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MILWAUKEE (AP) - Brandon Knight scored 24 points and Ramon Sessions added 20 as Milwaukee held off the Cleveland Cavaliers 119-116 on Friday night, preserving the Bucks slim hopes of avoiding the NBA's worst record.Advertisement The victory moved the Bucks to within two games of Philadelphia with three games remaining for each team. The 76ers lost at Memphis earlier in the night.Dion Waiters had 23 points for Cleveland,Air Max 90 Deep Blue UK, while Jarrett Jack added 21 and Tristan Thompson 18.Knight's jumper from the right wing put the Bucks up for good at 107-106 with 4:09 remaining. Two free throws by Kyrie Irving pulled the Cavaliers within 111-110, but a basket by Khris Middleton and two free throws by Zaza Pachulia made it 115-110 with 1:44 remaining.Milwaukee trailed 69-62 at the half, but Knight scored seven points to pace a 10-0 run that put the Bucks up 90-86 with 1:47 left in the third quarter. Cleveland scored the first nine points of the fourth quarter to take a 96-92 lead on Jack's 3-pointer.The Bucks led 37-32 after the first quarter, surpassing their previous season high of 36 points in the opening periodWaiters scored 11 points to lead a 19-2 run by Cleveland midway through the second period. Jack's 3 put the Cavaliers up 55-41 with 6:26 left in the half.NOTES: Although G Waiters has moved back into the Cavaliers' starting lineup, coach Mike Brown believes Waiters should still be in the running for Sixth Man of the Year. ''He should deserve some credit, some recognition for Sixth Man of the Year,Air Max 2012 Grey Pink,'' Brown said. ''He was giving us a big lift coming off the bench. He can be effective in a lot of different roles for a team. Obviously, he's been effective for us as a starter, but he was huge for us coming off the bench throughout the course of the season. Hopefully, he'll get recognition for it.''
MILWAUKEE (AP) - BRAVES 1 BREWERS 0Advertisement Atlanta pitcher Aaron Harang and the Brewers' Matt Garza had no-hit bids until Chris Johnson homered with two outs in the seventh inning, sending the Braves to a victory.Harang (1-0) didn't allow a hit until Logan Schafer grounded a single leading off the bottom of the seventh.Making his Braves' debut, Harang gave up two hits in 6 2-3 innings, struck out three and walked one.Relievers Luis Avilan, David Carpenter and Craig Kimbrel were hitless, with Kimbrel getting three outs for his second save.Garza (0-1) made his Milwaukee debut after signing a $50 million,UK Air Max 2014 Mens Grey Green Blue, four-year contract as a free agent. He allowed one run and two hits in eight innings, struck out seven and walked none.NATIONALS 5, METS 1NEW YORK (AP) - Gio Gonzalez homered in his first start for the second straight season and pitched three-hit ball to lead the Nationals over the Mets.Ian Desmond also went deep and Jayson Werth had four hits for the Nationals,Mens Air Max 2013 UK, who followed up their 10-inning comeback on opening day with