December 23, 2024

Stunning twist: Giannis Antetokounmpo suffers hyperextended knee as Bucks fall to Hawks in Game 4

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Free throw woes

With the crowd mocking him mercilessly, counting off the number of seconds he took to shoot, Antetokounmpo missed all three of his free throws in the first half.

In fact, he only hit the rim on one of them, which had the Atlanta fans jeering him even louder.

Tip-ins

Milwaukee’s lowest-scoring first half of the regular season was a 31-point effort at Philadelphia on March 17. They wound up winning that game 109-105 in overtime. The Bucks had not scored fewer than 41 points in a half during the playoffs. Milwaukee’s 38-point half was the lowest allowed by Atlanta in a playoff game since holding Boston to 33 in 2016. … Jrue Holiday was the Bucks’ top scorer with 19 points.

Milwaukee 22 16 24 26 — 88

Atlanta 25 26 36 23 — 110

MILWAUKEE — G.Antetokounmpo 7-10 0-3 14, Tucker 3-7 0-0 8, Lopez 3-6 0-0 7, Holiday 6-17 5-6 19, Middleton 6-17 4-4 16, Diakite 0-3 0-0 0, Nwora 0-2 4-5 4, Portis 3-9 0-0 7, T.Antetokounmpo 1-1 0-0 2, Bryant 1-2 0-0 2, Connaughton 1-3 1-1 3, Forbes 2-6 0-0 6, Merrill 0-0 0-0 0, Teague 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-84 14-19 88.

ATLANTA — Collins 2-8 0-0 4, Huerter 7-15 0-0 15, Capela 6-7 3-4 15, Bogdanovic 7-19 0-0 20, Williams 7-9 5-6 21, Gallinari 3-8 2-2 10, Fernando 0-0 0-0 0, Knight 1-2 0-0 2, Okongwu 3-3 1-1 7, Reddish 5-9 0-0 12, Dunn 0-2 0-0 0, Mays 2-2 0-0 4, Snell 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 43-85 11-13 110.

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