Bucks 111, Clippers 106
Brandon Knight led a balanced attack with 22 points as host Milwaukee stopped Los Angeles.
Giannis Antetokounmpo added 20 points and Larry Sanders scored a season-high 15 and secured nine rebounds for the Bucks, who snapped a four-game losing streak. Khris Middleton added 14 points off the bench on 6-of-8 shooting and rookie Jabari Parker scored 12 as Milwaukee shot a season-high 56.6 percent.
Matt Barnes scored a season-high 26 points with six 3-pointers and J.J. Redick chipped in 25 points and five 3-pointers for the Clippers, who have lost two straight after winning nine in a row. Chris Paul, who leads the league in assist-to-turnover ratio, had six assists but committed six turnovers for the second straight game before fouling out.
Middleton scored seven points and Jerryd Bayless and Kendall Marshall knocked down shots from the arc during an 18-3 run early in the fourth as the Bucks reclaimed a 90-79 lead with 6:53 left. Redick capped a 7-0 run with a 3-pointer to pull the Clippers within five, but Antetokounmpo converted a drive and Knight knocked down a 3-pointer with 48 ticks left to help snap a five-game losing streak to the Clippers.
The Clippers led by as many as nine in the first quarter and the Bucks led by 11 before settling for a 51-42 lead at the half behind 12 points apiece from Parker and Antetokounmpo. Barnes, who drew the ire from the Bucks and their crowd after a hard foul in the second quarter on Antetokounmpo, drained three 3-pointers among 13 third-quarter points as the Clippers closed within 72-71, and then took the lead by scoring the first five points of the fourth.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Clippers fell to 5-1 in the second of back-to-backs despite shooting 14-of-29 from the arc. … The Bucks now head west for four games against Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento and the Clippers. … The Bucks have scored 100 points in nine straight games for the first time since 1991.