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Article: NBA PLAYOFFS: ; Allen, Bucks topple 76ers
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- May 25, 2001
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PHILADELPHIA - Ray Allen was masterful. Allen Iverson was
miserable.
Allen gave Milwaukee a big lead right at the start and silenced
the Philadelphia 76ers with clutch jumpers every time they made a
run Thursday night, scoring a career playoff-high 38 points as the
Bucks evened the Eastern Conference finals at one game apiece with a
92-78 victory.
"I was making shot after shot, Sam [Cassell] was finding me and I
said, 'Let's continue to keep doing this,"' Allen said.
That's exactly what they did, with Allen repeatedly snuffing out
every Philadelphia threat with an assortment of jumpers from inside
the 3-point line and beyond it.
Playing in the same arena where he scored 42 points earlier ...