McCollum and Middleton lead the Wizards to a 129-126 win over Milwaukee despite Porter’s 30 points

WASHINGTON AP CJ McCollum scored points including a -pointer with seconds remaining that helped the Washington Wizards outlast the Milwaukee Bucks - on Monday night The Wizards - have won two of three following a -game losing streak and Milwaukee only managed a split in two games against Washington and Brooklyn two of the NBA s worst teams It was tied at after former Bucks standout Khris Middleton made a -pointer for Washington Then Giannis Antetokounmpo nearly lost control of the ball while being fouled on a drive but managed to flip it up and in for a three-point play with to play Then Antetokounmpo slammed down an alley-oop on Milwaukee s next possession The Wizards battled back however taking a two-point lead on Middleton s -pointer with seconds remaining Antetokounmpo who was called for a violation in the first half for not shooting a free throw swiftly enough was fouled with seconds left and made one of two Then McCollum stepped back and sank a -pointer at the end of the shot clock to make it - Bilal Coulibaly stole the ball and dunked with seconds left pushing the lead to six and drawing Antetokounmpo s sixth foul Kevin Porter Jr scored points for Milwaukee in his second match back from knee surgery This was only the third meeting all season for Porter who dealt with a sprained ankle and then a meniscus tear in his right knee He scored points against Brooklyn on Saturday Milwaukee led - in the third before Washington rallied to tie it before the quarter was over Antetokounmpo scored points but went just of from the line Up next Bucks Host Detroit on Wednesday night Wizards At Philadelphia on Tuesday night AP NBA https apnews com hub NBA Source