Without Giannis Antetokounmpo Mister Bucks 115-110 to Hawks

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Atlanta – Kyle Kuzma debuted with Milwaukee Bucks Friday night, when he came from the bench to score 12 points after being cleared to play almost an hour before Bucks lost 115-110 to Hawks in the State Farm Arena.

Atlanta improved to 23-29 overall. Hawks had lost nine of their earlier 10 on their way into the game. Bucks finished their week’s long road trip 1-2 and have lost six of their last eight games to fall to 27-23.

Kuzma was acquired on Thursday as part of a four-team agreement that sent Khris Middleton to Washington, Kuzma was with the team for shots, but the team was not sure that all trade details would be completed in time for the 29-year-old until to play. He and Big Man Jericho Sims actually got green light, and Kuzma helped the team something to offset the absence of Giannis Antetokounmpo by scoring 12 points on 4-of-12-shooting in 24 minutes.

He was 4 for 9 for all 12 of his points in the first half and went 0 for 4 in the second half. Sims didn’t play.

Box score: Hawks 115, Bucks 110

The game contained some big races from both teams as Milwaukee fell behind with as many as a dozen late in the first quarter, led by as many as 21 early in the third and then had to try to get back from eight in the final minute.

Milwaukee withdrew within 106-105 on a Gary Trent Jr.-Three-Three Point with 3 minutes, 34 seconds left, but Atlanta responded with a 6-0 race to give himself some breathing room.

Bobby Portis Jr. Started instead of Antetokounmpo for the other straight game and scored 26 points and had 15 rebounds for his second consecutive double-double. He also handed out six assists. Damian Lillard (23 points, 10 assists, 8 rebounds), Brook Lopez (16 points) and Trent (19) also reached double for Bucks.

Seven Atlanta players reached double in the scoring, led by Trae Young with 24 points on 9 of 22 shoots. Onyeka Okongwu scored 14 points and had 12 rebounds, while Dyson Daniels added 15 points and 10 assists to Hawks.

Giannis Antetokounmpo missed the other straight game with veal density

After starting Friday as questionable with density in his left calf, Antetokounmpo was excluded before the game. It’s the ninth game he’s missed this season and he can only miss eight more to stay eligible for all awards for the end of the season.

The MVP candidate went off the field just before the tip-off in Charlotte Wednesday with tightness in the muscle. He suffered a strain in the Soleus muscles in his calf at the end of last season, sidelining him to the whole of Bucks’ first round-playoff losses to Indiana.

BUCKS MAKES 11 THREE-POINTS IN SECOND QUARTER

Atlanta seemed to have completed the first quarter of a 22-5 race and took a 36-24 lead into the second quarter. But an official review decided that Bucks had a few seconds left, and out of Breakportis hit a floater to make it 36-26.

Hawks held their momentum early in the second quarter and took a 13-point lead of 41-29.

Then Bucks went off.

They made nine equally three-pointers in 30-6 races.

Trent (3), Portis (2), Prince, Lopez, Kuzma and Rollins made all triangles in the race.

Trent would do all four of its three-point attempts in the quarter when Bucks started 10 for 10 from deep before they were missing their first attempt. They ended 11 out of 15 behind the three-point line in the quarter on the way to score 47 points and take a 73-55 lead into half.

These were the most points that Bucks scored in another quarter this season.

Brook Lopez played big without Giannis Antetokounmpo

In the first quarter, Lopez tried to finesse a layup as he drove the pitch and he left the ball briefly on the front of the edge. His next chance, the 7-foot, 1-inch Bucks Center went strong for a can, but was greeted by Atlanta’s 6-10 Mouhamed Gueye, who rejected the attempt. When he went back the other way, Atlanta made a three-pointer. It was a sequence that was part of a 9-0 Atlanta race.

Lopez then went hard to the edge in the second quarter, being first called for an offensive error. But Doc Rivers challenged the call and it was turned-what led to a three-point game for Bucks’ Big Man.

In the third quarter, Lopez got a certain measure of revenge on the defensive end as he rejected an Onyeka Okongwu Dunk attempt on the edge.

Lopez finished with 16 points on 7-of-15 shooting in 34 minutes. He also blocked two shots.

Five numbers

3: Unanswered Dunks of Hawks, not including blocks of Bucks players.

9: Play back in which Point Guard Ryan Rollins can be active after Wednesday’s match. Bucks have 32 games in regular season back. Rollins is a two-way player and players signed for these offers can only be active in 50 games in a season-but rivers said there is a chance that the team will make a list to move to fully guarantee Rollins ‘Agree for the rest of the season.

37: Place on the early scoring list for Damian Lillard, who passed Clyde Drexler (22.195) by scoring 23 against Hawks. Lillard (22.203) passed Drexler in 2022 to become Portland’s leading goal scorer.

10-15: Bucks’ road record. They have not been .500 this season since the start of the year 1-1 on October 27. They were 18-22 on the road last season. From 2018-23, they were one of the best teams on the road in NBA, where they prepared a 123-74 (62.4%) record away from the Fiserv Forum.

$ 400,000: Estimated dollars bucks are now under the second apron after all their trades.

Does Giannis play?

No. He was excluded before the game with density in his left calf.

What is the Bucks record without Giannis?

4-5.

Does Kyle Kuzma play?

Yes. Kuzma was at the Bucks shot in the morning in Atlanta, but his status of playing is in the air when the rest of the four-team trade that brought him to Bucks ends.

What about the other new players?

Jericho Sims plays. Kevin Porter Jr. Was acquired from Los Angeles Clippers, but he did not play in Clippers’ Thursday Evening Fight in California.

What time is the bucks game?

The game overturns at. 18:30 ct.

Which channel is the Bucks game on?

The game will be broadcast locally on the Fanduel Sports Network Wisconsin with Lisa Byington and Marques Johnson on the call.

Bucks Damage Report

  • Giannis Antetokounmpo, out (left calf density)
  • Pat Connaughton, out (left calf strain)
  • Brook Lopez, probable (left knee contusion)
  • Damian Lillard, probable (left groin tenderness)

Bucks starters

  • Guards: Damian Lillard, Andre Jackson Jr.
  • Forward: Bobby Portis Jr., Taudean Prince
  • Center: Brook Lopez

Bucks vs. Hawks Odds, Over/Under

Milwaukee is a 6.5-point favorite over Atlanta with over/under set to 242.5 points.