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ATLANTA, Nov. 28 (AP) -- Josh Childress scored six points in a 13-2 run midway through the final quarter and the Atlanta Hawks broke open a close game to take a rare 96-80 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night.

Joe Johnson led six players in double figures with 21 points and Atlanta won only for the fourth time in its last 13 games against Milwaukee. The Hawks' bench outscored the Bucks' reserves 43-7.

Al Horford, Zaza Pachulia and Childress each had 12 points and Tyronn Lue added 11 for Atlanta.

Michael Redd had 24 points and Mo Williams added 23, but Andrew Bogut, who had 18 points and 11 rebounds, was Milwaukee's only other scorer in double figures.

The Bucks lost for the second straight night following a five-game winning streak.

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News and Notes Over the last six contests, Mo Williams is averaging 15.3 points and 9.8 assists per game … the Bucks are 5-1 in those games. On Tuesday, Jake Voskuhl scored a season-high 9 points in just under 7 minutes … Jake was perfect from the field (2-2) and 5-6 from the charity stripe. Bucks guard Ramon Sessions, assigned to the Tulsa 66ers of the D-League, is the first D-League Performer of the week (announced November 26, 2007) after leading Tulsa to a 2-0 record with averages of 20.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists. Michael Redd has dropped in at least one three-pointer in each Bucks win this season and is second on the Bucks in 3FG% shooting (.354) this season. The Bucks are tied for fourth in the league with 5.5 blocks per game (66). Andrew Bogut leads the way with 2.1, which is 10th in the NBA. It took 27 games last season for the Bucks to reach 66 blocks and through 12 games that season they averaged 2.8. Dan Gadzuric needs just three blocks to pass Terry Cummings (347) for 10th in franchise Bucks history. Yi Jianlian is among the top-5 rookie leaders in points (10.1, T-2nd), rebounds (6.1, 2nd), free throw percentage (.778, 2nd), steals (0.6, T-3rd), blocks (1.3, 3rd) and minutes (25.9, 3rd). Milwaukee has reached the seven-win mark in November for the 8th time in the last 11 seasons (they went 5-9 during the 06-07 season and 7-6 during the 05-06 season).

View From the Other Side Micah Hart, Website Manager for the Atlanta Hawks, wanted to get to know the Bucks a little better before tonight's match-up between the Bucks and Hawks. Bucks.com directed Micah to our number 1 knowledge bank, Jim Paschke. Jim in turn had a few questions for Micah. The Q & A

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Game Highlights: Bucks at Hawks

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Head Coach Larry Krystkowiak

“Atlanta did a nice job attacking. We had a hard time keeping the ball in front of us, because they broke us down off the dribble consistently. It was the type of attack we expected, we just weren’t ready to move our feet. Our bench normally provides a big spark for us, but tonight they struggled, which I think hurt us tonight.”

“We were pretty competitive in the first and third quarters, but not in the second and fourth quarters. We had a hard time scoring points. On the other end, they were getting a lot of easy looks, and that’s where the game kind of steamrolled away from us. We made a couple of runs throughout the game, but we just couldn’t get over the hump.”

“The second quarter really destroyed us. Next thing I know, we’re down by ten at halftime. We kept trying to make a run, but it was just too much of a task to do that tonight. It was a tough shooting night for us tonight, especially in the second quarter, and when you’re not making shots, you have to be able to defend, and we didn’t do that well tonight, either. Joe Johnson is huge for them every night. It was our job to contain him as best as we could tonight, but he’s a tough player.”.”

“This was a tough game today. We did the things we were supposed to do in the first and third quarters, but we struggled in the second and fourth. The difference between tonight and the game last week is that we made a lot of shots in the first game, and tonight we struggled on offense. They’re on their home floor and both teams were coming off tough losses. Both teams needed a win, but the Hawks really came out and performed today, and that was the difference in the game.”

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