MILWAUKEE The Milwaukee Bucks took a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday with an 80-74 win over the Philadelphia 76ers, who could not make enough shots without injured NBA scoring champion Allen Iverson.

"We just didn't make shots tonight," said Aaron McKie, Philadelphia's leading scorer despite missing his last six attempts.

Iverson, who was averaging nearly 32 points a game in the playoffs, stayed at the team hotel to rest and treat a sore hip and coccyx. Without the league's most valuable player, the 76ers made only 25 of 70 shots (36 percent).

Milwaukee's Ray Allen said Iverson's absence affected the Bucks, too. "It definitely made this game a lot different," Allen said.

"I think we lost a little bit of our focus because he wasn't in the game. Their guys did a great job for them but we've got to go out and play harder next time."

Sam Cassell scored 24 points to lead the Bucks in the lowest-scoring game of the 2001 postseason. Allen added 20 and Glenn Robinson 18, Reuters reported.

McKie, the NBA Sixth Man of the Year who joined the 76ers' starting five in the postseason because of an ankle injury to Eric snow, led Philadelphia with 22 points and five assists. He finished 6-of-18 from the floor.

Snow, forced to start in Iverson's absence, made only 1-of-11 shots from the floor and 2-of-6 from the line.