LOS ANGELES – The Milwaukee Bucks pushed their NBA winning streak to eight games by the skin of their teeth on Wednesday, squandering a 25-point third-quarter lead but holding on to edge the Boston Celtics 121-119.
Khris Middleton scored 27 points and pulled down 13 rebounds for the Bucks, who escaped with the victory when Boston center Daniel Theis’s three-point attempt failed to drop as time expired.
“Man, I thought it was good,” Middleton admitted of Theis’s wide-open effort — which came on the heels of missed attempts from Boston’s Kemba Walker and Marcus Smart. “Great play, great look.”
For most of the night, it hadn’t appeared the Bucks would be cu…
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