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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Khris Middleton scored a season-high 44 points, Jrue Holiday had 17 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter and the Milwaukee Bucks rallied ...

Suns: At Orlando on Tuesday night in the second of three straight road games. Holiday scored 17 points and Middleton had 16 in the fourth quarter to help the Bucks outscore the Suns 12-1 over the last three minutes. ... Serge Ibaka had his highest point and rebound totals since the Bucks acquired him Feb. 10. ... The Suns had won their last four regular-season matchups with the Bucks. ... Payne's 23 points were one off his career high. Holiday and Middleton combined for 16 of the Bucks' 18 points during that stretch. Crowder sank a 3-pointer to put the Suns back ahead with 3:13 left. The Bucks won their fourth straight overall and third in the last five days. In their only previous matchup this season, the Suns won 131-107 in Phoenix on Feb. 10. This was his ninth game with the Bucks. ... We really wanted to get that win,” said Phoenix's Jae Crowder, who scored 19 points. We’re trying to be dialed in, trying to be your best self for 48 minutes out there.” We kind of know what it takes, especially in moments like that, what it takes to win games.”

Is it possible for a team with 50 wins to have its best effort in a loss? I'm open to hearing the argument after the Phoenix Suns came up short in Milwaukee ...

That sequence of events put the Bucks in prime position, leading by six at 1:25 on the clock. He closed up shop with a midrange jumper at 51 seconds and his fifth triple the next time the Bucks had the ball. He turned over the ball at 2:35 remaining, Jrue Holiday got free throws for Milwaukee on the other end and then a Payne drive was blocked at the rim by Antetokounmpo. After the Suns were entrenched in that see-saw slugfest for over nine minutes of the fourth quarter, they somehow weren’t putting a Bucks team away that kept on converting difficult shots Phoenix was defending well. Phoenix was on the front foot for the majority of the day. With the fourth quarter arriving, a tidal wave takeover from the Bucks felt inevitable. They had a 9-2 run in the last 86 seconds of the first half and then a 5-0 spurt to end the remaining 96 seconds in the third quarter. Mikal Bridges was the fourth Suns starter with at least five assists, amounting to six to go with 14 points he scored all of in the second half. “So that’s where the frustration for me (is). I’m telling our guys to continue to go to the paint and play physical basketball. Phoenix as a team had 33 assists and Cam Payne dished out a team-high eight, running the offense well in place of Paul for the third straight game and putting up 23 points as well. The Suns shot 53.8% from the field and knocked down 14 3s, but the Bucks were hot too, slightly topping Phoenix with 54.0% efficiency and 15 long balls. “That’s who we are,” Williams said of the effort.

The Milwaukee Bucks have started off March with wins over the Miami Heat, the Chicago Bulls, and the Phoenix Suns. Three wins over some of the NBA's best.

The Bucks have turned the ball over 69 times in their last five games. Those third-quarter performances have either erased some nice Milwaukee leads or put the Bucks in some holes heading into the fourth. The Bucks showed their championship toughness by coming back from a 14-point hole to win on a last-second bucket by Jrue Holiday. We kind of know what it takes, especially in moments like that, what it takes to win games.” Holiday also hit some clutch buckets down the stretch. That is a nice bounce back after losing four of five games during mid-February.

In an NBA Finals rematch, the Bucks were able to come from behind and knock off the visiting Phoenix Suns, 132-122. It'd be a sloppy first quarter for the ...

That streak was broken, and it was only broken by one point, as Giannis totaled 19 points on the afternoon. It was nearly impossible for him to miss in the final two quarters of play, as with Giannis in foul trouble, he was keeping the Bucks in this one. He’d total 12 points on the afternoon and would stand tall when the moment shined on him, including some clutch plays late in the game. In his time with the Bucks so far this season, the standout of Serge Ibaka’s contributions have been from the defensive end. Though the Bucks would struggle at times to stay in the game, they’d get hot late in the quarter. It’d result in 12 points for Phoenix, and helped them take a three point lead into the second quarter, 33-30.

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