Damian Lillard scored a game-high 41 points to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 113-106 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Clippers on Monday.

Bobby Portis added 28 points and 16 rebounds off the bench for the Bucks, who won their sixth straight game. Patrick Beverley tallied 12 points and nine rebounds against his former team for Milwaukee.

James Harden and Paul George led Los Angeles with 29 points apiece, while Kawhi Leonard added 16. Ivica Zubac collected a team-high 11 rebounds for the Clippers, who had their modest two-game winning streak snapped.

Antetokounmpo missed his third game of the season as he deals with left Achilles tendinitis. The only other times he sat out were a Nov. 15 win at Toronto with a strained right calf and a Jan. 17 loss at Cleveland with a bruised right shoulder.

In the first quarter, the Clippers jumped out to a 27-23 advantage before back-to-back triples from Theis and Bones Hyland extended Los Angeles’ lead to 10 points at the 1:09 mark of the quarter.

Hyland’s buzzer-beating layup gave the Clippers a 35-25 lead heading into the second.

Following a back-and-forth start to the second quarter, Los Angeles held a 50-41 lead with 4:12 remaining in the half. But a 7-0 Bucks scoring run trimmed the Clipper lead to two with 3:05 left.

However, the Clippers scored the final five points of the quarter, capped by Leonard’s free throw after a Lillard technical foul, to take a 55-48 lead into the break.

George led the Clippers with 15 points in the first half, while Lillard paced the Bucks with 19.

After holding a seven-point halftime lead, the Clippers doubled it with a 13-6 scoring run to start the second half, stamped with Leonard’s triple with 8:23 left in the third, giving Los Angeles a 68-54 advantage.

Later in the third quarter, Daniel Theis’ layup gave the Clippers an 81-68 lead with 40 seconds left before a pair of Lillard free throws and Malik Beasley’s triple cut Milwaukee’s deficit to 81-73 entering the fourth quarter.

The final period, however, was all Milwaukee. Trailing by six with 5:33 left, the Bucks used a 15-0 run to take control with a 105-96 lead with 1:58 remaining. Four straight Clipper points cut the deficit to five, but back-to-back buckets from Portis helped cement the Milwaukee rally

Milwaukee is hot enough right now to win even without its two-time MVP.

The Bucks are unbeaten since the All-Star break as they get ready to begin a four-game trip to California that starts Wednesday at Golden State and includes a rematch with the Clippers on Sunday.