Hawks fall behind quickly, fall to Bucks 123-112
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In a pivotal Game 5 with both teams knotted at two wins a piece, the Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks tipped off without their respective superstar players. For Atlanta, Trae Young was forced to sit with a right ankle bone bruise he suffered in Game 3. For Milwaukee, Giannis Antetokounmpo avoided major knee injury after a scary landing during a defensive contest, but his services were not available for this contest either.
The Bucks started out hot, getting stops on the defensive end and turning them into buckets the other way. They would hit their first four shots to take a 10-2 lead and force interim head coach Nate McMillan to burn an early timeout.