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MILWAUKEE -- Draymond Green knew what was coming.Golden State was up by two and had to defend an inbounds pass from the Milwaukee Bucks with 10.1 seconds left on the Warriors side of the court. Green had the assignment of guarding Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Bucks athletic 6-foot-11 forward.Green tipped away the pass, Klay Thompson secured the loose ball before hitting two critical foul shots, and the Warriors held on to beat Milwaukee 124-121 on Saturday night for their seventh straight victory.Thats what Draymond does. He sees the game. He knows whats coming, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. All I saw was that he got a hand on it and Klay ended up with it. Ive seen that before. Draymond is unbelivable in those situations.Kevin Durant scored 33 points, while Thompson had 25 of his 29 in the second half.But they had to hold off a late charge by the Bucks after leading by as much as 14 points. Jabari Parker and Antetokounmpo led a 13-4 run in the fourth quarter that cut it to 122-120 with about 2 1/2 minutes left on Parkers three-point play.The guys fought for 48 minutes, coach Jason Kidd said.Rowdy Bucks fans had designs of an upset of Golden State at the Bradley Center, just like last season. The teams exchanged empty possessions before Greens sparkling defensive effort with 10 seconds left.Once Giannis was down on the block, I already knew what they were running. I was just waiting on them to pass the ball in, Green said.Antetokounmpo finished with 30 points, while Parker had 28.Theres no satisfaction, weve got to keep getting better, Antetokounmpo said. As a team were not a finished product yet.TIP-INSWarriors: Durant gave the Warriors a brief scare after he got up slowly after bumping into Parker with 9 minutes left in the third quarter. Trainers appeared to be looking at Durants leg during a timeout, and Durant stayed in the game. He looked fine after running down the lane for a dunk that gave the Warriors an 85-78 lead with 5:58 left in the period. Durant had 25 points in the first half on 8-of-10 shooting. ... Golden State won its third straight road game despite a subpar shooting night for Stephen Curry, who was 1 of 11 from behind the arc. Curry finished with 20 points.Bucks: The Bucks trailed 69-66 at halftime in spite of a season-high offensive output in the first half. It was also a season-high points allowed in the first half for Milwaukee. Antetokounmpo had 16 before halftime, when the Bucks shot 59 percent. A 37-point first quarter was also a season-high for that quarter for the Bucks.FRIENDLY CHALLENGEKerr issued a good-natured, last-minute challenge to Bucks fans before the game.Kerr said that if a fan showed up with a 10-3 shirt, he would give that fan two tickets to a Golden State home game, though there were several other stipulations, too. First and foremost, the Bucks had to win.The Warriors were 10-2 entering Saturday nights game. Kerrs dare was in reference to how Bucks fans confidently wore 24-1 shirts ahead of the Warriors visit last season to Milwaukee on Dec. 12.I am not giving them a plane ticket, or a place to stay, but Ill give (them) a couple tickets to a game, Kerr said.He never had to follow through.QUOTABLEYou feed off that energy. You need that as a team ... Whoever believes in us and wants us to be great, hopefully they can come to the arena and watch us play. -- Antetokounmpo about the energetic fans in the fourth quarter.UP NEXTWarriors: Wrap up a four-game road trip with a visit to the Indiana Pacers on Monday.Bucks: Host Orlando on Monday. The Bucks have won seven of their last eight home games against the Magic.---Follow Genaro Armas at: https://twitter.com/GArmasAP Packers Jerseys China . 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CLEVELAND -- The Browns added some beef to their defensive line while they considered cuts to their roster.Cleveland signed defensive lineman Stephen Paea, a 2011 second-round pick released earlier this week by the Washington Redskins. The 6-foot-1, 310-pound Paea gives the Browns some depth and versatility up front.With Desmond Bryant done for the season with a chest injury and Armonty Bryant scheduled to miss four games with a drug suspension, the Browns were in the market for line help. Paea is a solid pickup.Before the Browns announced his signing, Paea posted a picture on Twitter of him signing his new contract with the caption: One mans trash is another mans treasure.Browns coach Hue Jackson said the 28-year-old Paea can line up directly over center or in a four-man front.He can play in a 3-4, and he has played in some 3-4 in Washington, Jackson said on a teleconference Friday. He played in some 4-3 before. He is versatile that way. He can play in any system that we play in.Clevelands defense has struggled during the preseason and Jackson made it clear hes willing to experiment and try different formations. Nothing is set in stone.We will do whatever we think it takes to win football games, he said. The most important thing now is about game planning to give our players the best chance to have success in games and have opportunities to win games.To make room for Paea, the team waived running back Rajion Neal, who suffered a quadriceps injury in Thursdays 21-7 loss to Chicago.The Browns finished the exhibition season 0-4, only the third time in franchise history the team has gone winless in the preseason.dddddddddddd Jackson knows theres work to be done before the Sept. 11 season opener at Philadelphia, and the coaching staff and front office members met Friday to discuss roster moves.The NFL requires teams be down to 53 players by Saturday, and one of the most interesting decisions could be with cornerback Justin Gilbert. A first-round draft pick in 2014, Gilbert has been a major disappointment with Cleveland. The former Oklahoma State standout has made just three starts in two seasons and shown little to justify his selection with the No. 8 overall pick -- by the Browns previous regime.Gilbert is currently in concussion protocol after sustaining a head injury last week in Tampa. But Jackson said the 24-year-olds roster spot is not a given.Justin did some things better (this summer), Jackson said. Everything has an opportunity to be evaluated, everything that every player has done. Our goal and our job is to make sure that we keep the best players here. Do I think he has improved? Yeah. Are we going to sit down and evaluate and talk through every opportunity that a young man has had and we can see where they fit for our football team? We are going to do that, also.---Online: AP NFL website: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '