Young scores 48 points, Hawks beat Bucks 116-113 in Game 1
MILWAUKEE (AP) Trae Young remains as poised as ever in hostile environments in his first postseason.
Young scored 48 points, Clint Capela converted a go-ahead putback with 29.8 seconds left and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Milwaukee Bucks 116-113 on Wednesday night to open the Eastern Conference finals.
The Hawks improved to 6-2 in road playoff games this year and handed the Bucks their first home loss of the postseason.
''Ever since I was in middle school, when I was going on the road in middle school, I always loved playing on the road,'' said Young, who was two points off his career high. ''I loved playing against an opposing crowd, an opposing team. It feels like you're really with your team, and it's just them in the building. I think that really brings our group together.''
Game 2 is Friday night in Milwaukee.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 34 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists for the Bucks. Jrue Holiday added 33 points and 10 assists.
Milwaukee's Khris Middleton missed a potential tying 3-pointer in the closing seconds. Although Middleton scored 15 points, he shot 6 of 23 and missed all nine of his 3-point attempts.
''I've just got to be better,'' Middleton said. ''It's as simple as that.''
Never before had the Hawks won an Eastern Conference finals game since moving to Atlanta in 1968. The Hawks reached the East finals in 2015, but were swept by Cleveland.
The Hawks did win a title in 1958 and reached the league finals in 1957, 1960 and 1961 when they were in St. Louis.
''It's special,'' Young said. ''I wanted to achieve things like this when I was a rookie. Coming in as a rookie, you don't know how hard it is until you've got to actually do it.''
John Collins added 23 points and 15 rebounds for the Hawks. Capela had 12 points and 19 rebounds.
Antetokounmpo scored the first six points in a 9-0 run that turned a 98-96 deficit into a 105-98 advantage with 4:18 left. But the Hawks scored the next five points, and the game went back and forth from there.
''It's a matter of us just trying to withstand, hold the fort and try to make plays,'' Collins said. ''And I feel like we did that down at the end.''
Middleton missed a pull-up jumper with about 43 seconds left with Milwaukee ahead 111-110. Young missed a shot on the other end of the floor, but Capela grabbed his 19th rebound and scored to put the Hawks in front for good.
After Milwaukee's Pat Connaughton shot an air-ball on a 3-pointer, Young made two free throws with 17.3 seconds remaining.
''He was wide open,'' Antetokounmpo said about Connaughton's shot. ''Make or miss, we live with that. We believe in him.''
Antetokounmpo made a pair of free throws with 5.3 seconds left, but Young brought the lead back to three and closed the scoring by sinking two free throws of his own with 4.6 seconds remaining.
His focus at the line revealed the veteran savvy the 22-year-old Young has displayed throughout his first career postseason.
''He's a great player,'' Antetokounmpo said. ''We've got to make it as tough as possible for him, be physical with him. We don't want to send him to the free-throw line. We just got to make it, from the first minute to the last minute, tough.''
TIP-INS
Hawks: Bogdan Bogdanovic started but clearly was at less than full strength as he deals with a sore knee. He scored four points and shot 1 of 6. ... Cam Reddish was available to play for the first time in four months but didn't play. Reddish hadn't played since Feb. 21 due to a right Achilles injury. Hawks coach Nate McMillan had said before the game the Hawks would cautious with Reddish by keeping him behind Tony Snell and Solomon Hill in the rotation. ''We haven't had the opportunity for him to get in any five-on-five since he's been off,'' McMillan said. ''He's been playing the last week or so some two-on-two, three-on-three.''
Bucks: Bobby Portis came off the bench with 4 1/2 minutes left in the first quarter and ended up with 11 points and eight rebounds. Portis hadn't played a single minute in the last three games of the Bucks' second-round series. ... Milwaukee fell to 11-3 in playoff games at Fiserv Forum. . This is the fifth time the Bucks and Hawks have faced off in the playoffs and their first postseason matchup since the Hawks won 4-3 in a 2010 opening-round series. They've split the four previous matchups.
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Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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12:00 | Clint Capela vs. Brook Lopez (P.J. Tucker gains possession) | |||
11:39 | +3 | Brook Lopez makes three point jump shot (P.J. Tucker assists) | 0-3 | |
11:21 | +2 | Trae Young makes two point floating jump shot (Clint Capela assists) | 2-3 | |
11:13 | Brook Lopez misses three point jump shot | |||
11:11 | Giannis Antetokounmpo offensive rebound | |||
11:01 | Giannis Antetokounmpo misses three point jump shot | |||
10:57 | John Collins defensive rebound | |||
10:54 | +2 | Clint Capela makes two point dunk (Trae Young assists) | 4-3 | |
10:34 | +2 | Jrue Holiday makes two point driving layup | 4-5 | |
10:10 | Kevin Huerter misses three point jump shot | |||
10:08 | Giannis Antetokounmpo defensive rebound | |||
9:56 | Jrue Holiday misses three point jump shot | |||
9:54 | P.J. Tucker offensive rebound | |||
9:50 | Brook Lopez misses three point jump shot | |||
9:47 | Bogdan Bogdanovic defensive rebound | |||
9:39 | Trae Young misses three point jump shot | |||
9:37 | P.J. Tucker defensive rebound | |||
9:30 | Khris Middleton misses three point jump shot | |||
9:26 | Trae Young defensive rebound | |||
9:20 | Trae Young turnover (bad pass) (Khris Middleton steals) | |||
9:09 | +2 | Brook Lopez makes two point dunk (Giannis Antetokounmpo assists) | 4-7 | |
8:58 | Jrue Holiday personal foul (Trae Young draws the foul) | |||
8:48 | Trae Young misses two point floating jump shot | |||
8:43 | Trae Young offensive rebound | |||
8:43 | +2 | Trae Young makes two point putback layup | 6-7 | |
8:35 | +2 | Jrue Holiday makes two point finger roll layup | 6-9 | |
8:20 | +2 | Trae Young makes two point floating jump shot | 8-9 | |
7:56 | Jrue Holiday misses three point jump shot | |||
7:53 | Clint Capela defensive rebound | |||
7:46 | Trae Young misses three point jump shot | |||
7:44 | Khris Middleton defensive rebound | |||
7:38 | +2 | Giannis Antetokounmpo makes two point finger roll layup (Jrue Holiday assists) | 8-11 | |
7:38 | Bogdan Bogdanovic shooting foul (Giannis Antetokounmpo draws the foul) | |||
7:38 | Giannis Antetokounmpo misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | |||
7:33 | John Collins defensive rebound | |||
7:19 | Bogdan Bogdanovic turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | |||
7:08 | Khris Middleton misses three point jump shot | |||
7:05 | Clint Capela defensive rebound | |||
7:00 | +2 | Trae Young makes two point turnaround jump shot | 10-11 | |
6:50 | Jrue Holiday turnover (lost ball) (Bogdan Bogdanovic steals) | |||
6:45 | Clint Capela misses two point layup | |||
6:42 | Jrue Holiday defensive rebound | |||
6:41 | +2 | Giannis Antetokounmpo makes two point dunk (Jrue Holiday assists) | 10-13 | |
6:33 | Hawks 60 second timeout | |||
6:22 | +2 | Kevin Huerter makes two point step back jump shot | 12-13 | |
6:09 | Giannis Antetokounmpo misses two point jump shot | |||
6:05 | Clint Capela defensive rebound | |||
6:03 | +2 | Trae Young makes two point layup | 14-13 | |
5:48 | Giannis Antetokounmpo turnover (bad pass) (Trae Young steals) | |||
5:42 | Bogdan Bogdanovic misses two point jump shot | |||
5:39 | Giannis Antetokounmpo defensive rebound | |||
5:35 | +2 | Giannis Antetokounmpo makes two point dunk (Khris Middleton assists) | 14-15 | |
5:15 | John Collins misses three point jump shot | |||
5:09 | Khris Middleton defensive rebound | |||
5:00 | Khris Middleton misses two point jump shot | |||
4:58 | Trae Young defensive rebound | |||
4:55 | P.J. Tucker personal foul (Trae Young draws the foul) | |||
4:48 | Kevin Huerter misses two point floating jump shot | |||
4:46 | Giannis Antetokounmpo defensive rebound | |||
4:30 | Khris Middleton misses two point floating jump shot | |||
4:28 | Solomon Hill defensive rebound | |||
4:19 | +2 | John Collins makes two point turnaround jump shot | 16-15 | |
4:12 | Bucks 60 second timeout | |||
4:02 | Bryn Forbes misses three point jump shot | |||
4:00 | Danilo Gallinari defensive rebound | |||
3:48 | +2 | John Collins makes two point hook shot (Trae Young assists) | 18-15 | |
3:33 | +2 | Giannis Antetokounmpo makes two point finger roll layup | 18-17 | |
3:25 | John Collins offensive foul (Jrue Holiday draws the foul) | |||
3:25 | John Collins turnover (offensive foul) | |||
3:15 | Giannis Antetokounmpo misses two point layup | |||
3:14 | Giannis Antetokounmpo offensive rebound | |||
3:13 | Giannis Antetokounmpo misses two point hook shot | |||
3:11 | John Collins defensive rebound | |||
2:56 | Danilo Gallinari misses two point fadeaway jump shot | |||
2:54 | Bobby Portis defensive rebound | |||
2:47 | Bobby Portis misses three point jump shot | |||
2:45 | Trae Young defensive rebound | |||
2:38 | John Collins misses three point jump shot | |||
2:35 | Jrue Holiday defensive rebound | |||
2:31 | Jrue Holiday turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | |||
2:24 | Danilo Gallinari misses three point jump shot | |||
2:21 | Pat Connaughton defensive rebound | |||
2:12 | +2 | Bobby Portis makes two point layup (Jrue Holiday assists) | 18-19 | |
1:54 | +2 | Trae Young makes two point floating jump shot | 20-19 | |
1:38 | +2 | Bryn Forbes makes two point floating jump shot (Giannis Antetokounmpo assists) | 20-21 | |
1:24 | John Collins misses three point jump shot | |||
1:21 | Giannis Antetokounmpo defensive rebound | |||
1:19 | Solomon Hill personal foul (Giannis Antetokounmpo draws the foul) | |||
1:12 | +2 | Bobby Portis makes two point dunk (Jrue Holiday assists) | 20-23 | |
0:55 | Danilo Gallinari misses two point jump shot | |||
0:52 | Onyeka Okongwu offensive rebound | |||
0:51 | Solomon Hill misses three point jump shot | |||
0:48 | Bobby Portis defensive rebound | |||
0:35 | +3 | Bobby Portis makes three point jump shot (Jrue Holiday assists) | 20-26 | |
0:30 | Trae Young misses three point jump shot | |||
0:23 | Solomon Hill offensive rebound | |||
0:27 | +2 | Solomon Hill makes two point putback layup | 22-26 | |
0:12 | +2 | Jrue Holiday makes two point driving dunk | 22-28 | |
0:01 | +3 | Lou Williams makes three point step back jump shot | 25-28 | |
0:00 | End of period |
Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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11:46 | Bogdan Bogdanovic misses three point step back jump shot | |||
11:41 | Bobby Portis defensive rebound | |||
11:31 | +2 | Khris Middleton makes two point driving layup (Bobby Portis assists) | 25-30 | |
11:18 | Lou Williams misses two point fadeaway jump shot | |||
11:15 | Giannis Antetokounmpo defensive rebound | |||
11:06 | +2 | Giannis Antetokounmpo makes two point driving dunk | 25-32 | |
11:02 | Hawks 60 second timeout | |||
10:52 | Danilo Gallinari misses three point step back jump shot | |||
10:52 | Bucks defensive rebound | |||
10:41 | Onyeka Okongwu blocks Giannis Antetokounmpo's two point layup | |||
10:41 | Bucks offensive rebound | |||
10:39 | +2 | Pat Connaughton makes two point layup (Jeff Teague assists) | 25-34 | |
10:17 | Pat Connaughton shooting foul (Kevin Huerter draws the foul) | |||
10:17 | +1 | Kevin Huerter makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 26-34 | |
10:17 | +1 | Kevin Huerter makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 27-34 | |
9:58 | Bobby Portis misses two point floating jump shot | |||
9:55 | Clint Capela defensive rebound | |||
9:47 | +2 | Danilo Gallinari makes two point turnaround jump shot (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists) | 29-34 | |
9:36 | Khris Middleton misses two point floating jump shot | |||
9:31 | Bobby Portis offensive rebound | |||
9:35 | +2 | Bobby Portis makes two point putback layup | 29-36 | |
9:21 | Lou Williams misses two point floating jump shot | |||
9:19 | Bobby Portis defensive rebound | |||
9:19 | Danilo Gallinari personal foul (Take) (Giannis Antetokounmpo draws the foul) | |||
9:14 | +2 | Khris Middleton makes two point layup (Giannis Antetokounmpo assists) | 29-38 | |
8:49 | Danilo Gallinari turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | |||
8:32 | Jeff Teague misses two point driving layup | |||
8:32 | Hawks defensive rebound | |||
8:32 | Giannis Antetokounmpo personal foul (Loose ball) (Bogdan Bogdanovic draws the foul) | |||
8:17 | +2 | John Collins makes two point turnaround jump shot (Bogdan Bogdanovic assists) | 31-38 | |
7:55 | +2 | Giannis Antetokounmpo makes two point finger roll layup | 31-40 | |
7:44 | +2 | Trae Young makes two point floating jump shot | 33-40 | |
7:25 | Khris Middleton misses two point step back jump shot | |||
7:23 | John Collins defensive rebound | |||
7:22 | Trae Young turnover (bad pass) (Giannis Antetokounmpo steals) | |||
7:21 | Trae Young personal foul (Take) (Giannis Antetokounmpo draws the foul) | |||
7:12 | Jrue Holiday misses three point jump shot | |||
7:09 | Clint Capela defensive rebound | |||
7:03 | +3 | Trae Young makes three point jump shot | 36-40 | |
6:46 | +2 | Giannis Antetokounmpo makes two point hook shot | 36-42 | |
6:29 | +3 | Trae Young makes three point step back jump shot | 39-42 | |
6:18 | Kevin Huerter shooting foul (Khris Middleton draws the foul) | |||
6:18 | +1 | Khris Middleton makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 39-43 | |
6:18 | Khris Middleton misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | |||
6:15 | John Collins defensive rebound | |||
6:06 | +2 | Clint Capela makes two point dunk (Trae Young assists) | 41-43 | |
5:49 | +2 | Khris Middleton makes two point step back jump shot | 41-45 | |
5:40 | Trae Young misses three point jump shot | |||
5:37 | Bobby Portis defensive rebound | |||
5:24 | Khris Middleton misses two point step back jump shot | |||
5:22 | P.J. Tucker offensive rebound | |||
5:15 | Khris Middleton misses three point jump shot | |||
5:14 | Hawks defensive rebound | |||
4:54 | +2 | Kevin Huerter makes two point fadeaway jump shot | 43-45 | |
4:36 | Brook Lopez misses three point jump shot | |||
4:34 | John Collins defensive rebound | |||
4:12 | +3 | Kevin Huerter makes three point jump shot (Trae Young assists) | 46-45 | |
4:06 | Bucks 60 second timeout | |||
3:55 | +2 | Jrue Holiday makes two point jump shot (Giannis Antetokounmpo assists) | 46-47 | |
3:31 | John Collins misses two point turnaround hook shot | |||
3:28 | Pat Connaughton defensive rebound | |||
3:27 | Danilo Gallinari personal foul (Giannis Antetokounmpo draws the foul) | |||
3:15 | Bobby Portis turnover (3-second violation) | |||
3:11 | Trae Young turnover (out of bounds bad pass) | |||
2:49 | +2 | P.J. Tucker makes two point layup (Giannis Antetokounmpo assists) | 46-49 | |
2:40 | Bobby Portis shooting foul (Trae Young draws the foul) | |||
2:40 | Trae Young misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | |||
2:40 | Hawks offensive rebound | |||
2:40 | +1 | Trae Young makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 47-49 | |
2:15 | +3 | Jrue Holiday makes three point jump shot (Giannis Antetokounmpo assists) | 47-52 | |
2:01 | Kevin Huerter misses three point jump shot |