MILWAUKEE _ It went down to the wire before the San Antonio Spurs escaped with a 97-96 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday, keeping their unbeaten streak on the road intact.
The Spurs rallied from a 15-point second-half deficit behind Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge. It was Aldridge scoring on a goaltending call against Giannis Antetokoumpo that gave San Antonio the go-ahead basket with 21.2 seconds left.
Milwaukee had a chance to win but Mirza Teletovic's corner 3 rimmed out and the Bucks (10-9) had their four-game winning streak snapped.
Leonard scored 21 points to lead the Spurs (17-4), and Aldridge added 18 points, nine rebounds and five assists. Dewayne Dedmon had 10 points and six rebounds off the bench.
Jabari Parker led the Bucks with 23 points and added eight rebounds in 35 minutes. Antetokounmpo had 22 points and 11 rebounds but missed about 7 minutes in the fourth quarter after drawing his fifth foul. Teletovic had 11 points and Greg Monroe 10.
The Bucks led, 48-35, at halftime after limiting the Spurs to nine points in the second quarter.
San Antonio got a spark from its bench with Dewayne Dedmon leading a third-quarter rally that cut the Spurs' deficit to 73-71. The Spurs outscored the Bucks, 36-25 in the quarter and Dedmon had seven points.
Antetokounmpo picked up his fifth foul with 8:41 left in the fourth quarter and had to go to the bench with Bucks leading by two.
Leonard started to assert himself and gave the Spurs an 84-80 lead, making three straight baskets.
Back-to-back 3s by Parker and Matthew Dellavedova gave the Bucks a one-point lead before Monroe scored on a no-look pocket pass from Parker to make it 90-87 with 4:43 left and force a Spurs timeout.
San Antonio again took a one-point lead but Parker hit a jumper and scored on a drive to put the Bucks ahead, 96-93.
Spurs point guard Tony Parker suffered a knee injury in the third quarter and did not return to the game.
