The Atlanta Hawks (9-9) took on the Milwaukee Bucks (13-6) on Saturday night. This was the fifth and final game of the the Hawks’ early season road-trip, as they will be returning to Atlanta for a matchup against the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday.
The Hawks used an egalitarian offensive attack to beat Milwaukee 127-110 on the road back on October 29, with eight players taking at least nine shots, and scoring 12 or more points. Dejounte Murray held Damian Lillard to just six points on 2-for-12 shooting in the first matchup between these two sides. Atlanta hoped to follow a similar path to victory tonight.