PHILADELPHIA -- Milwaukee Bucks guard Michael Carter-Williams said it was "great to be back and see some familiar faces."

He sent them home wearing frowns, scoring 30 points to key a 107-97 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, his former team, on Monday night.

Carter-Williams, last year's NBA Rookie of the Year, was traded to Milwaukee on Feb. 19, as part of a three-team deal. He matched his season-high point total, shooting 11 for 17 from the floor. He also had five rebounds and five assists.

Forward Ersan Ilyasova and guard O.J. Mayo had 13 points each the Bucks (41-40), who secured a playoff berth by beating Brooklyn on Sunday night.

Carter-Williams scored the last 11 Milwaukee points of the third quarter, including a three-point play with 15.4 seconds left in the period that put the Bucks ahead to stay, 80-78.

Milwaukee then opened the fourth quarter with an 18-3 rush. Mayo scored nine of his points then, and added two gorgeous assists -- a lob to center John Henson for a dunk and a backdoor feed to guard Jerryd Bayless for a three-point play.

The Bucks, up 98-81 with 7:12 left, never allowed Philadelphia to draw closer than eight the rest of the way.

Milwaukee limited the Sixers to 23.8 percent shooting while outscoring them 55-39 in the second half. The Bucks also forced 18 of Philadelphia's season-high 30 turnovers after the break. The 30 turnovers were the most ever at the Wells Fargo Center.

Forward Robert Covington scored 25 points for the Sixers (18-63), who have lost nine straight, their longest skid since opening the season 0-17. Swingman Hollis Thompson had 19 points.

Philadelphia was without center/forward Nerlens Noel (sprained right ankle), guard Jason Richardson (left knee soreness), guard Isaiah Canaan (sprained right foot) and forward Luc Mbah a Moute (strained left shoulder).

The Sixers jumped out to a 26-17 lead late in the first quarter behind nine points from Covington, and stretched that to 47-33 midway through the second.

The Bucks ended the first half on a 13-5 run, with Ilyasova scoring eight of those points.

Covington had 18 points and Thompson 15 in the first half for Philadelphia, while Carter-Williams paced the Bucks with 15.

Milwaukee continued its charge in the third quarter, holding the Sixers to 4-for-17 shooting while outscoring them 28-20 to go up 80-78.

NOTES: The game marked the first appearance of former Sixers G Michael Carter-Williams in Philadelphia as a visiting player. He was asked before the game about the recent remarks of Sixers F/C Nerlens Noel, who said G Ish Smith is "the first true point guard" with whom he has played. "I'm sure he wasn't trying to take a shot at me; and, if he was, then I don't know," Carter-Williams said. "But Nerlens is my friend. He's my dog. He's cool. We've been cool since we were young." Carter-Williams and Noel were once AAU teammates. ... Bucks F Jared Dudley did not make the trip, as the team chose to rest him.