ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks were able to win without their top player. The Milwaukee Bucks couldn’t do it without their biggest star.
The Hawks were minus Trae Young as they tied the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals at two games apiece with a 110-88 rout of the Bucks. Lou Williams did a stellar job filling in for Young with 21 points. Bogdan Bogdanovic broke a series-long slump with 20 for Atlanta, which didn’t have to deal with Giannis Antetokounmpo for the last 18 minutes.
Antetokounmpo is just the latest superstar to be injured in these playoffs, sustaining a hyperextension of his left knee in the third quarter. It came after Young was declared out with an ankle injury sustained in Game 3.
Once Antetokounmpo departed, the Hawks closed the third period on a 25-8 run to take an 87-62 lead.
Jrue Holiday had team highs of 19 points and nine assists for the Bucks, who will host Game 5 on Thursday.
