NBA Roundup : Bucks Get 24th Home Win in Row

The Milwaukee Bucks are in position to equal the club record for consecutive home wins, but it doesn’t figure to be easy.

Terry Cummings scored 29 points, and Sidney Moncrief added 24 Saturday night as the Bucks beat the Indiana Pacers, 111-94, for their 24th consecutive regular-season victory at Milwaukee Arena.

The record for consecutive home victories is 25. The Bucks will try to tie the record Tuesday night when they host the Boston Celtics. The last team to beat the Bucks at home was the Atlanta Hawks, who won, 94-91, in overtime last February.

“The fans are right next to the court in this building and they really have helped our team,” Milwaukee Coach Don Nelson said. “Over the last couple of years I bet they have meant 10 wins to this club. This is a super building to play in.”

Indiana Coach George Irvine said the Bucks are hard to play against anywhere.

“They are a good team that is approaching becoming a great team. They seem to play with more confidence in this building,” he said. “We played them tough for three quarters tonight, but in the fourth quarter we just missed too many easy shots and they made some tough ones.”

The Bucks took control at the beginning of the fourth quarter as they outscored the Pacers, 7-0, to grab an 89-80 lead with 9:05 remaining on Moncrief’s long jumper.

Herb Williams scored 20 points for the Pacers, who lost for the eighth straight time.

Philadelphia 115, New York 95--Moses Malone scored 30 points and grabbed 11 rebounds at New York as the 76ers won their third game in a row.

Sedale Threatt added 17 points for the 76ers, followed by Charles Barkley with 16 and Julius Erving with 13.

Pat Cummings led New York with 23 points and 15 rebounds. Patrick Ewing had 22 points and 8 rebounds before fouling out in the fourth quarter.

The Knicks stayed within striking distance most of the game, trailing by 84-73 after three periods, but when Ewing fouled out with 5:43 remaining, the 76ers moved to a comfortable lead.

Seattle 131, Denver 123--Jack Sikma scored 8 of his 32 points in the second overtime to lead the Sonics at Denver.

Denver’s Alex English fouled out in the second overtime with a game-high 35 points.

Bill Hanzlik of the Nuggets sank a three-pointer as regulation time ran out to tie the score at 109-109. English hit two free throws with one second left in the first overtime to tie the score at 119-119.

Sikma then took over, converting six of six from the free-throw as Seattle knocked the Nuggets out of first place in the Midwest Division, a half-game behind Houston.

Washington 133, Detroit 119--Jeff Ruland and Cliff Robinson each scored 29 points, and Ruland had a triple-double for the Bullets at Landover, Md.

Robinson scored 19 points in a decisive third quarter, when the Bullets reeled off 10 straight points late in the period to take a 98-91 lead.

Ruland had 11 rebounds and 11 assists as the Bullets scored their highest total of the season.

The Pistons were led by Vinnie Johnson, who came off the bench to score 25 points, and Kelly Tripucka with 24.

Boston 102, Atlanta 97--Larry Bird scored 28 points, and Danny Ainge added 18 at Atlanta as the Celtics handed the Hawks their third straight loss.

With Boston leading, 66-65, in the third quarter, Bird took charge, scoring 14 of the Celtics’ next 20 points on an assortment of jump shots and driving layups as Boston grabbed an 86-79 lead late in the quarter.

Houston 131, Sacramento 114--Reserve forward Robert Reid scored a season-high 21 points as the Rockets won their 10th straight home game.

Akeem Olajuwon added 21 points, and Ralph Sampson had 16 points and 15 rebounds for the Rockets. Olajuwon has scored 20 or more points in 11 straight games.

Cleveland 119, New Jersey 90--World B. Free scored 21 points, including his 16,000th career point, and Edgar Jones had 20 points for the Cavaliers at Richfield, Ohio.

Free, who had missed three games with a pulled hamstring, raised his total to 16,018 points, 31st on the all-time list.

Utah 89, Golden State 88--Mark Eaton hit a 10-foot hook shot with 19 seconds left as the Jazz handed the Warriors their first home loss in the last seven games.

Eaton also blocked seven shots for the Jazz, who blocked 16 overall.

Warrior center Joe Barry Carroll led all scorers with 30 points.