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Middleton scores 26 in Bucks' 105-94 win over Suns

Updated Mar. 5, 2020 2:00 a.m. ET

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MILWAUKEE (AP) Khris Middleton scored nine of his 26 points in the final 7:31 and Jabari Parker added 21 points in the Milwaukee Bucks' 105-94 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night.

Milwaukee's bench outscored Phoenix's reserves 32-9 in snapping a five-game losing streak. Phoenix has lost four straight and five of six.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 10 points and six assists in the Bucks' first game since coach Jason Kidd announced on Tuesday that the 6-foot-11 forward would play point guard in the 2016-17 season.

PJ Tucker had 20 points and 10 rebounds for Phoenix. Devin Booker scored 18 points, Alex Len had 17 points and 15 rebounds, and Brandon Knight added 17 points in his first trip to Milwaukee since being traded by the Bucks to the Suns in February 2015.