Surprised on his floor in the first game of this semifinal of the NBA play-offs, like New York and Philadelphia before him, by the scratching team of the finals, Milwaukee thus returned to a round everywhere, before the series does travel to Georgia, starting Sunday.
The game was still to be taken (51-40 for Milwaukee) when the Hawks lived four minutes out of time, during which the Bucks gave them a 20-0 (71-40, 22nd). So far shining in these playoffs, Trae Young has unscrewed, losing four balls almost in quick succession on poorly adjusted or telephoned passes.
So much ammunition to fuel the fast game of Milwaukee, who had already started the game at a high pace, with some nice finishes from Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Much fairer than in Game 1, the double MVP of the NBA played without frills, efficiency, served by a mixture of physical power, size and agility unparalleled in the world.
A second quarter overflown by the Bucks
After a catastrophic Match 1 (28 missed three-pointers out of 36), the Bucks had regained their sights (52% at long distance in the first half) and followed a phase of total offensive euphoria.
When the dust settled, the game had definitely changed, and Milwaukee returned to the locker room with a 32-point advantage (77-45).
Trae Young already had eight stray bullets, and after a bleeding start to the match (3 of 4 on shots), the 22-year-old point guard had also lost his feelings on shots (2 of 8 until the break), from afar but also to the finish of his now famous bell shot.
The Milwaukee defense, with Jrue Holiday leading the way and good rotations, stepped up the pressure on the Hawks’ wisp, challenging the trajectories with aplomb.
Bucks side, in addition to Antetokounmpo, Jrue Holiday was at the party (19 pts to 8/12 in the first half) and the pivot Brook Lopez used his size and his address (13 pts to 5/6).
A little inside during the first game of the series, Milwaukee had found a conquering attitude, like the interior Bobby Portis, who showed the biceps after a basket and played with the audience of the Fiserv Forum, in delirium.
Atlanta, him, had lost, at least the time of this match, the extraordinary confidence which inhabits it since the beginning of these playoffs and which allowed him to drop consecutively Knicks and Sixers, however better classified than him.
At the end of the third quarter, the mass was said (103-63) and the two coaches recalled most of their holders, already turned to Game 3, which will take place Sunday in Atlanta
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