Bucks 103, Timberwolves 86
Brandon Knight and Larry Sanders led a balanced attack with 15 points apiece as visiting Milwaukee won for the seventh time in 10 games.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 13 points, Ersan Ilyasova had 12 and both Jabari Parker and Khris Middleton added 11 as Milwaukee snapped a four-game skid in Minnesota. O.J. Mayo chipped in 10 points for the Bucks, who made 18-of-19 free throws.
Corey Brewer paced the Timberwolves with 19 points but had seven of his team's 19 turnovers. Andrew Wiggins finished with 14 points and Shabazz Muhammad collected 13 in 16 minutes off the bench as Minnesota fell for the eighth time in nine games.
Brewer's jumper pulled Minnesota within 84-83 midway through the fourth quarter before Knight took charge, burying a 3-pointer and then making eight straight free throws in under two minutes of play to make it 96-84 with just over three minutes left. Knight added a steal and a dunk to help extend the run to 16-1 as the Bucks pulled away from the shorthanded Timberwolves.
Milwaukee scored the game's first eight points and took a 51-47 lead into halftime despite going the final 2:33 without a point. Brewer's dunk capped a 7-0 third-quarter run that put the Timberwolves up 58-55 and it remained tight until Knight's strong finish.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Timberwolves F Thaddeus Young returned from a five-game absence following the death of his mother, scoring three points on 1-of-10 shooting. ... Bucks C John Henson sat with a foot injury. ... Timberwolves G Mo Williams was out with an illness while C Nikola Pekovic (wrist) missed his fourth game in a row.