning,'' Korver said. "We don't want to keep doing all that stuff.''

For a change, everything went right for Philadelphia even after squandering a 14-point lead as Korver went 8-of-13 from the field and 4-of-5 from 3-point range to finish with 20 points in 30 minutes.

"I shot a lot of shots while I was out,'' said Korver, who practiced set shots while out so he wouldn't push off and risk further damage. "I did some crazy drills.''

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.

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