Atlanta Hawks defeated the Milwaukee Bucks today at the visiting “Fiserv Forum” (127:110) mostly thanks to the excellent games of Trae Young and Bogdan Bogdanovic.
Atlanta immediately created a double-digit advantage in the first quarter after Bogdan Bogdanovic’s three-pointer after seven minutes of the game in which they were constantly in the lead.
However, after a point by Giannis Antetokounmpo, the home team managed to reduce the advantage to 31:25 and set the final result of this section.
In the following, we saw a better game by the Hawks, and the captain of the Serbian national team from the recently concluded Mundobasket was in a good mood with nine points in this section. Especially significant was his three-pointer six minutes before the end of the half, when he led the guests to plus 15 (48:33).
After Murray’s three-pointer, Atlanta goes to plus 23 with eight seconds to go, but Giannis scores points after an assist from today’s indisposed Lillard, so the score went to the break with a score of 68:47.
Hunter opened the third quarter with seven tied points, which brought the visitors to the maximum plus 24 (75:51).
The guests did not let go of this advantage until the end of the section, after which the scoreboard read 101:80.
Later, Atlanta beat the Bucks thanks to Bogdanovic and Young, who scored threes with long-range shots.
After Bey’s points from free throws, the guests got the maximum plus 31 (118:87) with seven minutes to go.
Bucks could not get back into the match until the end, so the match ended with a score of 127:110.
Atlanta was led to victory by Trae Young with 20 points and Bogdan Bogdanovic with 17 points.
On the other side, Giannis Antetokounmpo stood out with 26 points and 11 rebounds, while Damian Lillard was unrecognizable with six points and the same number of turnovers.
With a field goal percentage of 16.7%, his utility index ended up being minus 29.
