Skiles

On the end of the game…
“It was very similar to last night where we had a lot of breakdowns early in the game. The Sixers didn’t take advantage of them until later. With about three minutes left in the third, they starting getting into the paint and causing us problems. We were able to battle back, they took lead, and we were able to get the scored tied again. We gave up a lay-up with four seconds on the shot-clock and one from an out of bounds play. We got multiple people just mentally losing it on us right now in key moments and it’s hurting us.”

 On the Sixers penetration…
“Our defense the past two games hasn’t been good enough to beat good teams. Not only am I a coach in the NBA, but I’m an NBA fan because the game is so long that generally there’s something happening out there that’s some sort of trend. It’s going to hurt you at some point in the game because they’re so many possessions. It took them a while to really exploit us, but they did.”

On the teams increase in turnovers in the second half…
“I thought they stepped up their aggressiveness a little bit; especially in the third (quarter). Our execution was poor, guys weren’t in the right spots, we starting losing the ball and that’s the game.”

Sessions

On the teams’ turnovers…
“They’re the type of team that likes to get out and run. Without turnovers, that’s what they were doing. They got the long outlet passes and the easy baskets which hurt us a lot.”

 On the end of the game…
“They just turned it up on us and got the best of us tonight. They’re a playoff team and that’s what playoff teams do. We just couldn’t finish the game tonight.”

On the free-throw discrepancy…
“In the second half, they called a lot of fouls on us and they (Philadelphia) got in the bonus real early. That hurt us a lot down the stretch when they were hitting free-throws. That’s something we have to work on and we have to move our feet a little better. Sometimes the referees may call it and sometimes they may not; tonight’s one of those night’s they were calling it.”

Andre Miller contributed 18 points and 11 assists for the Sixers (39-35), who won their second straight and vaulted past Miami into fifth place in the Eastern Conference playoff race.

Marreese Speights had 14 points, Reggie Evans chipped in 13 and Samuel Dalembert added 10 rebounds for Philadelphia, which won its fifth in a row against the Bucks, including all three this season.

Ramon Sessions led Milwaukee with his second straight stellar outing, getting 18 points, 10 assists and five rebounds a night after his first career triple-double against the Los Angeles Lakers.

Richard Jefferson added 17 points and Charlie Bell contributed 14 for the Bucks (32-45), who have lost seven of eight.

The game was tied at 89 with 5:45 remaining before the Sixers proceeded on a 10-0 run in the next 2:16. Speights had four points during the spurt, putting a stamp on his second straight solid game off the bench. The rookie from Florida had 16 points in Tuesdays win over Atlanta.

Despite falling behind early, Evans gave the Sixers a boost in his first start of the season. It was only his sixth game in double figures.

Milwaukee led 52-39 on a long 3-pointer by Villanueva with 2:01 left in the first half.

The Bucks held a 59-50 advantage at halftime thanks largely to 56-percent shooting and 13 turnovers by the Sixers, including an uncharacteristic five by Miller.

Miller finished with a season-high eight turnovers, two shy of his career-high 10 set on Jan. 17, 2005 as a member of the Denver Nuggets at Golden State.

Notes: Philadelphia F Thaddeus Young walked into the locker room before the game on crutches. He was injured in Tuesdays win over Atlanta and will be out two-to-three weeks with a sprained right ankle and bone bruise. The playoffs begin on April 18. "I should be back for the playoffs,'' Young said. .. The Bucks are the only team in the NBA to have at least one player or coach representing all Final Four teams North Carolina (assistant coach Joe Wolf); Michigan State (G Charlie Bell and coach Scott Skiles); Connecticut (F Charlie Villanueva); and Villanova (F Malik Allen). ... Milwaukee F Francisco Elson (right hip flexor strain) didn't make the trip.