Khris Middleton scored a game-high 26 points, DeMarcus Cousins capped his season-high 22-point performance with a fourth-quarter flourish, and the Milwaukee Bucks held on for a 102–95 win over the host Dallas Mavericks on Thursday. Cousins surpassed his season scoring high of 18 points that he set on Wednesday when he scored six of Milwaukee’s 10 points during a stretch spanning a little more than two minutes in the fourth quarter. He also dished two of his four assists to set up Wesley Matthews and Pat Connaughton on fourth-quarter scores as the Bucks kept Dallas at bay in the final period. Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo and Dallas’ Luka Doncic were in the league’s health and safety protocols. Connaughton scored seven of his nine points in the fourth quarter, including a layup on the last of Jrue Holiday’s seven assists. The bucket extended Milwaukee’s lead to eight points with less than two …