Milwaukee Bucks vs Atlanta Hawks Live Streaming

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1:00 pm EDT Sun May 2, 2010

Jamal Crawford was playing like a rookie, even though he’s been in the NBA for a decade. He seemed jittery. He wasn’t playing with his usual abandon. He looked like his own worst enemy when he went up for a jumper, his form all out of sorts instead of nice and smooth. Crawford can be excused for his nervousness. He waited 10 years for this moment, finally making the playoffs after being traded to the Hawks last summer. He struggled through the first five games, hitting less than a third of his shots and making just 4 of 18 from the field in Atlanta’s shocking Game 5 loss to the underdog Milwaukee Bucks. But the series—heck, the entire season—on the line, Crawford finally stepped up and played like he had during the regular season. The NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year led the Hawks with 24 points on 8-of-17 shooting, while chipping in with five rebounds, two assists and a steal. Atlanta pulled out an 83-69 road victory that sent the series back south for a decisive Game 7 on Sunday.

The Hawks will be counting on a similar performance out of Crawford. The third-seeded Hawks were in a much better mood Saturday, having avoided an epic upset in a series they were expected to dominate with the Bucks missing two of their best players, Andrew Bogut and Michael Redd. Of course, the work isn’t done. For the third year in a row, Atlanta has been extended to seven games in the opening round. The Hawks know they’ll be facing many of the criticisms—no heart, a lack of teamwork, too much bickering—if they don’t take advantage of this second chance on their home court. The memory of blowing a nine-point lead in the final four minutes of Game 5 is still there, but no one will care if they finish off the Bucks on Sunday.