In overtime, Damian Lillard drained a 3-pointer to give the Milwaukee Bucks a thrilling 143-142 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night.
With 11.5 seconds left in overtime, Brook Lopez’s 3-point shot from the corner gave the Bucks a 141-140 lead, cutting the Kings’ lead to four. Before Lillard got a pass, dribbled across half court, and hit the shot that handed the Bucks their 15th consecutive victory over the Kings, the Fiserv Forum crowd roared. De’Aaron Fox made one of his two free throws.
Lillard scored 29 points to lead the Bucks. With 27 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists, Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded a triple-double. Bobby Portis and Malik Beasley each scored 23 and 22 points.
At home, the Bucks have improved to 19-3.
Fox finished with 32 points to lead the Kings, and Domantas Sabonis recorded his 10th triple-double of the season with 21 points, 15 assists and 13 rebounds. Only Denver Nuggets player Nikola Jokic, who has 12, is behind Sabonis in points.
Sacramento rallied late to force overtime after Milwaukee had taken a 12-point lead early in the fourth quarter.
With 9:27 remaining in the fourth quarter, Kings coach Mike Brown came onto the floor and started screaming at referee Intae Hwang. Sacramento players had to restrain him while he was promptly disqualified. Malik Monk embraced Brown and motioned for him to leave the court.
Despite having a right shoulder contusion and appearing on a late-afternoon injury report as questionable, Antetokounmpo played for the 29th straight game. This season, the two-time MVP has only missed one game, which was against Toronto on November 15.
The Bucks were playing their third game in four days without Khris Middleton, who rested his surgically repaired right knee.
After sitting out Sacramento’s Friday night 112-93 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers due to a sprained right ankle, Kevin Heurter made a comeback and scored 26 points.
The Kings attempted 53 shots in the first half compared to Milwaukee’s 35, and although the Bucks made 63% of their field goals, including 8 of 14 from 3-point range, they only managed a narrow 68-66 lead.
