Giannis Antetokounmpo makes stellar save to Jason Terry for crucial overtime trey

TORONTO - In a game in which the Milwaukee Bucks committed a season-high 21 turnovers, it was one they were able to avoid that helped swing things in their favor in a 122-119 overtime victory over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night at the Air Canada Centre.

Trailing by three with 2:41 on the game clock and 8 seconds on the shot clock, Bucks all-star Giannis Antetokounmpo started a drive from the top of the key. He went to his right, defended by Raptors forward Serge Ibaka and the ball squirted away from him, bouncing quickly toward the baseline.

Antetokounmpo, who was in the midst of playing a season-high 45-plus minutes, bounded after it. He fully extended in a dive for the ball as it hovered out of bounds, using his right hand to slap it to the corner.

That's where Jason Terry was waiting. The veteran didn't hesitate, catching the pass at the hip and hoisting a three-pointer over Kyle Lowry that went down, tying the game. It was Terry's fourth trey in five attempts on the night.

“That was all Jet," Antetokounmpo said. "The ball was going out of bounds, the game was tied, we needed this win. Thank God I had legs to jump and save the ball. I think Jet did a great job just knocking down that shot because that was a real tough shot.”

Terry added: “Guys are probably tired of hearing me say it, but if I’m in the corner I’m there for you. I’m a security blanket. First of all, he’s a freak. How he saved that ball I have no idea, but he does it all the time in practice. Coach has a great system — if you get to the spot you’re supposed to be in if something breaks down and a play happens he can make that pass blind (and) I’m ready to catch and shoot.”

The play was just as impressive to those who weren't part of it. Khris Middleton called it one of the Bucks' biggest shots of the year so far. Coach Joe Prunty was similarly effusive with his praise.

“That’s not going to show up anywhere other than the fact that we see it," Prunty said. "That is a winning basketball play and over the course of 48 minutes or 53, whatever it’s going to be in a game, those are the plays that win or lose games. … That’s a heck of a play.”