Bucks blow 24-point lead, but recover to beat Hawks

Jrue Holiday scored 27 factors and Brook Lopez added 20 factors and 12 rebounds to assist the visiting Milwaukee Bucks maintain off the Atlanta Hawks 114-105 on Wednesday.

Atlanta got here again from a 24-point, second-half deficit and took a 103-101 lead on a Bogdan Bogdanovic basket with 3:12 left. But Milwaukee responded with a 10-0 run — together with 4 factors from Holiday and a 3-pointer by Lopez — to regain the lead and put it away.

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a season-low seven factors however added 18 rebounds and 10 assists. Bobby Portis and Jevon Carter every scored 13.

The Bucks have received 4 of their final 5 and cut up their season sequence with the Hawks at 2-2 of their ultimate regular-season assembly. Milwaukee ended its four-game shedding streak at Atlanta.

Atlanta performed with out main scorer Trae Young, who was sidelined with a non-COVID sickness. The Hawks obtained 22 factors from Bogdanovic, 16 factors and 9 rebounds from De’Andre Hunter, 15 factors and 7 rebounds from John Collins and a season-high-matching 13 factors from Frank Kaminsky.

Milwaukee’s Grayson Allen sprained his ankle within the first half and didn’t return.

The Bucks opened by scoring the primary 13 factors, going 9-for-14 on 3-point tries within the first quarter and taking a 39-19 lead. Atlanta obtained as shut as 13 factors within the second, solely to have Milwaukee go on a 12-2 run close to the tip of the quarter to extend its result in 67-46 at halftime.

Atlanta outscored the Bucks 36-22 within the third quarter, slicing the result in 89-82 on a driving basket by Aaron Holiday with 5.1 seconds left.

Milwaukee completes its four-game street journey with a pair of video games at Miami on Thursday and Saturday. Atlanta begins a two-game street journey Friday in Indiana.

–Field Level Media/Reuters