Milwaukee Bucks: Grades from crushing Game 4 loss to Atlanta Hawks

Opponent. ATLANTA HAWKS . A+. With Trae Young sidelined due to an ankle injury, nobody gave the Atlanta Hawks a chance to win this game. To their much-deserved credit, they came out with the intention of proving everyone wrong as they were fired up from the moment the play came into play. Their energy exceeded Milwaukee’s tenfold, and they rightfully jumped out to an early lead. To put it simply, the Hawks were playing like this was virtually a must-win Game 4 in the Eastern Conference Finals while the Bucks were playing like it was a regular season game in December. Filling in for the injured Young, Lou Williams got the first playoff start of his career and came out red hot as he finished with a game-high 21 points in the victory. His backcourt mate Bogdan Bogdanovic also caught fire as he finished with 20 points, while Clint Capela and Kevin Huerter finished with 15 apiece. Only heightened further by the fact that Trae Young – who has torched the Bucks throughout this series and is the star for Atlanta – did not even play, this was an embarrassing effort from the Bucks as they looked intimidated. Once Antetokounmpo went down, the Hawks blew this game open and evened up the series 2-2. Time will tell how health impacts the remainder of this series with the two heavyweights headlining this series going down with injuries..

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