Giannis Antetokounmpo had 32 factors and was an help away from a triple-double, Damian Lillard added 25 and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Atlanta Hawks 110-102 on Saturday to earn a spot within the NBA Cup championship recreation.
Antetokounmpo completed with 14 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 blocks for the Bucks, who improved to 11-1 all-time in NBA Cup video games – the one loss coming in final 12 months’s semi-finals.
Brook Lopez scored 16 for Milwaukee.
Trae Younger had 35 factors, 10 assists and 7 rebounds for the Hawks, who bought 15 factors and 10 rebounds from Jalen Johnson and 15 factors from De’Andre Hunter.
Younger drew 11 fouls within the recreation, a season-high. He drew 10 fouls in two different video games this season; the Hawks gained each of these. Since Younger joined the NBA, he’s drawn not less than 10 fouls in a recreation 52 occasions. Each different Hawk, mixed, in that span has carried out it as soon as.
Antetokounmpo was good, capturing 10 of 15 from the sector and 12 of 18 from the foul line. And Bobby Portis offered his normal enhance off the bench with 10 factors and 9 rebounds in 23 minutes.
Antetokounmpo blocked an alley-oop dunk strive by Capela on the rim with 2:35 left, preserving what was a five-point Bucks lead.
Going again to final season, together with playoffs, Milwaukee had misplaced 20 consecutive video games when trailing getting into the fourth quarter. The Bucks trailed 83-82 going into the fourth on Saturday.
The Bucks will play both the Thunder or Rockets in Tuesday’s championship recreation earlier than returning to common season play on Friday on the Cavaliers. The Hawks return to common season play Thursday on the Spurs.
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