Milwaukee Bucks vs Atlanta Hawks Box Score on Oct 29, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Oct 29, 2017

ATLANTA -- Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 33 points, his fifth 30-point game of the season, to spark the Milwaukee Bucks to a 117-106 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday at Philips Arena.

Antetokounmpo picked up his fourth double-double of the season. He was 14 of 21 from the field, one of them a 3-pointer, and added 12 rebounds and five assists to give the Bucks (4-2) their second straight win.

The Bucks also got a season-high 27 points from Khris Middleton, who added seven rebounds and nine assists, and 16 points and four assists from Malcolm Brogdon.

Atlanta (1-6) got 21 points from point guard Dennis Schroder, who added eight assists and three steals.

Taurean Prince scored 17, 15 of those in the first half, and Kent Bazemore had 15 for the Bucks. Rookie John Collins came off the bench to add 14 points and seven rebounds.

The Bucks jumped out to a quick lead, with Antetokounmpo scoring the team's first nine points and staking Milwaukee to 12-2 lead. The "Greek Freak" finished the first quarter with 13 points and the Bucks grabbed a 28-16 lead.

Milwaukee continued to take advantage of Atlanta's cold shooting and stretched the lead to 23 points at 49-26 on Middleton's pull-up jumper with 7:03 left in the half.

The Hawks began to warm up from the outside, particularly Prince, who had three 3-pointers in the half for 15 pounds.

Atlanta cut the lead to 13 at 61-48 when Mike Muscala made a 3-pointer.

Milwaukee regained momentum by scoring the first seven points of the third quarter. Atlanta was able to get at close at 15 points a couple of times, but the Bucks led 92-73 after three quarters.

The Hawks put together a run behind Schroder, whose basket cut the lead to 11 points with 7:42 remaining. They never got within single digits.

NOTES: Milwaukee G Malcolm Brogdon has scored in double figures in each of the five games he has played. F Khris Middleton has scored 15-plus in five straight games. ... Milwaukee has won its last two games against Atlanta. The teams will play two more times this season, both in Milwaukee. ... Inactive for Milwaukee were F Joel Bolomboy (D-League two-way), F Jabari Parker (left knee), G Gary Payton II (D-League two-way) and C Greg Monroe (left calf). Inactive for Atlanta were F Ersan Ilyasova (strained left knee), C Miles Plumlee (strained right quad) and F DeAndre Bembry (fractured right wrist). ... Milwaukee plays again Tuesday at home against Oklahoma City. Atlanta returns to the court at Philadelphia on Wednesday.