Ingles winds back clock in insane Bucks comeback

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Giannis Antetokounmpo could consciousness the Bucks playing with much vigor and could consciousness a displacement successful their assurance connected their three-point shots.

“Once we made one, past we made the 2nd one,” helium said. “Then we made the 3rd one.”

And beauteous soon, their 17-point shortage was gone.

Antetokounmpo had 22 points and 10 rebounds, and Milwaukee rallied successful the 2nd fractional and bushed the New York Knicks 111-107.

Joe Ingles added a season-high 17 points and Brook Lopez besides scored 17 for the Bucks, who made 12 three-pointers aft falling down 70-53 with 5 minutes remaining successful the 3rd quarter.

“I deliberation successful the agelong tally we’re going to marque a batch of those shots,” Ingles said.

The Aussie, who didn't play for the Bucks until past period aft missing the archetypal 29 games recovering from a torn ACL successful his near knee, helped substance the comeback with 5 three-pointers.

“It’s bully to decorativeness a game, it’s bully to beryllium successful those situations obviously,” helium added.

Ingles was showered with praise for his relation successful the comeback win, proving to beryllium the cleanable acceptable connected the championship-contending Bucks roster.

Lopez made 1 that snapped a 97-all necktie earlier Jrue Holiday — forced to the seat aft committing 3 fouls wrong the archetypal 5 minutes — scored 5 consecutive Milwaukee points. The Bucks closed it retired astatine the escaped propulsion enactment to drawback the Knicks' four-game winning streak and bounce backmost nicely aft allowing a season-worst 51 points successful the archetypal 4th of their nonaccomplishment to Charlotte connected Saturday.

Jalen Brunson scored a career-high 44 points for the Knicks, adding 7 assists. Julius Randle had 25 points, 16 rebounds and 5 assists, but was conscionable 1-for-12 from three-point range.

The Knicks were hoping to proceed streaking to the midpoint of their schedule, having followed an eight-game winning streak and a five-game skid with 4 consecutive victories. They fell to 22-19.

Randle yet made a three-pointer aft an 0-for-9 archetypal fractional connected the archetypal possession of the 3rd quarter, and his escaped throws capped a 13-2 spurt midway done the play that extended a six-point pb to 70-53.

The Knicks inactive led by 16 aft Randle's three-point play with 2:25 remaining, but didn't marque different handbasket successful the 4th arsenic Milwaukee closed with a 13-2 tally of its ain to trim it to 78-73.

Obi Toppin opened the 4th with a three-pointer, but Lopez, Grayson Allen and Ingles followed with 3 successful a enactment for Milwaukee to springiness the Bucks an 82-81 lead.

“I deliberation we didn’t adjacent the 3rd retired good and past the commencement of the 4th aforesaid thing, truthful that’s astir apt the biggest thing,” Knicks manager Tom Thibodeau said.

Neither squad led by much than 3 again until Holiday's three-pointer made it 103-99 with 47 seconds to play.

Brunson’s assertive commencement rapidly enactment Holiday successful foul trouble, forcing him to the seat wrong 5 minutes. But the Bucks' large men were overmuch much effectual defending Randle, who was 1-for-12, missing each 8 three-point attempts.

Brunson was conscionable 1-for-6 successful the second, but Immanuel Quickley stepped up with 13 points arsenic the Knicks took a 51-46 pb to the break.

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