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Hawks, Bucks conclude home-and-home set

Dec 27, 2014 - 3:55 PM

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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Atlanta Hawks will try to bounce back when they close a home-and-home set with the Milwaukee Bucks Saturday night at the Bradley Center.

The Hawks had won five straight and 14 of their previous 15 games until Friday's 107-77 beatdown at the hands of the Bucks. Paul Millsap scored 22 points and pulled down 11 rebounds, while Al Horford and Jeff Teague scored 13 and 12 points, respectively.

Atlanta shot 40.8 percent from the floor and turned the ball over 23 times, leading to 30 Milwaukee points.

"I think you gotta give Milwaukee a lot of credit," Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer said. "We have to do things better defensively, to make it harder for them on offense. Overall, (there are) a lot of areas for improvement."

The Hawks will play four of their next five games on the road and have an 8-5 record outside Philips Arena this season.

Milwaukee ended a two-game slide with last night's lopsided victory and won for the fourth time in seven tries.

Jared Dudley came off the bench to score 24 points, Brandon Knight had 16 and Zaza Pachulia added 14 points to go with eight rebounds. Jerryd Bayless and Johnny O'Bryant scored 12 points apiece for the Bucks, who shot 50.6 percent and sank 19 of their 23 free throws.

Bucks head coach Jason Kidd was pleased with the performance, especially Dudley's 10-of-10 clip from the floor.

"I can't say it was a perfect game, because as a coach you always want more, but it was as close to a no-hitter as you can get," Kidd said of Dudley.

The Bucks are 7-5 at home and ended a seven-game slide against the Hawks.

Atlanta is still 10-2 in the last 12 games in this series and unbeaten in the last four trips to Milwaukee.






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