 LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. AP - Russell Westbrook scored 31 points and the Houston Rockets used strong defense down the stretch for a 120-116 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night. It was the 36th straight game with at least 20 points for Westbrook, who led Houstons offense on a night James Harden scored 24. Harden called their defense on Sunday night very important to the victory. Throughout the course of the game we played some really good defense, he said. Theyre a good offensive team but we got stops when we needed to. Houston tied an NBA record for most 3-point attempts in a regulation game with 61, making 21 of them, and forced 22 turnovers. I think our execution, our certainty in what we wanted to do wasnt where it needs to be and that starts with me, Milwaukee coach Mike Budenholzer said. So, I think a lot of tonights on me. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 36 points, 18 rebounds and eight assists for Milwaukee. He joined Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the only players to have 15 games with at least 30 points, 15 rebounds and five assists in a season in the last 50 years. Khris Middleton scored 27 points and Brook Lopez added 23 as the Bucks missed a chance to clinch the best record in the Eastern Conference. Milwaukee led by one in the fourth quarter before Lopez scored the first four points of a 7-0 run that was capped by a 3 from Middleton to make it 112-104 with about 3 minutes remaining. But Houston scored the next nine points, highlighted by a 3 and a steal from P.J. Tucker and a block by Harden on Antetokounmpo, to go on top 113-112 about a minute later. Usually when were up six two minutes to go, we usually close the game out, Antetokounmpo said. But we didnt do that today, so weve got to learn from it and... 