On Sunday night, the Milwaukee Bucks suffered their fourth loss in a row. The Atlanta Hawks dominated Milwaukee in the second and third quarters before escaping with a 145-124 win in front of 17,341 fans at Fiserv Forum.
The Bucks led 44-37 after the first 12 minutes, but the Hawks would outscore Milwaukee 45-31 in the second quarter and 36-17 in the third quarter.
Milwaukee couldn’t defend power forward Zaccharie Risacher, who led the Hawks with 36 points on 12-of-21 shooting. He went 5-of-11 from beyond the three-point arc and went 7-of-9 on free throw attempts.
Riascher’s performance rendered a 31-point effort by Giannis Antetokounmpo pointless.
Bucks News: Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers is frustrated
Following the game, Bucks head coach Doc Rivers vented to the media about his frustrations with the team and how they’re playing defense.
“It’s disappointing,” Rivers said. “It’s deflating. It’s just really frustrating. There’s something we’re doing now because we were bad at the beginning of the year, then we became a great transition defensive team, and there’s something we have to be doing wrong for this to happen, and you know, so we have to watch film and figure it out.”
The Bucks don’t have much time to figure out a solution
It’s concerning that Rivers doesn’t know what’s causing the Bucks to play bas basketball again. Milwaukee doesn’t have much time to figure it out.
The Bucks have eight games remaining in the regular season. They’re now 1.5 games back from the Detroit Pistons for the fifth spot in the Eastern Conference.
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