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MILWAUKEE, November 24 (AP) -- Michael Redd scored 27 points and made five late free throws to lead the Milwaukee Bucks over the Dallas Mavericks, 97-95 on Saturday night.

Andrew Bogut had 16 points and 14 rebounds, and Mo Williams added 19 points as the Bucks won their fifth straight overall and improved to 6-0 at home.The win also snapped a three-game losing streak to Dallas.

Josh Howard had 24 points and 11 rebounds for Dallas who lost their second consecutive game. Dirk Nowitzki added 20 points and Jason Terry who was scoreless in the first half finished with 21. His 17 points in the final 4:14 almost rescued the Mavericks, but Redd's free throws preserved the victory.

The lead changed five times in the last three minutes before the Bucks went ahead with 1:26 to play.

Williams made two free throws after being fouled by Terry. Redd hit one after being fouled by Harris. Bogut put back a rebound and Yi made a free throw to put Milwaukee ahead 92-87.

After Terry hit a 3-pointer, Nowitzki fouled Redd who made a free throw. After another basket by Terry, Redd made four free throws for Milwaukee's final points.

Terry hit a three at the buzzer for the final score.

Full AP recap

Postgame News and Notes Milwaukee snapped their three-game losing streak to the Mavericks. The Bucks have won five games in a row, which is the second longest active string in the NBA. Dallas is now 5-2 in their last seven. The Bucks are now 6-0 at home. Michael Redd has dropped in at least one three-pointer in each of the Bucks wins this season and is shooting 14-25 (.560) from the three-point arch at the Bradley Center this season. Josh Howard notched his first double-double of the season with 24 points and 10 rebounds. Mo Williams did not start the second quarter due to a right ankle sprain. He returned at 4:47 in the third quarter and finished the game with 24 points, 1 rebound and 10 assists, notching his third double-double of the season. Mo Williams hit the first three-point basket for the Bucks at 6:37 in the fourth quarter to give the Bucks a five-point lead (75-70). The Bucks were 1-3 from the three-point arch…that marks a season low for both 3FG made and 3FG attempted. Andrew Bogut’s 16 blocks over his last five games (3.2) gives his an average of 2.09 blocks per game this season. Andrew Bogut notched his 5th double-double of the season with 16 points and 14 rebounds. Dallas’ loss to Indiana last night and to the Bucks tonight marks their first back-to-back losses of the season. The Bucks out-rebounded the Mavs 42 to 38…the Bucks have out-rebounded their opponents in nine of eleven contests.

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Locker room: Michael Redd & Mo Williams

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Locker room: Michael Redd & Mo Williams
Game highlights

Michael Redd puts the Bucks on top, 84-82
Bobby Simmons strips the ball and finds Mo Williams
Andrew Bogut finds Michael Redd cutting to the hoop

Larry Krystkowiak

(On the win tonight…)
“It was pretty solid all the way around. It was Saturday night at the fights. We made some shots down the stretch to kind of get some momentum. I thought Andrew’s (Bogut) put-back on the free throw, we were going to be up two, (Redd) missed it and we went up four, that was a huge play. It’s the old CBA standards, we got four points and they got three. You get a point for each quarter and then three points for the win. They beat us by a slight margin on each of the first three quarters and then we had enough to put us over the top when we had the big fourth quarter. Scoring 35 points in that quarter was huge. I thought we were pretty aggressive getting to the rack.”

(On the difference between the team this year and last year...)
“In fairness, the ship was pretty well sunk at that point last year. Toward the tail end we’d been absolutely decimated with injuries. The thing about it, though, that I thought had really shown through last year was the fact that the guys that were finishing those games, they never quit. They were coachable in practice and they were playing hard.”

(On defending Dirk Nowitzki…)
“I thought Yi (Jianlian) was big at the end of the game on Dirk (Nowitzki). We went zone a couple of possessions and gave them some open looks that hurt us, but it certainly wasn’t anybody’s individual part. They had some nice zone offense and got some open looks. It was a nice little match-up, I thought man-to-man everybody battled and I thought Yi did a real commendable job.”

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Yi Jianlian

(On guarding Dirk Nowitzki…)
“He’s a great player and a great shooter. I can’t let him get too many passes and I can’t let him get too many opportunities to shoot inside.”

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Michael Redd

(On maintaining the aggressiveness throughout the game…)
“I kept saying in the huddle that we had to stay aggressive. Eventually it’ll come our way and it did. We can’t get frustrated with the referees and get foolish technicals, we didn’t need that tonight. Just keep playing basketball and eventually it will come our way, and it did.”

Photos by Gary Dineen (NBAE/Getty Images)

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