MILWAUKEE - Michael Redd scored 11 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter, and the Milwaukee Bucks overcame Andre Iguodala's triple-double to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 98-94 on Wednesday night.
Milwaukee looked out of sync most of the night, but snapped its three-game losing streak after taking its first lead with 1:14 left on two free throws by Redd that made it 95-93.
The teams traded free throws, but Iguodala failed to score driving to the basket on the next possession and Redd hit 1-of-2 more from the line to give the Bucks a 97-94 lead with 5.7 left.
Philadelphia ran a play for Kyle Korver, but Ruben Patterson took the ball out of his hands and hit a free throw to seal it and extend the Sixers' losing streak to four games.
The game was missing most of its star power. It was supposed to feature Redd (29.5) and Allen Iverson (28.7), the league's second and third-leading scorers.
But Iverson (abscessed wisdom tooth) and fellow All-Star Chris Webber (sore back) didn't make the trip, while the Bucks went without starting point guard Mo Williams (elbow bruise).
Iguodala stepped up with 18 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists for his second career triple-double. Willie Green, Iverson's replacement, added 24 points.
The Bucks, who squandered a nine-point lead with just over three minutes to play Tuesday night in Indiana, struggled to slow down the unlikely trio of Iguodala, Green and Korver, who finished with 19.
But Redd began to pick up the pace late in the third quarter and Milwaukee went on a 14-3 run spanning the third and fourth quarters to erase an 11-point deficit.
Ruben Patterson scored 18 points, Andrew Bogut had 14, Charlie Bell 13 and rookie David Noel 11 for the Bucks.
Notes:@ Philadelphia's Rodney Carney hurt his right hand in the third quarter and did not return. ... Iguodala's only other triple-double was in his rookie season, when he had 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against Detroit on March 23, 2005. ... Green had 10 points for the first quarter, matching his season average. ... Shavlik Randolph replaced Webber in the lineup. ... Sixers center Steven Hunter (right knee sprain) also didn't make the trip.
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