NBA: Bucks win against Hawks while Nuggets increased their winning run

JOKIC, HYLAND EACH SCORE 21 TO LEAD NUGGETS' ROUT
Jokic produces another brilliant performance

(Football news) The Milwaukee Bucks extended their winning run as they beat the Atlanta Hawks 114-105. For the Bucks, Jrue Holiday scored 27 points, Brook Lopez had 20 points and 12 rebounds as Giannis Antetokounmpo added seven points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists, and Bobby Portis II had 13 points and 10 rebounds while Milwaukee have won four out of their five matches. For the Hawks, Bogdanovic scored 22 points, and De’Andre Hunter had 16 points as an illness left them without Young who is averaging 27.3 points and 9.8 assists while leading rebounder Capela was sidelined with a strained right calf. With this result the Bucks improved their record to 27-14 and moved to joint second along with the Brooklyn Nets.

”We’re resilient,” Holiday said. ”We don’t like to lose. I think close games like that – not that we enjoy those moments – but we do think they’re teaching moments where can kind of close out games and use all that and everything we did tonight in the future.”

”We did a better job of applying pressure in the second half,” Atlanta coach Nate McMillan said. ”This is a team that’s going to try to attack the paint, attack the rim and if they can’t get to the rim, they’re going to shoot 3s. In the second half we got more pressure, disrupted more and were able to get some stops.”

”Credit to our guys,” Milwaukee coach Mike Budenholzer said. ”We had a big lead, then a big comeback for Atlanta. A big punch from Atlanta. We were able to throw the last one and were able to finish it. Credit to our players.”

”I thought it was one of Giannis’ best games without scoring,” Budenholzer said. ”I thought he trusted his teammates. He made a ton of great plays. For him to go to the boards, do everything else he does and then find the willpower, the competitiveness to get a tough offensive rebound, not force it through a bunch of traffic.”

The Denver Nuggets continued their rich vein of form as they beat the Phoenix Suns 126-97. For the Nuggets, Nikola Jokic had 21 points, 18 rebounds and nine assists before sitting out the fourth quarter while Bones Hyland added 21 points and Jamal Murray had 16 points. Denver Nuggets won their 12th straight home game, the win makes it 14th win in 17 games. They reached the halfway point of the season tied with Memphis for the Western Conference lead. For the Suns, Torrey Craig scored 16 points and Josh Okogie added 14 points and nine rebounds. Phoenix remained without Devin Booker (groin), Chris Paul (hip), Deandre Ayton (ankle), Cameron Johnson (knee), Landry Shamet (hip) and Cameron Payne (foot), and also Jae Crowder was unable for this fixture.

”But we’re not satisfied,” said Hyland, who hit five of Denver’s 15 3-pointers

”They posted up Jokic early and just flattened us out (defensively),” Suns coach Monty Williams said. ”And he does a really good job of finding the open man or scoring.”

”It’s good to have another body down there,” Williams said. ”When I look down there and see more coaches than players, I’m like … this is … yeah, I’ll stop there.”

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