MILWAUKEE -- Brandon Jennings just beat the clock lifting

the Milwaukee Bucks to a thrilling victory.

Jennings hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Bucks a

105-102 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night.

"It was actually an ugly game for us," Jennings said a few

minutes after he led a wild celebration on the court. "It wasn't

our best performance but if we want to get over the hump these are

the games we need to win."

The referees used video replay to confirm the shot left

Jennings' hand with one-tenth of a second left on the clock.

Mike Dunleavy had 29 points, 12 rebounds and six assists for

Milwaukee, which trailed much of the game. He threw a perfect

inbounds pass to Jennings at the top of the key and the Bucks guard

swished the winning shot with Cleveland center Anderson Varejao

running at him.

"I was thinking about calling a timeout," Dunleavy said about

the play not developing quickly. "He got it with a nice rhythm

coming off his left hand."

Cleveland coach Byron Scott hinted that maybe the clock started

late on the decisive final play.

"I don't want to get fined, but I am not going to say nothing

about the clock starting late on the last shot," he said. "They

have to figure out a way to do something about that.

"Bottom line is either it doesn't count or you take it out

again," he said. "You're looking at it again in your locker room

a couple times, the shot shouldn't have counted."

Scott said he would send tape of the play to league offices.

Kyrie Irving scored 27 points for Cleveland, tying the game with

seven-tenths of a second remaining on a driving layin over Ersan

Ilyasova and Ekpe Udoh. Dunleavy then inbounded from the top of the

3-point line to Jennings, who hit the winning shot and celebrated

by joyously running the length of the court to his teammates.

"We run that play every day in practice so I knew I'd get a

good open look," Jennings said. "I knew I had a chance at hitting

it."

The Bucks (2-0) used a late 12-2 run to take overtake Cleveland

(1-2), which was opening a six-game road trip.

"To be 2-0 right now feels good," Dunleavy said. "You can't

do any better than that. We feel like obviously we have a lot of

room to improve, but it's a nice start."

Milwaukee took a 102-95 on the late run, but Irving converted a

three-point play and hit a pair of free throws to bring Cleveland

within 102-100 with 33.6 seconds to go.

Jennings then missed a running jumper with 10 seconds left, but

the ball went off Varejao out of bounds with a tenth of a second

left on the shot clock.

Dunleavy inbounded to Jennings who scored on a quick jumper but

referee Kevin Fehr waived it off as a shot clock violation. The

call was confirmed during video replay and Cleveland took

possession with 9.2 seconds to go.

Irving then used a pick by Varejao to get around Jennings and

lifted a high shot over Ilyasova to tie the score a 102 with

seven-tenths of a second to go.

Jennings scored 13 points and had 13 assists. Larry Sanders had

a career-high 17 points before fouling out late in the game.

Milwaukee coach Scott Skiles said during the preseason he wanted

Dunleavy coming off the bench to ensure some scoring when the

second unit was playing. The veteran forward made 10 of 12 shots,

including six of seven 3-pointers, in 35 minutes.

Milwaukee beefed up its roster during the off-season by drafting

John Henson, and acquiring Samuel Dalembert and Joel Przybilla to

bolster its inside defense. But with Henson out due to injury and

Dalembert and Przybilla playing limited minutes, Varejao was able

to dominate in the post, scoring 20 points on 10 of 13 shooting

while grabbing 17 rebounds.

was whistled for a technical foul for arguing after playing only 2

minutes. . Alonzo Gee scored nine points in the first 4:34 of the

game. ... North Carolina coach Roy Williams was sitting courtside at

the game. Cleveland's Zeller and the Bucks' Henson both attended

UNC. ... Henson is out with a sprained left knee, but may return

Wednesday when the Bucks host Memphis.