MILWAUKEE - The best night in Milwaukee Bucks franchise history was not enough for a win. Michael Redd scored 57 points to break Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's franchise record, but Matt Harpring made a layup with 1.8 seconds left to give the Utah Jazz a 113-111 victory over the Bucks on Saturday night.

"I will probably just go home and thank God," Redd said. "A second-round pick, a guy that didn't know if he was going to make the team or not, to this. I am just grateful. I can't describe it.

"But I wanted to win. That's the main thing. It probably would have felt better if I would have won the game."

The Bucks almost did, as Redd's 39-point second half helped erase a 24-point, first-half deficit.

But Carlos Boozer scored 32 points and Deron Williams had 27 points and a career-high 15 assists to help the Jazz move to 6-1 for just the fifth time in franchise history.

The Bucks dropped their fourth straight to fall to 2-5, their worst start since 2000-01.

Redd broke the franchise scoring record of 55 set by Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA's career scoring leader, against the Boston Celtics on Dec. 10, 1971.

Redd made 18 of 32 field goals, going 6-of-12 from 3-point range and 15-of-17 on free throws.

It was Redd's first career 50-point game and sixth career 40-point night. He has scored at least 30 points in four of seven games this season.

Redd's previous career high of 43 points came in a 116-103 season-ending loss to Washington last April 18.

Redd said he has never scored 57 at any level. He said he once scored 56 in an AAU game in high school.

"At first I thought it might be a difficult night because I knew they would hone on me," Redd said. "I had no intentions of trying to come in and score 57 points, just play basketball and see what happened. It happened.

"A lot of shots were going in, I don't know how."

The Jazz dominated much of the game, but saw their big lead evaporate in the fourth quarter behind Redd's 25 points in the period ¡ª including 11 in the first 2 1/2 minutes of the quarter.

Utah still led 109-102 with less than two minutes left, but Ruben Patterson hit two free throws to cut the lead to five with 1:08 remaining. Andrew Bogut's dunk and free throw made it 109-107 with 39 seconds left.

Williams then missed a 3-pointer on the other end, and Redd was fouled on the rebound but missed the first of two free throws with 12 seconds left to keep it 109-108.

Redd then fouled Boozer on the inbounds play, and he made both free throws to put Utah up three with 11 seconds remaining. Redd then curled off a screen and nailed a 3-pointer from the right wing with 6.9 seconds left to tie it.

Williams, however, dribbled quickly down the floor and found Harpring cutting on the baseline for a layup with 1.8 seconds left.

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