The Milwaukee Bucks hit the road after a season-long home stand, but what should they expect against the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday?
The Milwaukee Bucks have struggled somewhat against the Atlanta Hawks in recent seasons, but as they travel to Georgia for this season’s first meeting between the two teams on Sunday, they’ll be faced with a very different group to that of years’ past.
The Hawks have now lost every member of the starting lineup that led them to 60 wins and was named collectively as the NBA’s Player of the Month back in January 2015, as Paul Millsap departed for Denver in free agency.
As a result, Mike Budenholzer’s team are now in the early stages of a major rebuild that sees them lean heavily on their young players, and leaves them lacking the kind of threat that had made the Hawks a consistent force for so long.
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Following Thursday night’s loss to the Boston Celtics in the one-off return to the MECCA, the Bucks will be looking to return to winning ways as many of their Eastern Conference rivals stutter early on.
Through five games, the Bucks have played teams who would all be expected to make the playoffs come season’s end, and in that regard the Hawks should offer a change of pace.
Still, this is the kind of game that a still developing Bucks team has struggled with in recent years, and how they handle the expectation of a road game that they’re expected to win will tell us a lot about their evolving mentality and attitude.
Let’s take a look at some of the factors that could decide the game in favor of both teams.