ATLANTA — The Atlanta Hawks ended the Milwaukee Bucks’ nine-game winning streak Monday night at State Farm Arena, winning 117-98 behind 25 points and 11 helps from guard Dejounte Murray and a spirited bench effort from A.J. Griffin (24 points), Justin Holiday (14 points) and Onyeka Okongwu (12 points, 6 rebounds).
Along with ending the Bucks’ (9-1) franchise-best start to a season, the Hawks’ matched their finest start through 10 videogames as they are now 8-2.
Here are some takeaways from the videogame at State Farm Arena:
Atlanta brought more energy in 2nd half
The Bucks almost knocked the Hawks out of this one early, striking 8 three-pointers in the veryfirst quarter and taking a 21-8 lead. Atlanta was settling for two-point shots and not taking (or making) threes, however the tide gradually started to come in for the Hawks – till lastly in the 2nd half it simply hurried in.
As the Bucks constantly turned the ball over (12) and missedouton 3s (1 for 14) while the beginners were still in, Murray called it in from the midrange, Justin Holiday got hot from 3 and Okongwu and A.J. Griffin supplied emphasize hustle plays and baskets for the house group. The Bucks couldn’t keep up with the energy of the house crowd.
Although Milwaukee had 5 gamers in double figures in scoring, and Bobby Portis had another double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds, they couldn’t make enough stops to make up for the absence of offense for the veryfirst time all season.
Giannis Antetokounmpo returns for Bucks
After missingouton Saturday night’s videogame with left knee discomfort, Giannis Antetokounmpo returned to the lineup for the Bucks Monday night. He didn’t follow his typical regular in terms of being the veryfirst one out to warm up, however head coach Mike Budenholzer was confident the two-time MVP would play – and he did.
The videogame began gradually for Antetokounmpo, too.
He was called for 2 offensive fouls and hit the front of the rim on 2 jumpers in the veryfirst 3 ½ minutes of the videogame priorto having to sit the rest of the veryfirst quarter. He got going in the 2nd with 10 points and would surface with 25 points on simply 9-of-20 shooting and pulled down 7 rebounds priorto the beginners were pulled tracking 108-86 with 6 minutes, 9 seconds left to go.
Antetokounmpo made 7 of 8 totallyfree tosses, however his dive shots were a bit brief all videogame, and Okongwu fired his group – and the house crowd – up by going up over Antetokoumpo’s back for emphatic offending putbacks in the 3rd and 4th quarters.
Hawks star Trae Young ruled out for videogame
Two-time all-star and all-NBA guard Trae Young went through his pregame warmups and it was figuredout he would not be able to go versus the Bucks Monday night. The 24-year-old was atfirst thoughtabout doubtful to play with right shin discomfort after briefly leaving the Hawks’ last videogame early when New Orleans’ Zion Williamson fell on his leg on Saturday. After that videogame, Young informed pressreporters his calf was bruised.
Young scored 4