Bucks 108, Cavaliers 105 (2OT)
MILWAUKEE - LeBron James scored 37 points but it wasn't enough for the Cleveland Cavaliers, whose eight-game winning streak was snapped with a 108-105 double-overtime loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night.
James scored Cleveland's last six points in regulation and blew right by Bucks guard Khris Middleton for a game-tying dunk with 16.5 seconds to play. Bucks shooting guard Jerryd Bayless missed a jumper at the buzzer, sending the game to overtime, and James had six Cleveland's eight points, but missed a potential game-winner as time expired.
He scored four of the Cavaliers' seven points in the second overtime, but Milwaukee got 3-pointers from forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and guard Greivis Vasquez, and went 6-for-6 from the free-throw line to close it out.
Point guard Michael Carter-Williams led the Bucks with 17 points while Antetokounmpo and center Greg Monroe added 16 each and forward Jabari Parker finished with 12.
Forward Kevin Love added 24 with 14 rebounds for Cleveland, which shot 40.7 percent from the field and was 14-for-38 from beyond the arc.
Milwaukee wiped out an eight-point deficit with a 13-2 run to go up 42-39 with 4:29 left in the first half. Love's 3-pointer tied the game with 4:13 remaining, but the Cavaliers wouldn't get another field goal the rest of the way and Carter-Williams' tip-in at the buzzer sent Milwaukee into halftime up six.
The lead grew to nine by the end of the third but seven straight points from Richard Jefferson, who hit a pair of 3-pointers, made it a two-point game with 10 minutes to play.
Milwaukee recovered quickly, ripping off a 9-2 run that created breathing room before James took over down the stretch.
NOTES: Cleveland brought an eight-game winning streak into the game Saturday at the Bradley Center, where the Cavs have won three of the last four meetings with the Bucks. ... PG Michael Carter-Williams returned to Milwaukee's starting lineup after missing five games with a left ankle injury. His return gave the Bucks their full starting lineup for the first time this season. ... The Bucks were without PG Tyler Ennis and SG O.J. Mayo, who hasn't played this season because of a hamstring injury. ... Cleveland SF Richard Jefferson was available, one day after suffering an ankle injury Friday night in New York. ... Bucks F Giannis Antetokounmpo began the day third in the NBA with 3.9 fouls per game. ... Cavaliers SG J.R. Smith came into the game shooting just 25 percent (4-for-16) on 3-point attempts this season, well behind his career rate of 37.1 percent.