Bale scores as Real Madrid beats Huesca 1-0 in Spain
Malcom Brogdon made two 3-pointers late in the fourth quarter, including the one for the go-ahead points with 40.7 seconds to play, and the visiting Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Toronto Raptors 10499 on Sunday night (Monday morning, Manila time).
Brogdon finished with 18 points for the Bucks, who have twice defeated the Raptors this season.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 19 points and grabbed 19 rebounds for the Bucks and Brook Lopez also had 19 points while Khris Middleton and Tony Snell scored 10 each.
Serge Ibaka scored 22 points, Kawhi Leonard had 20, Fred VanVleet scored 19 and Pascal Siakam added 17 for the Raptors, who have lost two in a row.
Kyle Lowry did not score a point for the Raptors for the first time since March 17, 2013, against the Miami Heat.
The Bucks led by 11 points early in the fourth, but Ibaka's 3-pointer brought the Raptors to within three at 90-87 with 5:18 left.
VanVleet's 3-pointer Toronto up by two with to go.
Middleton's two free throws tied the game at 94 with 2:23 to play, but Toronto regained the lead on Leonard's 3-pointer. Brogdon tied the game with a 3-pointer, then gave Milwaukee the lead with the other 3-pointer.
VanVleet's the lead to seconds left.
Antetokounmpo's driving dunk returned the lead to three points with 12.6 seconds to play before Leonard missed a 3-pointer with less than 10 seconds to play that would put 3:13 layup trimmed one with 28.9 have tied the game.
Thon Maker's 3-pointer ended the scoring in the first quarter with the Raptors leading 30-25.
Lopez hit successive 3-pointers and Snell made a free throw and Milwaukee led 51-49 at halftime.
Lopez had 16 first-half points, Ibaka and VanVleet topped Toronto with 11 points.
Milwaukee led by three points when Middleton banked in a two-foot hook shot with 3:22 left in the third quarter. The lead reached seven when Ersan Ilyasova made two free throws with 1:15 remaining
The Bucks led 79-74 after three quarters.
The Bucks scored the first six points of the fourth quarter to lead by 11, but Toronto was within four points on two free throws by Leonard.
MADRID — Gareth Bale scored early in the first half and Real Madrid held on for a harder than expected 1-0 win at last-placed Huesca on Sunday to move closer to the top of the Spanish league.
Bale found the net in the eighth minute and Madrid withstood pressure from the league newcomer to move to fourth in the standings after 15 matches, behind Atletico Madrid, Sevilla and leader Barcelona.
Barcelona and Atletico Madrid won their games on Saturday, while Sevilla was held by Valencia to a draw.
The match in Huesca happened only a few hours before fierce Argentine rivals River Plate and Boca Juniors played in Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in the final of the Copa Libertadores, South America's equivalent of the Champions League. The second leg of the final was moved to the Spanish capital after the match in Argentina was marred by fan violence.
Madrid struggled against a Huesca team that hasn't won in 16 straight matches. Huesca has only won once in the league this season — in the first round at Eibar.
Huesca is making its debut and had firstdivision never played against Real Madrid.
Santiago Solari's team needed a solid performance by goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to hold on to the win, the team's fourth consecutive victory in all competitions after a humiliating 3-0 defeat at Eibar in the league.
Courtois and other Madrid players said strong winds in the second half made it harder for the team to control the game.
Marco Asensio and Francisco "Isco" Alarcon, who had led the team to a 6-1 rout of thirddivision club Melilla in the Copa del Rey on Thursday, entered Sunday's match in the second half but made no significant contribution.
Bale scored with a neat volley from inside the area, side-footing a cross by Alvaro Odriozola.
The Wales forward, jeered by some fans in the team's league win against Valencia last weekend, hadn't scored in 10 league matches.
Real Madrid was ninth in the standings after losing 5-1 at Barcelona in a match that led to the firing of coach Julen Lopetegui.
Barcelona won 4-0 at Espanyol in the Catalan derby on Saturday, while Atletico defeated Alaves 3-0 at Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.