The Milwaukee Bucks continued to look like a team missing one of its best players. Without Andrew Bogut, the Bucks fell to the Atlanta Hawks 96-86 and now trail the Hawks 0-2 in the opening round of the NBA playoffs.
Joe Johnson scored 27 points and Josh Smith had 21 points, 14 rebounds and 9 assists to lead the Hawks.
John Salmons had 21 points but is now 0 for 10 in the series from behind 3-point range. Jerry Stackhouse added 15 points and Ersan Ilyasovahad 13 points and 15 rebounds for the Bucks. Bucks coach Scott Skiles said his team clearly lacks playoff experience.
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After trailing by 22 points at the half in game 1, the Bucks cut the gab to a 6-point deficit at the break last night. But the Hawks opened the third quarter with an 11-2 run to put it away.
The Bucks shot just 41% from the field for the game and only 16.7% (4 of 24) from 3-point range.
The Bucks will try to get in the win column on Saturday when the series shifts back to Milwaukee for game 3.
