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MILWAUKEE(AP) Richard Jefferson scored 32 points and rookie Luc Richard Mbah a Moute added 17, making up for a missed chance in regulation and rallying the Milwaukee Bucks to a 112-104 overtime victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night.

Mbah a Moute, a second-round pick, missed a shot that would have won it at the buzzer after Milwaukee overcame a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit.

But he helped on both ends in the overtime after Jefferson got it started with a dunk that gave the Bucks a 104-102 lead with 1:49 left.

After DeShawn Stevenson's loose ball foul, Mbah a Moute drove for a layup, then grabbed a rebound when Antawn Jamison missed a short shot and hit a 12-footer with 37 seconds left to give Milwaukee a 108-102 lead.

Darius Songaila's layup made it 108-104, but Luke Ridnour hit two free throws, Jamison missed a 3 and Ridnour added two more foul shots. Ridnour finished with 20 points and 11 assists.

Andrew Bogut had 10 points and 13 rebounds, and Ramon Sessions added 22 points for Milwaukee. Caron Butler scored 27 points for winless Washington, which also got 19 points and 10 rebounds from Jamison, 14 points from Nick Young and 10 points from Juan Dixon.

It appeared that the Wizards would finally get their first win with an 85-71 lead with 9:58 to play, but the Bucks, who went 8 minutes without a point and were missing Michael Redd because of an ankle injury, stormed back.

The Bucks cut it to four off a jumper by Jefferson and a dunk in transition by Mbah a Moute with 5:03 left.

Three minutes later, Bogut hit a free throw to cut it to three at 95-92 and Ridnour made an opener jumper with 1:58 to go to make it 95-94.

JaVale McGee hit the second of two free throws and Sessions tied it at 96 on a dunk with 1:16 left when Butler lost the ball trying to go behind his back.

On the Bucks' next possession, Mbah a Moute sent a bounce pass into Bogut for a dunk for Milwaukee's first lead since the first half. But Jamison tied it at 98 with a lay-in off a pass from Dixon with 21 seconds to go.

That set up one more chance for Milwaukee, and Ridnour got a screen and sent a pass to Mbah a Moute in the corner. Mbah a Moute pump faked, but missed a 17-footer at the buzzer that would've won it.

Notes: Milwaukee built a 30-12 lead in the first quarter before going cold ... The Wizards' 17-0 run straddling the first and second halves gave them a 49-39 lead early in the third quarter while Milwaukee went nearly eight minutes without a point ... Coach Scott Skiles hopes Redd will play at Boston on Friday night. ... Milwaukee scored nine points on 4-of-18 shooting in the second quarter, one point more than the franchise worst for a quarter.

Skiles

On sticking with the same lineup down the stretch...
“I had two guys out there with five fouls. I had to have in my head what we were going to do if either one or both fouled out. In this type of game, it’s really unfair when that group is out there that long if a guy fouls out and you have to go to the bench to a guy who has been sitting over there for 45 minutes on a clock and he’s called in a big game like that. We kept our fingers crossed that we didn’t lose anybody and that group played very well together. We were searching for a lineup to get something going together out there. We couldn’t seem to find it tonight, and then we finally found it.”

Jefferson

On the team's ability to overcome a 14 point deficit...
“It’s the same way they were able to battle back from their first quarter. You have to have some kind of resolve and some kind of confidence and air about you. The other night we were in here against Toronto, a good defensive team and a playoff proven team, we took the lead after being down ten in the fourth quarter. We had the confidence, unfortunately we put ourselves in that position and you don’t want to do it that often. We knew we could come back, we just had to get some good stops. That’s a good Washington team over there and we were fortunate to get a win.”

Mbah a Moute