If the San Antonio Spurs were about to end their recent string of futility against the Milwaukee Bucks, Saturday night should have been the night.

The Bucks' Ray Allen was in street clothes for his fourth consecutive game. Glenn Robinson joined him on the bench midway through the fourth period with a bruised left thigh. And the Bucks went stone cold in a 5-for-19 fourth quarter that sent the Spurs to overtime with all the momentum and more offensive options.

Instead, the Spurs were left to contemplate a 102-99 overtime loss in which they came back from a 15-point, fourth-quarter deficit, then lost for the sixth consecutive time to the Bucks when they could score just two points in the final 3:23 of overtime.

Michael Redd's three-point play with 1:46 left in the overtime period resuscitated the Bucks, and Tim Thomas' driving layup and 7-foot jumper put the Bucks ahead after they'd been forced to the extra period by a fourth quarter in which they missed 10 consecutive shots.