Bucks 108, Kings 107: Zaza Pachulia made one of two free throws with six seconds left and DeMarcus Cousins missed a 15-footer at the buzzer as visiting Milwaukee held on to beat Sacramento.

Brandon Knight scored 20 points, Jared Dudley had a season-high 19 off the bench and O.J. Mayo also scored 19 for the Bucks. Jerryd Bayless added 17 points in a reserve role and Giannis Antetokounmpo finished with 11 for Milwaukee, which lost rookie forward Jabari Parker to a season-ending knee injury Monday against the Phoenix Suns and fellow starter Larry Sanders was suspended for this game following a flagrant foul Wednesday against the Portland Trail Blazers.

Cousins returned after a 10-game absence due to viral meningitis and finished with 27 points and 11 rebounds for the Kings. Ben McLemore matched his season high with 22 points and Rudy Gay finished with 20 points, nine rebounds and six assists for Sacramento.

McLemore made two free throws with 30 seconds left to knot the game at 107. Pachulia grabbed an offensive rebound off a missed 3-pointer by Dudley and was fouled by McLemore before he made the free throw that turned out to be the winning point.

Sacramento was shooting 63.8 percent from the floor in the final minute of the third quarter but the Kings couldn’t shake the Bucks and the score was tied at 81 entering the fourth. Two free throws by Cousins gave the Kings a two-point lead but that disappeared in an 11-1 run by the Bucks that put them up by eight with 8:40 left and Milwaukee held on, even after Sacramento's 7-0 run tied the score at 105 with one minute on the clock.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Mayo scored 17 points in the first quarter, which tied his third-highest total for a quarter in his career. … Milwaukee F Khris Middleton came in shooting 54.5 from 3-point range in December, which tied him for third among NBA players with at least 20 attempts. He shot 0-for-2 from beyond the arc. … The Kings are one of three teams Milwaukee has an all-time winning road record against (36-33).