MILWAUKEE — O.J. Mayo hit a 3-pointer with 0.5 seconds left to force overtime and Brandon Knight scored 12 of his 24 points in the extra session as the Milwaukee Bucks extended their winning streak to five games with a 113-105 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night at the Bradley Center.
Knight, a guard, had struggled much of the game, going 4-for-12 from the field and 2-for-5 from 3-point range in overtime. But he hit all three of his attempts in overtime, including a pair of 3-pointers, and was 4-for-4 from the free throw line.
His late surge complemented a career-high 25-point effort from forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, who hit 10 of 14 from the field and grabbed six rebounds. Guards Kris Middleton and Mayo each added 21 points.
Forward Carlos Boozer scored six of his team-leading 28 in overtime, including four in a row to make it a 104-103 game with 1:19 left.
The Lakers shot 42 percent for the game and have up 27 points on 16 turnovers.
They led by as many as 14 early in the third but a 17-0 Milwaukee run put the Bucks ahead 74-66 on Knight’s 3-pointer with 1:07 left in the period.
Los Angeles wasn’t quite done, though, and used a 10-2 run to get the lead back and was up six after point guard Jeremy Lin’s 3-pointer with 36 seconds left in the fourth.
Knight answered with a quick 3-pointer to cut the deficit in half and after a Lakers’ shot-clock violation, Middleton found Mayo, who connected from the corner to tie the game at 94-94.
NOTES: PG Brandon Knight returned to the Bucks’ lineup on Wednesday. He sat out Milwaukee’s 82-75 victory at Toronto on Monday because of a sore right quad, but the Bucks were without C Kenyon Martin with a sore left ankle. Coach Jason Kidd said the ankle started bothering the 37-year-old Martin last Saturday when Milwaukee hosted Portland. … With F Jordan Hill out for at least the next two weeks with a strained hip, Lakers HC Byron Scott moved Tarik Black into the starting lineup on Wednesday. Black has appeared in 34 games this season for Los Angeles and is averaging 4.8 points and 5.1 rebounds. The 6-foot-11 rookie has made 12 starts this season but none since joining the Lakers on Dec. 28. … Kidd downplayed comments made earlier in the day by Scott, who was asked by reporters about his firing as Nets head coach in 2004 when Kidd was the team’s point guard. Scott said Kidd was “kind of known as being an (expletive).” Kidd has long been suspected of urging management to make the move. “Whatever comments were said, it’s his opinion,” Kidd said. “Right now, I’m more worried about the game and not anybody’s comments.”