Hawks advance to Conf Finals against Milwaukee

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So Giannis has no structural damage, good for him as he shouldn't need any surgery. Will be day-to-day, like Trae is at this moment

There is no structural damage to Giannis Antetokounmpo's left knee after his awkward landing during Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals on Tuesday night, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski and Zach Lowe on Wednesday.

An MRI also showed that the ligaments in Antetokounmpo's knee are sound, and a timetable for his return is unclear, sources told ESPN.

He is listed as doubtful for Game 5 in Milwaukee on Thursday night. The series is tied 2-2.
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Cam was impressive last night.
I have been wanting to see that Cam all season so I hope he only evolves going forward. Prove the critics wrong.

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Props (not flowers, I refuse to say 'flowers') to @jamallo for keeping the content flowing and, more importantly to me, for his troll-game on the GB throughout these playoffs.

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Props (not flowers, I refuse to say 'flowers') to @jamallo for keeping the content flowing and, more importantly to me, for his troll-game on the GB throughout these playoffs.

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I appreciate the kind words, gentlemen. It's definitely been a fun time to be a Hawks fan.

And it's nice to finally have the attention of the NBA world when we're actually playing well.

For Bucks to survive without Giannis Antetokounmpo, they must learn from Hawks

Atlanta evened the series on Tuesday without Trae Young, and now Milwaukee is in a precarious position

As Milwaukee prepares for life without its franchise player, it can learn a thing or two from its opponent.

The Atlanta Hawks didn't just survive without Trae Young on Tuesday, they thrived. As easy as it might be to wave away Atlanta's 110-88 victory as a product of Antetokounmpo's injury, it led 62-52 when Antetokounmpo left the game and outscored the Bucks 54-43 in his 24 minutes. This was possible because the Hawks made the best of a bad situation -- while Young's absence meant they didn't have a ball-dominant star to put pressure on the defense, it also meant that the defense couldn't focus on that ball-dominant star. Atlanta's attack was more balanced than normal, and it did not lack for playmaking...

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The Bucks will not have three creators in their starting lineup without Antetokounmpo, and they do not have anyone like Danilo Gallinari on the bench. If there is a silver lining to this injury, though, it's that they will be forced to address the offensive issues they've had throughout the playoffs. It is remarkable that Milwaukee is two wins from the NBA Finals despite scoring a dreadful 93.8 points per 100 possessions in the halfcourt in 15 postseason games, per Cleaning The Glass. (In the regular season they scored 102 per 100, tied for the fifth-best mark in the league.)

Of the Bucks' many problems in the halfcourt, shooting is the most obvious. After making 38.9 percent of their 3s in the regular season, they've shot just 30.6 percent in the playoffs and 29 percent in the conference finals. Aside from Khris Middleton and Bryn Forbes, nobody on the rotation has much gravity, but off-the-dribble shooting is a more glaring issue: Middleton is shooting 2 for 19 (10.5 percent) on pull-up 3s against Atlanta and 27.6 percent in the playoffs; Jrue Holiday has made 25 percent of his pull-up 3s in the series and 29.3 percent in the playoffs.

he barrage of bricks is not merely bad luck. Milwaukee's roster is full of adequate 3-point shooters, but light on deadly ones. Far too often, the offense has been undisciplined, impatient and, at its worst, purposeless.

Presumably, Middleton and Holiday will be running a fair amount of high pick-and-rolls. The Hawks aren't going to be afraid to go under against Holiday, though, and they shouldn't be afraid to trap Middleton. Do not be surprised if Atlanta ramps up its ball pressure and physicality in order to tire them out, particularly if Kris Dunn and Cam Reddish remain in the rotation. The Bucks' enemies are predictability and stagnation -- if the first action they run doesn't work, they need to play the second side instead of resorting to isolations.

Six years ago, Mike Budenholzer coached Atlanta to 60 regular-season wins without a traditional go-to guy. When Young went down, the Hawks embodied the spirit of that 2015 team and prevented their former coach from getting closer to the Finals. For Budenholzer's Bucks to respond, they must play the same way.

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Ya I saw this BS stat. BELIEVE!

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I thought Nate screwed up giving Trae the start last night. Game was at home with the same group that blew out Milwaukee in game 4 without Trae. Should’ve just started the game and saw how it went, held trae for the second half in case of emergency. Barkley was right, the rest of the team was thrown off their game early because everyone was looking to see if Trae was ok and not focusing on their own game or the team game.

Nate also screwed up not inserting Cam into the starting lineup in the second half. Should’ve had him in there on Middleton the whole way.

Nate didn’t make too many mistakes since March 1, but last night he did. But, as Chuck said bringing Trae back was a tricky situation so not the biggest indictment on Nate that he screwed it up.