Milwaukee Bucks defeat the Atlanta Hawks in Game 3 of Eastern Conference Finals - Trae Young injured!

Milwaukee Bucks forward Kris Middleton shooting one of multiple dagger 3-point shots to take the winNBA - Getty Images

After a complete beating, the Milwaukee Bucks gave the Atlanta Hawks in game 2 in Milwaukee, Game 3 was set to take place in Atlanta.

Quarter 1 Bucks get tip-off but after a quick turnover Capela scores the first bucket for the Hawks in a fast break and then in a very identical play right after, the Bucks get another turnover that leads to another fast break by the Hawks that ended with a dunk by Capela.

The bucks had a hard time getting their first basket and after a missed 3 point attempt from Brook Lopez, the Hawks went down the court and scored their own 3 made by Kevin Huerter who has really been an unsung hero for the Hawks recently.

Atlanta Hawks PG Trae Young and Hawks guard Kevin HuerterNBA - Getty Images

Regardless the Hawks go up 7-0 really quick and force Milwaukee to take a timeout and it took 2 minutes into the game for the Bucks to get their first shot just for Trae to come up the court and hit a logo 3 and then a quick floater not long after and it takes another 2 minutes for the Bucks to get their next bucket and by the 8-minute mark of the first quarter the score was 15 to 4 with the Hawks in the lead.

Atlanta Hawks PG Trae Young shooting a 3-point shotNBA - Getty Images

Near the 5 minute mark of the quarter Giannis goes to the bench with 0 points but the Bucks do score a few buckets to get their score up to 12 but the Hawks confidence stayed the same and they scored 10 points themselves including a cold 3 point shot by Trae where he hit us with the shimmy right after.

But as hot as the Hawks started they cooled down just as much and allowed the Bucks to go on a 15 to 7 point run to end the quarter only being down by 5 with the score of 32 to 27. Trae ended the quarter with 14 points himself.

Second-quarter starts and for the first 2 minutes of the quarter both teams go bucket for bucket and score 5 points each but then the following 3 minutes only Giannis scores the only field goal by either team.

For the next few minutes, every time we saw the Bucks start to make a comeback the Hawks matched and scored 10 points to the Bucks 11 in those few minutes. Then with about 3 minutes left of the first half, the walking ice Trae himself hits another logo 3 but right after that, the Bucks ended the quarter storming back going on a 10 to 3 run to tie the game up going into halftime.

Milwaukee Bucks guard Jrue Holiday blocking Atlanta Hawks guard Bogdan Bogdanovic shot attemptNBA - Getty Images

In the 3rd quarter the Hawks come out with a quick 9 to 2 run in the first 3 minutes led by Trae scoring 5 of those 9 but for the next 3 following minutes, although we saw Trae make another 5 points we saw the Bucks outscore the Hawks 12 points to 8.

For the last 4 minutes of the quarter is was pretty even where both teams scored 11 each to end the quarter but the biggest moment was in the 29-second mark of the end of that quarter we saw Trae young take a step backward after passing the ball and ended up stepping on the idiotic ref that was right behind him and tweaked his right ankle and even went to the back right after before the quarter even ended. *I HATE these NBA refs*

Atlanta Hawks PG Trae Young sitting on floor after ankle injuryNBA - Getty Images

The 4th quarter starts slow but the most important thing to note was it wasn't until the clock hit 10 minutes of the quarter till we saw Trae young come back out to the bench and wasn't until just about the 8-minute mark where we saw Trae come back into the game itself.

Although Trae was back in the game you could see he still was feeling discomfort on the ankle but we also saw the Bucks take complete advantage of that and came storming back on an 11 to 3 run for the following 3 minutes of the game and at the 5-minute mark the Bucks took a 3 point lead.

From that moment forward was the beginning of the end and Kris Middleton scored multiple 3 point shots just himself and saw the Hawks make nothing to answer back with and ended giving up the win to the away team of the Milwaukee bucks and did it in front of the shocked and hopeful Atlanta crowd. The end score was 113-102.

Milwaukee Bucks forward Kris Middleton shooting one of multiple dagger 3-point shots to take the winNBA - Getty Images

Leading scorers were Kris Middleton with 38 points for the Bucks, 20 of which he scored all in the 4th quarter!

Trae Young with 35 and Giannis with 33.

Game 4 will take place Tuesday, June 29th once again in front of an Atlanta crowd.

Hopefully, Trae heals well enough to play at his best as we never want to see great players be held back in big games but we will have to wait and see.

Hope you enjoyed the read

-Sani

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