MILWAUKEE -- Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 37 points, Damian Lillard had nine of his 28 in the final minute and the Milwaukee Bucks returned to the NBA Cup semifinals by beating the Orlando Magic 114-109 on Tuesday night.

Milwaukee reached the semifinals of the in-season tournament in Las Vegas last December and will be the only returning team in Year 2. The Bucks will play Saturday against the winner of Wednesday's quarterfinal between the New York Knicks and Atlanta Hawks.

Jalen Suggs led a short-handed Orlando team with 32 points but missed a potential go-ahead 3-pointer with 12 seconds left. Lillard was fouled and sank two free throws with 9.1 seconds remaining and Suggs missed a potential tying 3.

Antetokounmpo then made both free throws with 5 seconds left and the Bucks held on.

Antetokounmpo extended his streak to 22 straight games with 20 or more points on 50% shooting from the field, the longest streak to open a season in league history and the third longest at any point in a season, behind Shaquille O'Neal and Zion Williamson (25 games). Antetokounmpo was 15 of 24 from the field.

The Magic were missing forwards Paolo Banchero (torn right oblique), Jonathan Isaac (right hamstring strain) and Franz Wagner, who sustained a torn right oblique on Friday against Philadelphia; along with guard Gary Harris (left hamstring strain).

Orlando's bench scored 28 points in the first half, including 13 by Moritz Wagner and 10 from Anthony Black. But Wagner did not score in the second half.

Bucks forward Khris Middleton registered three consecutive assists -- the first two on passes to Antetokounmpo and the third to set up a 3-pointer by Gary Trent Jr -- as the Bucks took a 78-70 lead as part of an 11-0 Milwaukee run. Middleton did not score but had eight assists.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

DALLAS -- The Washington Nationals will have the first pick in the 2025 MLB draft for the third time in franchise history after winning the draft lottery Tuesday at baseball's winter meetings.

Washington had the fourth-best odds (10.8%) to land the top pick. The Colorado Rockies and the Miami Marlins (22.5% each) were tied for the best chance, but the Marlins fell to seventh and the Rockies will select fourth.

The Los Angeles Angels will pick second after having the third-best odds for the first selection.

The Chicago White Sox, despite losing a modern-day-record 121 games, were not eligible for a lottery pick -- one of the top six selections -- because the collective bargaining agreement stipulates a team that pays into the revenue-sharing plan cannot hold a lottery pick in consecutive drafts. The White Sox chose fifth in the 2024 draft.

The Athletics were also ineligible because teams that receive revenue sharing cannot have a lottery pick three straight years.

The Nationals also drew the No. 1 pick at last year's draft lottery, but they weren't eligible for a lottery selection as a team that paid into the revenue-sharing plan and couldn't receive a lottery pick two years in a row, resulting in another drawing. The Cleveland Guardians won the No. 1 pick on the second drawing despite having just a 2% chance.

The pingpong balls went the Nationals' way again Tuesday, giving them a chance to replicate their previous success with No. 1 selections. In 2009, they chose right-hander Stephen Strasburg. A year later, they selected outfielder Bryce Harper. Both players were hyped as generational talents and quickly rose through the minors to serve as franchise cornerstones during the Nationals' ascension to NL East power in the 2010s.

Washington has not made the postseason since winning the 2019 World Series. The Nationals were third in the NL East in 2024 with a 71-91 record.

The draft lottery gives the 18 teams that do not reach the postseason an opportunity to land one of the first six selections. It was introduced in MLB's new collective bargaining agreement that went into effect in 2023. Picks from 7 to 18 are slotted by reverse winning percentage, followed by how teams finished in the postseason.

Aston Villa substitutes Jhon Durán and Ross Barkley bagged second-half goals to salvage a 3-2 victory over RB Leipzig on Tuesday in a Champions League match marked by a stunning error from goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez that gifted Leipzig a goal.

With 13 points after six games, Unai Emery's men are provisionally third in the table and could be just a win away from booking clinching a spot in the top-eight of the table and an automatic place in the round of 16.

Leipzig have zero points and their loss means they cannot advance.

"I thought overall we were the better team and we could have scored more," Villa's captain John McGinn told Amazon Prime. "We dealt with their problems well and what we needed today was substitutes to come on and make a difference.

"It is exciting. It is great to be in the top three."

McGinn put Villa on the scoresheet inside three minutes when he fired in Ollie Watkins's header past Péter Gulácsi.

Loïs Openda levelled against the run of play in the 27th minute when Martinez ventured well out of his net but misjudged the bounce of the ball, allowing Openda to nudge it past him and score.

Super sub Duran, who has six goals off the bench this season -- the most by any player in Europe's big-five leagues in 2024-25 -- was electric from the moment he entered the game after the break.

He put the visitors up in the 52nd minute when he latched on to a pass from Youri Tielemans before unleashing a blistering shot from nearly 30 metres out that sailed over Gulacsi's head.

"I am just happy to be here and love the competition with Ollie Watkins," Duran said. "When it is my turn hopefully I can step up and help the team."

Duran had the ball in the back of the net again minutes later, but it was chalked off for offside in the build-up. The Colombian turns 21 on Friday and was asked after the game how he might celebrate.

"I am definitely not going out to celebrate my birthday because my aim is to score on Saturday (in a Premier League game at Nottingham Forest) to celebrate," he laughed.

Leipzig levelled 10 minutes after Duran's goal when a 40-metre pass from Benjamin Henrichs found Openda, who floated the ball to the back post for Christoph Baumgartner to steer in with a volley.

Two minutes after he entered the game, Barkley bagged a fluke winner in the 85th when he slipped while firing a shot from long range that took a big deflection off defender Lukas Klostermann and went in.

The new Champions League format sees the top eight teams in the league phase after eight rounds advance into the round of 16. The teams from ninth to 24th will go into two-legged play-offs, with the eight winners moving into the last 16.

Villa's final two games of the first round are at Monaco on Jan. 21 and against Celtic at Villa Park on Jan. 29.

BERGAMO, Italy -- After the 3-0 win over Girona on Saturday, Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti announced: "We're back."

Yeah, they're not. At least not in terms of being a proper team, greater than the sum of its parts. And the fact that they lost another part -- Kylian Mbappé -- 35 minutes into Tuesday's 3-2 win over Atalanta in the Champions League won't help, even though they reclaimed another part in Vinícius Júnior.

The caveat is that they were playing Atalanta and, as Pep Guardiola famously said, playing La Dea "is as much fun as a trip to the dentist." The good news is that Madrid won't be facing Gian Piero Gasperini's team -- or anyone who plays like them -- again for a long time. The bad news is there are still ways that Ancelotti's team can, and must, improve.

Tuesday night highlighted many of Real Madrid's flaws. Dani Ceballos showed (again) he is not a viable playmaker when there are guys in his grill. Lucas Vázquez is not someone you want to do much one-on-one defending (especially not against Ademola Lookman). And when Vinícius, Mbappé and Jude Bellingham are on the pitch, they can't help but drift to the left. When -- as Mbappé occasionally did -- do try to keep their positions and spacing, they don't look natural, like kids trying to impress the teacher.

That said, the win in Bergamo also emphasized two of the things that make Real Madrid so good: star power and grit. You just look at the scorers' names on your favorite app -- Mbappé, Vinícius, Bellingham -- and you have evidence of that. Mbappé's control and finish for the opener was next level. Vinícius impressed not so much with his goal -- the result of a lucky bounce -- but with the absurd pass for Bellingham that made it 3-1. As for Bellingham, the intelligent movement, powerful running and dead-eye finish say it all. You can lump Antonio Rüdiger in there too. His two stops on Charles De Ketelaere-bound crosses in the first half were critical, as was his leadership at the back. Yes, defenders can be stars too.

But then there's the grit. That sense of seeing games out. Whether it was Vázquez eating up a whole minute of injury-time by staying down after a clash with Odilon Kossounou (and getting booked in the process), or Bellingham popping up all over the pitch to snuff out trouble late ... this team has that intangible attitude of seeing wins over the line.

Gasperini's Atalanta are special, even more so in the flesh

Pre-kickoff, the Atalanta Ultras' tifo featured Gasperini as some sort of Europa League-wielding medieval knight astride a horse. Which is kinda funny since, in real life, Gasperini looks more like the bachelor uncle who shows up at family gatherings to laugh at his own jokes. But you can't deny what he's doing. Europa League winner, top of Serie A, capable of going toe-to-toe with Real Madrid and coming within a Mateo Retegui miss-of-the-season contender of stopping them in their tracks.

Atalanta are fearless: they flip the switch, their man-to-man press ignites, and it's often lights out for the opponent. That they've also managed to tighten up defensively -- rather than serving up the feast-or-famine fare of yesteryear -- shows how this team has grown.

Oh and this isn't some tactical savant who dreams up a scheme and acquires players that fit what he wants to do. No, Gasperini takes a grab bag of waifs and strays -- Lookman (unwanted by RB Leipzig), De Ketelaere (unwanted by AC Milan), Raoul Bellanova (unwanted by Internazionale), Isak Hien (a no-name from Hellas Verona), Lazar Samardzic (a languid soloist) -- and gets them to fit into his system and run themselves into the ground in the process.

That's great coaching folks; any way you slice it. And that's why they're so good. And so unlike any other team in Europe.

Mbappé's injury shouldn't overshadow his performance

Mbappé is injured again and, while Ancelotti said his exit after 35 minutes was mostly precautionary, we'll get a better sense after his tests on Wednesday. But in half hour or so he was on the pitch, the France star scored a goal and could have added another two. Just as importantly, he was a willing runner, showing for the ball time and again, rather than waiting out on the wing, as he sometimes did at Paris Saint-Germain.

Some will cruelly say it's the return from injury of Vinícius that spurred Mbappé into action. I choose to believe it's simply a desire to make himself useful. He's not a fool, he knows just how unbalance and irrational Real Madrid's set-up is when he and Vinícius are on the pitch together. So he tries to make up for it with work-rate (sure Mbappé-standard off-the-ball work-rate, but still.). For 35 minutes, he was doing just what was expected of him.

The story will be all about how long he's out and how Madrid will cope without him, but we shouldn't overlook just how good he was when he was out there.

Éderson is among the best in the world at his role

No, not the Manchester City keeper (he may be as well, though Pep doesn't seem to think so of late). I'm talking about the Atalanta midfielder. He didn't just monster Federico Valverde and Ceballos for much of the game, he popped up everywhere and did his Superman act, defeating players in every area of the pitch.

Whether it was beating Vinícius in a foot-race, nutmegging Mbappé, playing a one-two with Lookman in the box, making more recovery runs than your local ambulance ... he looked the way he has looked for much of the past 12 months: like the prototypical high-energy midfield all-rounder.

Are there any midfielders out there that can offer better quality and quantity for 90 minutes plus each and every week? Maybe. I just can't think of any right now.

Michigan is targeting North Carolina's Chip Lindsey to be its next offensive coordinator, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel and Max Olson on Tuesday.

A deal is not finalized, but Lindsey is the expected hire, sources said.

Lindsey, who went 15-19 as Troy's coach from 2019 to 2021, has spent the past two seasons as offensive coordinator for the Tar Heels. He also has coordinator experience from stints at UCF, Auburn, Arizona State and Southern Miss.

The 50-year-old, who started his career as a high school coach in his native Alabama, is set to replace Kirk Campbell, who was fired last week after his first season running the Wolverines' offense.

North Carolina had the nation's No. 7 offense in 2023, when Lindsey coached quarterback Drake Maye, who went to the New England Patriots with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft. Lindsey also coached Jarrett Stidham, a fourth-round NFL draft pick out of Auburn.

Lindsey is set to inherit quarterback Bryce Underwood, ESPN's No. 1 recruit in the 2025 class, who signed with Michigan last week after flipping his commitment from LSU. After losing NFL first-round draft pick J.J. McCarthy from the 2023 national championship team, Michigan started three different quarterbacks this fall and slipped to 129th nationally in passing and 112th in scoring.

Michigan coach Sherrone Moore served as the team's offensive coordinator in 2023. He then promoted Campbell, the team's quarterback coach, to take his place. Moore has not worked previously with Lindsey.

The Wolverines are set to lose top senior running backs Kalel Mullings and Donovan Edwards, and their leading wide receiver, Tyler Morris, entered the transfer portal. Tight end Colston Loveland, who led Michigan with 56 receptions for 582 yards, is projected as a top NFL prospect if he chooses to skip his final college season.

DALLAS -- The Toronto Blue Jays agreed to a deal with the Cleveland Guardians for All-Star second baseman Andres Gimenez, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan on Tuesday.

Infielder Spencer Horwitz, 27, is heading to Cleveland in the deal, a source told ESPN's Kiley McDaniel. The other elements of the trade were not immediately known.

The deal comes as Toronto is trying to retool its roster after a disastrous 2024 season and in the aftermath of its unsuccessful attempt to sign superstar Juan Soto.

Gimenez, 26, is in the midst of a seven-year, $106.5 million deal that runs through the 2029 season, with a club option for 2030. Gimenez has won three Gold Gloves and is widely regarded as one of the sport's best middle infielders. He stole 30 bases for the Guardians last season but batted .252 with a slugging percentage of .340 and was moved down into the lower half of the Cleveland lineup.

In an era in which executives highly value offensive production, other teams had started to view Gimenez as perhaps overpriced for the small-market Guardians, with rival executives speculating earlier in this offseason that he might be on the move.

The Blue Jays went 74-88 last season and are facing a franchise crossroad ahead, which is why they took a shot -- a long shot, it appeared from the outset -- at signing Soto. First baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the team's best hitter, will be eligible for free agency next fall, and to date, the Blue Jays have not been able to work out a contract extension. Associates of Guerrero say that as the player weighs his options, he's not sure about the direction of the franchise.

Shortstop Bo Bichette is also eligible for free agency after next season.

The Blue Jays appear to be foregoing a significant rebuild and, according to agents and rival executives, have indicated they will do everything they can to rebound in the very competitive AL East in 2025. The Jays made a significant offer to Soto before being outbid by the New York Mets, and they have had talks with other free agents and teams about possible deals. They were among the teams involved in the bidding for pitcher Max Fried before Fried, according to sources, agreed to an eight-year, $218 million deal with the New York Yankees.

Last summer, the Guardians selected second baseman Travis Bazzana with the first overall pick in the draft, and while he could be an infield candidate down the road for Cleveland, he has not played beyond the High-A level for the Guardians. Juan Brito, 23, posted an .808 OPS in Triple-A last season and could get a shot to step into Gimenez's spot.

Horwitz batted .265 with a 125 OPS+ in his first full MLB season in 2024. He's arbitration eligible in 2027 and won't hit free agency until 2030.

Cleveland, always facing payroll management, is also weighing possible trade options with first baseman Josh Naylor and outfielder Lane Thomas.

Nathan Eovaldi agreed to terms with the Texas Rangers on Tuesday, sources told ESPN, a deal that keeps him with the team he helped win the 2023 World Series.

The contract is for three years and $75 million, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan.

Eovaldi, who will be 35 at the start of next season, made 29 starts for Texas this year, going 12-8 with a 3.80 ERA. He is 91-81 in his 13-year career, with a 4.07 ERA.

Eovaldi has a longstanding reputation for being diligent in his preparation and also for being a positive mentor for teammates.

The Rangers failed to make the playoffs in 2024 after winning their championship, and internally, the Texas staff felt it needed to add at least one starting pitcher from the free-agent market.

Defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk, who won a Stanley Cup with the 2020 Tampa Bay Lightning, is retiring after 14 NHL seasons.

Shattenkirk made the announcement in a statement issued by the NHL Players' Association on Tuesday.

From New Rochelle, New York, the 35-year-old appeared in 952 regular-season games split between seven teams, along with 91 playoff appearances. Shattenkirk has gone unsigned since scoring six goals and 18 assists in 61 games with the Boston Bruins last season.

"I can proudly say that I have accomplished most of my career goals. I scored big goals, including a Stanley Cup final overtime goal, played in All-Star games, represented my country in the Olympics, and won a Stanley Cup," Shattenkirk said. "What makes me even prouder when I reflect back on my career, are the countless friendships that I have made along the way. ... Thank you to all my teammates, it was an honor to play with all of you."

He was selected 14th overall in the 2007 draft by Colorado and made his NHL debut with the Avalanche in 2010-11 before being traded to St. Louis that season. Shattenkirk then played six-plus seasons with the Blues, during which he was selected to represent the U.S. at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and earned his lone All-Star game appearance in 2015.

Shattenkirk's most memorable goal came 6:34 into overtime to seal the Lightning's 5-4 win over Dallas in Game 4 of the 2020 Stanley Cup Final. Tampa Bay went on to win the series in Game 6. He signed with the Lightning after having the final two years of his contract bought out by the New York Rangers the previous summer.

He also played for Washington, the New York Rangers and Anaheim. Shattenkirk's best statistical season came in 2016-17, when he finished with 56 points, including 13 goals, split between St. Louis and Washington.

Overall, he finished with 103 goals and 381 assists for 484 points.

Shattenkirk was also influential off the ice in being a member of the NHLPA executive board and the NHL player inclusion coalition.

At college, he was a member of Boston University's 2009 NCAA championship team.

"I never knew hockey would take me this far," Shattenkirk said. "This game has had a dramatic impact in developing me into the man I am today."

Bayern Munich's Michael Olise netted a second-half double as they came back from conceding an early goal to win 5-1 against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League on Tuesday to earn their first away victory in this season's competition.

The Bundesliga giant's third successive win moves them up to eighth into the automatic qualification places on 12 points, while Shakhtar are 27th with four points, three points off the playoffs.

Bayern had suffered defeats in both of their previous away games in the competition and went behind after five minutes when Oleksandr Zubkov's through ball found Kevin, who cut inside Kim Min-Jae before sending his shot into the far corner.

The German side were on level terms just six minutes later. Olise lost possession in the area but the ball fell kindly to his teammate Konrad Laimer who took a touch to control it and then smashed his effort into the roof of the net.

Shakhtar had the chance to go back in front but Georgiy Sudakov put his shot wide after an excellent pass from Kevin had teed him up almost from the penalty spot.

Bayern went down the other end, Jamal Musiala took the ball into the box and laid a pass off to Thomas Müller who made no mistake with a simple slotted finish on the stroke of half-time.

"His goal is a quality that he always had in his career, just the right moment, the right place and he scored the goal very efficiently," Bayern manager Vincent Kompany told reporters after the 5-1 win.

"And then of course the energy, the passion, the leadership. For us it is very important to have a good balance between experienced players and young players who still have to grow."

Shakhtar put pressure on Bayern at the start of the second half but were unable to find a second goal before the visitors eased to victory.

Bayern thought they had extended their lead when Musiala volleyed home from a corner but the goal was chalked off for a foul on the keeper. However, minutes later the referee pointed to the spot for a foul by Alaa Ghram on substitute Sacha Boey.

Olise stepped up in the 70th minute and although keeper Dmytro Riznyk went the right way the ball was powered into the top corner to put Bayern well and truly in the driving seat.

Musiala got the goal he deserved for an excellent performance three minutes from time, collecting a loose ball in the box and firing past Riznyk.

There was still time for some Olise magic in added time as he skilfully weaved his way through the Shakhtar defence before coolly finding the bottom corner with his shot.