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76ers win 3rd straight, beat Bucks 94-82
DAN GELSTON
(The Associated Press)



08:34:00PM (ET) Monday,January 16,2012.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Without a true superstar, the Philadelphia 76ers are keeping their super start going.

Up ahead, first place in the East.

Jrue Holiday scored a season-high 24 points and Andre Iguodala had 21 to help the 76ers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 94-82 on Monday and remain unbeaten at home.

Everything is going right for the Sixers this season. They've won three straight, nine of 10 overall and already hold a four-game lead over the second-place New York Knicks in the Atlantic Division. At home, the Sixers are 6-0.

Philadelphia trails Chicago by one game for first place in the Eastern Conference.

Yes, it's early. But for a franchise that hasn't won a playoff series since 2003, hasn't had a winning record since 2005, and struggled to win fans as much as games for most of the last decade, it's a sign that brighter days are finally ahead for Philadelphia's fourth-most popular team.

"I'm down to win all of them," a smiling Holiday said. "All the home games, away games. We can go undefeated from here on out. I'm cool with that."

The good vibes also extend off the court.

Iguodala went 9 of 14 from the floor hours after he was chosen as part of the 20-player men's Olympic basketball pool. Known as a lockdown defender, he surprised Tobias Harris with a block from behind late in the third.

Iguodala, the ninth overall pick of the 2004 draft, has spent all nine seasons with the Sixers. He was the go-to defensive stopper for the U.S. team that won gold in the 2010 world championships.

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