Bucks vs. Hawks: Atlanta overpowers Milwaukee at home

One night after achieving season-highs on the offensive end in Detroit, the Milwaukee Bucks fell back to Earth and crumbled at home to the Atlanta Hawks, 119-104.

Read our full summary of the game here and catch a six-minute audio recap on the Bucks+ podcast Bucks In Six Minutes below.

What Did We Learn?

This wasn’t one that featured the best energy from the Bucks. It seemed that right from the opening tip, Atlanta was able to capitalize on a fatigued Milwaukee team. I mentioned it in my Rapid Recap piece, but pre-game, Doc Rivers mentioned to us that if the league wants teams to start taking the NBA Cup seriously, they shouldn’t have a game the night after a Cup game. That sounds reasonable,…