Rohan Nadkarni is a sports reporter for NBC News.
LAS VEGAS — The Milwaukee Bucks advanced to the finals of the NBA Cup with a 110-102 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday. The Bucks will face the Oklahoma City Thunder — who beat the Houston Rockets 111-96 a few hours later— in the championship game Tuesday. The semifinals were played back-to-back in Las Vegas, with the Eastern Conference teams squaring off first. Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 32 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists, while Damian Lillard added 25 points.
” The Cup championship berth is a nice turnaround for the Bucks, who started the season 4-9, including a six-game losing streak after winning their first game. Rivers said the recent improvement is what he expected from his veteran-laden group. “Listen, outside Milwaukee, I think a lot of people was, ‘What’s going on?'” Rivers said. “I don’t think one person inside thought that at all.
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