The end of the West Coast trip wasn’t kind to the Atlanta Hawks, with back-to-back blowout losses in Los Angeles. After a period of rest and refocusing, the team returned to State Farm Arena on Wednesday. While the performance was unquestionably better, the result was still unfavorable, with Atlanta falling to the Milwaukee Bucks by a final score of 135-127.
In what is becoming an alarming trend, the Hawks struggled out of the gate, committing three fouls in the first 50 seconds and falling behind by 14-4 margin. Atlanta acted quickly to mitigate the damage, though, with an 11-0 run keyed by Cam Reddish, De’Andre Hunter and a fantastic two-way sequence from Jabari Parker.