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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Eric Winston was elected president of the NFL Players Association on Wednesday, three years after he was active for the union during the lockout. The 30-year-old offensive lineman was the Arizona Cardinals starting right tackle last season, his eighth in the league. He is currently a free agent. Winston succeeds Domonique Foxworth as NFLPA president. Foxworth was out of the league last season and so could not seek re-election. NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith tweeted: "Thank you to @Foxworth24 and all the Executive Committee for their leadership. Congratulations to Eric Winston. Lots of great work ahead." The other candidates for president were New Orleans Saints tight end Ben Watson and former Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Clark, who is a free agent. Watson and Clark will both serve on the executive committee elected later Wednesday by the unions board of representatives. Clark joined Lorenzo Alexander and Jay Feely of the Cardinals, Zak DeOssie and Mark Herzlich of the Giants, Adam Vinatieri of the Colts, and Scott Wells of the Rams as new members of the executive committee. Watson, Matt Hasselbeck of the Colts, and free agent Brian Waters were re-elected. Saints quarterback Drew Brees stepped down from the executive committee. Winston has played for Houston, Kansas City and Arizona since being chosen by the Texans in the third round of the 2006 draft. He played his first six NFL seasons with the Texans, joined the Chiefs in 2012, then moved to the Cardinals last season. Winston has started 112 consecutive games. He has served on the unions committees for finance and agent discipline and does community work on behalf of Shriners Hospital for Children. Winston was elected as a co-alternate union representative by the Texans in 2010. 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Thats what we need to keep trying to do.Parker, who finished with 12 points, is one of the 19-year-old cornerstones of the future, along with 6-foot-11 forward Giannis Antetokounmpo. He had 13 points, and the balanced Bucks had seven players score in double figures.After giving up a big lead in a season-opening loss at Charlotte, Kidd can point to this game as a valuable lesson for the future.I thought tonight we kind of used that as a stepping stone to finish off the game against a veteran ballclub that put themselves in position to win, Kidd said.New York closed to 115-113 with 7.9 seconds left on a dunk off a baseline move by Carmelo Anthony.Jerryd Bayless responded with two free throws for Milwaukee. He went 5 for 6 at the line in the final 26 seconds.A desperation 3 at the buzzer by Tim Hardaway Jr. glanced off harmlessly off the rim. Anthony finished with 26 points, while Hardaway Jr. had 24.The neck-and-neck final few minutes were unexpected after the Bucks led by double digits for most of the first three quarters.After shooting 60 per cent in the first half, the Bucks went cold from the field down the stretch. Bayless jumper with 6:32 to go was Milwaukees only field goal untiil Ilyasova pump-faked Anthony to hit a 16-footer with 33.dddddddddddd1 seconds remaining for a 112-106 lead.The Bucks outrebounded the Knicks 44-28, even with Pachulia replacing starting centre Larry Sanders (bruised thigh) at the last minute.They wanted it at times a little bit more than we did, Knicks coach Derek Fisher said. It wasnt until the third quarter really started to get out of hand that we started to put the right mindset into playing with a sense of urgency.___TIP-INSKnicks: Iman Shumpert returned to the starting lineup after missing a game with a hip contusion. He scored 21 in 36 minutes after Fisher said before the game that his shooting guard did not have a time restriction. ... Fisher said he kept G J.R. Smith in the starting lineup for another ball-handler against the Bucks, who were fourth in the league in defence in allowing 92.6 points per game.Bucks: Kidd brushed off a couple questions about the Bucks game on Wednesday against his former employer, the Brooklyn Nets. Kidd departed Brooklyn after one season in a messy split before being hired by the Bucks in June.UP NEXT:Knicks: At Minnesota on Wednesday.Bucks: At the Nets on Wednesday.MELO OUTAnthony returned to the locker room for a couple minutes in the second quarter to get his left knee re-taped. Anthony said he aggravated his already sore knee after hitting the floor while scrambling for a loose ball.Ive had some tests. I really dont know exactly whats going on with it — I mean, I know whats going on with it, Anthony said. But like I said, for me its just a matter of just not kind of thinking about and playing through it.BIG BENCHThe Bucks reserves had another big night with 51 points. Ilyasova shot 8 of 10 in 20 minutes, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range.For him to make a big shot down the stretch for us shows that everybody trusts one another, Kidd said. He stepped up for us.__Follow Genaro Armas at http://twitter.com/GArmasAP ' ' '