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Kings - Bucks 102-93
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| Toni Kukoc battles for the rebound against Vlade Divac |
Sacramento, UNITED STATES, February 19 (AP) - Vlade Divac, of Serbia-Montenegro, had 21 points and 19 rebounds, and Bobby Jackson broke his slump with five straight points down the stretch of the Sacramento Kings' 102-93 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night.
Predrag "Peja" Stojakovic scored 26 points and Mike Bibby had 21 as the Kings won for the third time in four games on a seven-game homestand.
Croatia's Toni Kukoc had 21 points and eight rebounds for the Bucks, who opened a tough road Western trip with their fourth straight loss to the Kings. Milwaukee had won 13 of its last 17 games, but the Bucks made just two field goals in the final 6:08 as Sacramento ended the game with an 11-3 run.
Divac had another outstanding game, playing 39 minutes with Chris Webber and Scot Pollard out with injuries. He posted a season high in rebounds, including four on the offensive glass.
Both teams played without their starting power forwards. Anthony Mason stayed in his hotel room after coming down with strep throat, while Webber sat behind the Kings' bench for the ninth straight game with a sprained ankle.
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Predrag Drobnjak scores 23 points, three three-pointers
Derek Anderson (left) and Rasheed
Wallace put pressure on Drobnjak
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Portland, UNITED STATES, February 16 (AP) Rasheed Wallace had 27 points and eight rebounds, and Dale Davis added 17 points and 14 rebounds as the Portland Trail Blazers beat Seattle 101-96 on Saturday night.
Serbo-Montenegrin Drobnjak had 23 points (FG 9/15, 3PT 3/4, FT 2/2, 5 rebounds) to lead the Sonics, who lost their sixth in a row.
Payton had 19 points and seven assists, Desmond Mason had 14 points and Vitaly Potapenko 13.
Portland had an eight-point lead with just over a minute left, but the Sonics closed within one with 12.2 seconds left on a 3-pointer by Predrag Drobnjak.
After Anderson's two free throws with 10.9 left, Gary Payton missed a desperation 3 with a second to go. Wallace iced the game with a pair of free throws.
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