The Atlanta Hawks had this ‘tussin coming, and the Milwaukee Bucks needed to deliver a resounding response to restore some confidence but also to give the Hawks a little doubt before the weekend.
The former was accomplished while the latter remains to be seen. The Bucks finally looked like the team that would take over the Eastern Conference a couple years ago, tying the conference finals series at one game each with a 125-91 beatdown at Fiserv Forum.
The last time the Bucks looked like this in a setting that meant something was Game 2 of the conference finals two years ago against the Toronto Raptors, blowing them out with such ease that a Finals trip seemed like a foregone conclusion.