Bucks 95, Trail Blazers 88
Bucks 95, Trail Blazers 88: Jared Dudley collected 18 points, six rebounds and three steals as Milwaukee downed visiting Portland to earn its third straight win.
O.J. Mayo tallied 17 points off the bench and John Henson had 14 for the Bucks, who finished 13-of-14 from the free-throw line. Brandon Knight added 11 points and eight assists while Giannis Antetokounmpo collected 10 points and 10 rebounds for Milwaukee, which overcame 20 turnovers.
Damian Lillard produced 19 points, nine assists and five rebounds while Wesley Matthews also had 19 for the Trail Blazers, who have dropped six road games in a row. LaMarcus Aldridge scored 18 points and pulled down 13 rebounds for Portland, which couldn't survive 37.1-percent shooting.
Mayo scored at the rim and drained a 3-pointer to put the Bucks on top 81-65 and Jerryd Bayless nailed a jumper a short time later to extend the lead to 20 with 7:16 remaining. Lillard sank a pair of free throws to pull the Trail Blazers within 93-80 before Dudley answered with a basket inside to push the margin to 15 as Milwaukee withstood a late rally to snap a three-game losing skid in the series.
Khris Middleton and Dudley scored eight points apiece as the Bucks jumped out to a 27-15 lead after one quarter before Matthews sparked an 11-0 surge to even the score at 42. Mayo buried a 3-pointer and Bayless knocked down back-to-back jumpers as Milwaukee scored the last seven points of the third quarter to pull ahead 76-65.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Bucks' bench outscored the Trail Blazers' reserves 34-23. … Milwaukee C Zaza Pachulia (calf) and PF Ersan Ilyasova (groin) were both inactive for the second straight game. … Lillard went 1-of-10 from 3-point range and is 2-of-19 in his last two outings.