Webber had 28 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists for his first triple-double of the season as the Sacramento Kings extended their season-high winning streak to seven games with a 115-101 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.
 Chris Webber works the pump fake against Joel Przybilla and the Bucks. Rocky Widner/NBAE/Getty Images |
After scoring 16 points in the fourth quarter of Friday's triumph at Phoenix, Webber came back with his 15th career triple-double and seventh with the Kings.
"I brag to my friends in the NBA about what good players are on our team," he said. "This is just an example. I just want to become that overall player where if I have the ball you're worried that I'm not going to shoot but that I'm going to find someone."
Webber made 12-of-27 shots overall and scored 20 points after halftime, including six during a key third-quarter run.
Sacramento had a 65-62 lead with 5:50 left in the third period before a 19-6 burst. Peja Stojakovic scored the first five points of the stretch and Webber added a jumper, two free throws and a reverse dunk.
Bobby Jackson's layup capped the run and made it 84-66 with 47 seconds left. The Kings led by double digits until a three-point play by Tim Thomas brought the Bucks within 97-88 with 5:12 left in the fourth quarter.
But Sacramento rebounded with six straight points and snapped a three-game losing streak against Milwaukee, which had won five of the previous six meetings.
Stojakovic finished with 29 points and Jackson added a season-high 22 for Sacramento, which has won its last 12 games at Arco Arena despite some key absences.
Mike Bibby did not play with a sprained right knee and Scot Pollard sat out with a sprained left ankle, but the Kings have a week off before their next game.
"I can't tell you how big this week off is, especially with the injuries we've got to myself, Peja and now Scot," Webber said. "It was important to get this win."
Doug Christie collected 18 points, five assists and five steals and Hedo Turkoglu added nine points off the bench for the Kings, who shot 50 percent (46-of-92) and made 13-of-26 3-pointers.
"I don't know if we could have beaten them as well as they played," Bucks coach George Karl said. "We needed them to have a little bit of an off night. But they shot the ball real well."
Milwaukee played without Sam Cassell and Glenn Robinson. Cassell has a pinched nerve and Robinson is nursing a bruised left thigh.
"They're a dangerous team, even without those two guys," Kings coach Rick Adelman said. "I'm really pleased our guys stayed with it. It's been such a great stretch for us, the break we have is coming at a good time."
Ray Allen made 7-of-13 3-pointers and scored 29 points and Thomas, who replaced Robinson in the starting lineup, had 20.
Michael Redd chipped in 16 points off the bench and Rafer Alston tied a season high with 14 in place of Cassell. But the Bucks fell to 0-4 on a five-game Western Conference road trip.
Allen nailed a pair of 3-pointers during an 18-6 run in the first quarter as Milwaukee took a 25-14 lead. The Bucks had a 40-30 cushion midway through the second before the Kings scored 10 straight points, including five by Jackson, to tie it.
"At the end of the second quarter, we gave them a little too much," Allen said. "You can't give that team that much because they gain their momentum. In the third quarter, we gave them way too much."