Bucks 115, Kings 113: Monta Ellis had 29 points and nine assists as visiting Milwaukee withstood a furious Sacramento comeback in the final minutes.

Milwaukee led by 15 with 3:47 remaining before the Kings’ Jimmer Fredette scored 10 points during a 21-7 run to cut the deficit to 113-112 with eight seconds left. Tyreke Evans missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer, allowing the Bucks to escape with their sixth win in the last seven games.

Kings forward DeMarcus Cousins had 24 points and 10 rebounds before being ejected for the fourth time this season after throwing a flagrant elbow at Mike Dunleavy’s head with 3:26 left in the third quarter. Dunleavy hit four 3-pointers and scored 16 points, while the Kings missed 16 of their 22 shots from beyond the arc.

The Kings closed the quarter with a 13-8 run after Cousins’ ejection and trailed 85-80 heading into the final period. Evans scored 20 points and Jason Thompson added 18 for Sacramento, which has lost four of its last six.

Milwaukee, which was playing without injured guard J.J. Redick (ankle), center Larry Sanders (knee) and forward Ersan Ilyasova (knee), moved 1 1/2 games behind seventh-place Atlanta in the Eastern Conference.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Redick, Sanders and Ilyasova are all listed as questionable for Tuesday's home game against Dallas. …. Bucks G Brandon Jennings missed seven of his 11 shots from the field and had 16 points after scoring 31 in a win over Golden State on Saturday. …Bucks C Samuel Dalembert started in place of Sanders and had 10 points and 11 rebounds against his former team.