LOS ANGELES — The Clippers defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 128-126 in an overtime thriller at Staples Center on Saturday.



Here are five takeaways from the game:



Clippers out-execute Bucks down the stretch



The Bucks entered Saturday’s game as perhaps the best team in the NBA. Fresh off a 23-point drubbing of the Warriors at Oracle Arena, they stood at 9-2, with the newly hired Mike Budenholzer leading a pass-happy offense that has the team firing 3s like never before and has Giannis Antetokounmpo looking the MVP frontrunner.



There were several moments in the fourth quarter and overtime in which the Clippers could have given up and chalked this loss up to playing a superior team with one of the game’s five best players — a player whom the Clippers had no prayer of stopping when he chose to drive the lane.



But the Clippers continued to show a level of grit and resiliency that has defined their young season, responding to...