Brook Lopez scored 33 points (26 in the paint), and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Atlanta Hawks 123-112 for a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference finals.
The Bucks never trailed and led by as many as 20.
Khris Middleton had 26 points, 13 rebounds and 8 assists. Jrue Holiday added 25 points (11 in the first quarter) and 13 assists, and Bobby Portis had 22 points, 8 rebounds and 3 steals. The Bucks had 4 20-point scorers. Holiday assisted on 7 of Lopez’s 14 baskets.
For the Hawks, Bogdan Bogdanović scored 28 points with 7 3-pointers.
The Hawks committed 14 turnovers to the Bucks’ 9. They gave up 14 offensive rebounds, about 5 more than usual for the shots the Bucks missed. The Bucks outscored the Hawks 66-36 in the paint. The Bucks’ starters outscored the Hawks 65-46 in 20 minutes together.