Thaddeus Young seemed to be the star during the 76ers match against the Bucks. Young, a rookie scored 22 points as the 76ers sailed to a 119-97 victory against the Milwaukee Bucks.

Samuel Dalembert notched up 18 points and 10 rebounds.

Coach Maurice Cheeks of Philadelphia was happy with Young’s performance. He scored 20-plus points and we didn’t run one play for him,” said Philadelphia coach Maurice Cheeks, after his team improved to 12-3 since Feb. 5. “That’s the way he plays. Thaddeus has been playing that way since we put him in there.”

Young was 8-of-11 from the floor and made all six free throws, making Philadelphia shoot a season high of 60.3 percent.

This win leads the 76ers to within one-half of the idle Washington in the Eastern Conference. This is the Bucks fifth loss in six games. Charlie Villanueva had 25 points and eight rebounds for Milwaukee; Michael Redd added 19 points and Charlie Bell had 15 off the bench. The Bucks were without starting guard Mo Williams, who missed his third straight game with an abdominal strain, and forward Yi Jianlian, who also missed his third straight game with a sprained ankle. I had the opportunity to see the game live and I could see instances of a “Michael Jordon” in this rookie. I might be wrong at the end of ten years from now, but this kid has the spark in him to be at the top with the very best.

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The San Antonio Spurs were beaten 94-87 by their rivals Pheonix Suns as Shaquille O’Neal ran through the entire opponent team. Phoenix outscored the Spurs 14-2 in the final 3:40 to perk up to 4-6 since O’Neal joined the team. So determined was that he even crashed into the third row seats after a loose ball. The western conference has a lot of big guys as Nash said.

“There’s a lot of teams with size in the West,” Nash said. “We added size, let alone a guy with championship experience. One win isn’t going to say we’re a finished product, but we’re on our way, I think, to improving and getting to a place where we’re going to feel confident once the playoffs come around.”

O’Neal also wrote history when as he joined Kareem-Abdul Jabber and Hakeem Olajuwon after his two blocked shots made him the third player in NBA history to have 26,000 points, 11,500 rebounds and 2,500 blocks.

Phoenix was 3-for-14 from 3-point range, San Antonio 7-for-16. Phoenix had a 23-5 advantage in fastbreak points. There have been a lot of changes since the last time these teams met, Ten Spurs or Suns players have come or gone on the teams’ rosters since their last meeting on Jan. 31. Phoenix is 2-1 against San Antonio this season with one to play. The Suns are 21-2 when holding an opponent under 100 points.

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