Stringer watched as Tomora Young, the junior guard, sank a go-ahead 3-pointer with 25.5 seconds left and then Linda Miles, the freshman forward, made two clinching free throws with 10.6 seconds showing.
He added 12 more points down the stretch, including two clinching free throws with 9.5 seconds left for the game's final points.
The Bucks closed to 94-90, but Travis Best made two clinching free throws.
Johnson scored 8 points over the final three and a half minutes, including two clinching free throws with four seconds to play, to lift the Lakers to their 38th victory in 50 games this season, one game better than the Celtics.
An ankle injury to starter Derrick Low forced Akognon to play more, and he responded by scoring 27 points, including the game-winning three-pointer and clinching free throws, in a 78-71 upset of Brandon Roy-led Washington.
The Sooners led by only 4 points with six seconds left until Price sank two clinching free throws.
In the final four with Duke clinging to a 69-67 lead in a rematch against Kansas, Amaker pulled down the final rebound and sank two clinching free throws in the final five seconds.
With 20 seconds remaining, Wicks sunk two clinching free throws and UCLA escaped 57-55.
Pacers 104, Cavaliers 101 Reggie Miller scored 25 points and Antonio Davis sank two clinching free throws with 19.6 seconds left as visiting Indiana beat Cleveland.
Latrell Sprewell, who finished with 19 points, also scored 8 points in the fourth quarter, including 4 clinching free throws in the final 10.7 seconds.
