Villanueva scored 25 points and grabbed eight rebounds, and Sessions had 26 points and seven assists to give Milwaukee a 124-112 victory over Houston on Monday night that snapped an eight-game losing streak against the Rockets.

“We’re coming in night in and night out sticking with the game plan, trying to defend well and let the offense come to us,” said Sessions, who had a career-high 44 points Saturday night in an overtime loss to Detroit. “That’s what we’re both doing and we’re able to score our points.”

The pair combined for 77 points in a loss to the Pistons, but played even better against Houston in a dominant performance by the Bucks, who had lost two straight overall and had a four-year skid to Houston.

Yao Ming finished with seven points on 2-of-8 shooting and Tracy McGrady had three points on 1-of-9 shooting. Yao also had 10 rebounds, but was plagued by early foul trouble and only played 19 minutes with the game out of reach.

“We made them uncomfortable,” Villanueva said. “Get them out of the game, get them in foul trouble, put them on drag screens, make them defend and it worked to perfection. We kept them out of the game.”

Said McGrady: “Right now, we’re just a team that doesn’t know how to play defense.”

The Bucks exposed it, too, shooting 52 percent from the field even without top scoring threats Michael Redd (knee), Andrew Bogut (back) and Luke Ridnour (thumb). Richard Jefferson added 25 points, reserve Charlie Bell had 21 and Keith Bogans 13 as Milwaukee (25-29) moved within one win of its season total last year.

Houston had won three of the previous four, but gave up at least 104 points in its fifth straight road game. Aaron Brooks scored a career-high 23 points, Luis Scola and Ron Artest had 20 points apiece and Carl Landry added 16 for the Rockets.