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Trae Young was out from Game 4 due to a foot injury, but the Atlanta Hawks managed to tie the Eastern Conference finals series against the Milwaukee Bucks.

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The Hawks, led by Lou Williams and Bogdan Bogdanovic, won Game 4 in Atlanta 110-88 (25-22, 26-16, 36-24, 23-26).

Williams contributed 21 points, and eight assists, whilst Bogdan Bogdanovic made six 3-pointers while adding 20 points for the fifth-seeded Hawks, who never trailed and led by as many as 25 points.

Bogdanovic puts a solid performance and leads Hawks to a win as Giannis exits injured

While Young sat out Game 4 with a bone bruise in his right foot, the third-seeded Bucks lost their own star when two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo hyperextended his left knee in the third quarter and didn't return.

According to ESPN's Malika Andrews, Antetokounmpo is expected to undergo further imaging on his left knee later today.

Antetokounmpo had 14 points and eight rebounds in 24 minutes before exiting with 7:14 left in the third period.

Giannis was helped off the floor by his brother Thanasis after getting hurt.

Antetokounmpo got injured when he leaped to defend an alley-oop pass to Capela. Antetokounmpo hyperextended his knee as he landed. He fell to the court in intense pain, grabbing the knee, and Capela fell on top of him after scoring the basket.

Young was injured in Game 3 when he inadvertently stepped on an official's foot.

Clint Capela scored 15 points for the Hawks before leaving with 3:28 left in the fourth after taking an elbow to his nose from Milwaukee's Sam Merrill. Kevin Huerter also scored 15 points for Atlanta.

Jrue Holiday recorded 19 points, and nine assists, and Khris Middleton had 16 points and eight rebounds for the Bucks, who were a woeful 8 of 39 (20.5 percent) from 3-point range while shooting 39.3 percent overall.

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Cam Reddish added 12 points, and Danilo Gallinari tallied 10 for Atlanta, which shot 50 percent from the field and was 13 of 38 (34.2 percent) from behind the arc.

Capela's basket on the play in which Antetokounmpo was hurt ignited a 17-2 burst that saw the Hawks open up a 77-54 lead with 3:18 left in the third. Bogdanovic knocked down three 3-pointers during the run.

Reddish's 3-pointer with 29.7 seconds left elevated Atlanta's lead to 87-62 entering the fourth quarter.

Reddish and Huerter buried baskets 13 seconds apart in the final stanza to make it 104-80 with 4:20 left, prompting Milwaukee coach Mike Budenholzer to pull Holiday and Middleton and look toward Game 5.

Williams hit all four of his first-half field-goal attempts -- including one 3-pointer -- while scoring 13 points to help the Hawks hold a 51-38 halftime lead.

Hawks: Lou Williams 21 (8 AST), Bogdan Bogdanovic 20, Kevin Huerter 15 (7 AST), Clint Capela 15 (7 REB), Cam Reddish 12, Danilo Gallinari 10, Onyeka Okongwu 7.Bucks: Jrue Holiday 19 (9 AST, 4 TO), Khris Middleton 16 (8 REB), Giannis Antetokounmpo 14 (8 REB), P.J. Tucker 8.

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