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Atlanta Hawks vs Milwaukee Bucks: Starting Lineups
The Atlanta Hawks and the Milwaukee Bucks are getting set to tip off in Las Vegas for their NBA Cup Semifinal game and both teams just revealed their starting lineups for the game.
Hawks:
G- Trae Young
G – Dyson Daniels
F – Zaccharie Risacher
F – Jalen Johnson
C – Clint Capela
Bucks
G-Damian Lillard
G- Andre Jackson Jr
F- Taurean Prince
F- Giannis Antetokounmpo
C- Brook Lopez
The Atlanta Hawks are the talk of the NBA right now. They have won seven of their last eight games, which have included two wins over the Knicks, one being in the NBA Cup Quarterfinal on Wednesday, a road win in Boston, two wins over the Cavaliers, and a win over the Lakers. They face the Milwaukee Bucks tomorrow afternoon in the biggest game of their season and with a win they would clinch a spot in the NBA Cup Finals on Tuesday against either the Oklahoma City Thunder or the Houston Rockets. This is a young team that is playing team basketball right now and they are catching the eye of everyone around the NBA, including a lot of national media. If they win today, that will continue.
Coming into tonight’s game, the Hawks are 8th in the NBA in PPG, 18in FG%, 19th in 3PA, 24th in 3P%, 6th in FTA, 23rd in turnovers, and 4th in rebounding. Per Cleaning the Glass, Atlanta is 16th in points per 100 possessions, 21st in effective field goal percentage, 20th in turnover percentage, 5th in offensive rebounding percentage, and 14th in free throw rate.
Currently, the Hawks rank 27th in PPG allowed, 19th in field goal percentage allowed, 30th in three-point attempts allowed, and 30th in three-point percentage allowed. Per Cleaning the Glass, Atlanta is 14th in points allowed per 100 possessions and 25th in effective field goal percentage allowed. The Hawks’ defense was fantastic against the Knicks on Wednesday, but they will certainly have a tough time tonight against Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Hawks don’t have a real answer for Giannis and and that could be the biggest mismatch in the game.
Milwaukee is currently 13th in PPG, 7th in FG%, 16th in 3PA, 3rd in 3P%, 10th in FTA, 22nd in rebounding, and 12th in turnovers. Per Cleaning the Glass, the Bucks are 10th in points per 100 possessions, 3rd in effective field goal percentage, 9th in turnover percentage, 30th in offensive rebounding percentage, and12th in free throw rate.
Defensively, the Bucks rank 13th in PPG allowed, 6th in FG% allowed, 20th in 3PA allowed, and 16th in 3P% allowed. Per Cleaning the Glass, Milwaukee is 18th in points allowed per 100 possessions and 8th in effective field goal percentage.
Trae Young has stepped up whenever the lights are brightest and the Hawks will need him today. He only had 17 points and seven assists in the last game, but lower scoring games have been common for him this season. Milwaukee does not have an elite defense and Young can find mismatches against them.
Dyson Daniels only had nine points in the last game vs the Bucks, but he could be the most inmportant player on the floor for Atlanta. Daniels is going to be tasked with guarding Damian Lillard and he will have to prevent him from getting hot scoring the basketball. Giannis is tough enough to deal with, but if Lillard gets going as well, they are tough to beat.
Zaccharie Risacher had a pretty solid game against Milwaukee 12 days ago, scoring 12 points and hittiing 2-4 three point attempts. His length and versatility is going to be valuable in helping guard Giannis in this game and Risacher can be disruptive.
Jalen Johnson has been introducing himself on the big stage this year and Wednesday was no exception. Johnson was awesome against the Knicks and continued to play at an All-Star level. He was able to score 23 points and grab 13 rebounds in the last game vs Milwaukee and I think he is ready for another big performance.
The Bucks are not a great rebounding team and that could mean big games from Clint Capela, who is in the midst of a nice season. Capela had 17 rebounds in the last game vs Milwaukee, but he was not the only center that had a nice game. Onyeka Okongwu had 13 points and six rebounds, but played some great defense against Giannis. He has had good defensive performances vs Antetokounmpo before and that is something to monitor.
The Hawks bench is one of the best in the NBA and they hold a massive advantage over the Bucks. De’Andre Hunter is playing at a high level right now and Bogdan Bogdaovic was 3-5 from three in the last meeting. Hunter, Bogdanovic, and Okongwu are a great trio off the bench, but who will be the 9th man? Lately it has been VIt Krejci and that is what I expect tonight.
One thing Milwaukee is likely to have in this game that they didn’t last time is Khris Middleton. Hawks fans don’t need to be reminded of what Middleton can do when healthy and he could make a big impact in the game.
The keys to the game are similar to the last time these two teams played. Don’t let MIlwaukee get hot from three (they are 3rd in 3p%), don’t let Giannis dominate and dictate the game, win the turnover battle (Bucks had 18 turnovers to Atlanta’s 11 last time), and dominate the glass. Do those things and an NBA Cup Finals appearance will likely be on the way.
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MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee city workers have been working overtime and on weekends to patch potholes in what is shaping up to be a record year for that type of work. But for many residents, the patching is not enough.
The city’s Department of Public Works has received more than 18,000 requests for pothole service so far in 2026. Workers have already filled more than 10,000 potholes this year — right around what the city has averaged annually over the past five years.
Following a winter marked by repeated freeze-thaw cycles and a spring that brought additional weather-related challenges, city officials held a news conference Thursday with an update on the situation.
Raneissa Baker, a driver on Milwaukee’s north side, said her car is currently in the shop with suspension damage she says will cost her $1,100 — the result of the sheer number of potholes she has hit this year, not any single one.
“Streets are horrible, and every time that you hit a pothole, all you hear, doo doo doo doo doo,” Baker said.
Watch: Milwaukee residents demand permanent fixes as city logs record pothole repairs
Milwaukee reports high number of pothole requests
Baker said avoiding the craters is not an option and potentially dangerous depending on traffic.
“It’s impossible to try to avoid it,” Baker said.
At the news conference, TMJ4 asked DPW Commissioner Jerrel Kruschke what his message was for drivers like Baker who have had their cars damaged and spent thousands of dollars on repairs.
“The first thing I tell the public is please pay attention. If you focus on driving ahead of time, a lot of times you can avoid potholes on the roadway. We know they exist. We know it’s frustrating,” Kruschke said. “If you do have some sort of damage to your vehicle, there is a claim system that you can go onto the city website and file a claim.”
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Baker pushed back on that response.
“He said to pay attention and try to avoid it. How are we going to be able to avoid it if you’re driving and there’s a car right here, and there’s a pothole right here? How am I going to try to avoid that?” Baker said.
Patrick Housfeld, who lives on South 12th Street, said the problem on his block is nothing new.
“This wasn’t new this year; this has happened for 21 years straight,” Housfeld said.
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Housfeld has stopped using 12th Street altogether and believes more craters will soon reemerge after the latest round of patching. He called the work on his block performative.
“Make the problem go away. I don’t care what the numbers were or are,” Housfeld said.
Both Baker and Housfeld want more permanent solutions than pothole patching.
Road reconstruction, however, is expensive — running into the millions of dollars depending on the work required.
“You fill it up with Oreo crumbs today, it’s a bigger sinkhole by tomorrow, it’s not making sense, just repair the roads,” Baker said.
DPW estimates it still has about 5,000 potholes left to patch. The city says it will be all hands on deck until that work is complete.
The department says residents can report potholes or repair concerns through Milwaukee’s Service Request page or by calling the city’s Unified Call Center.
Report here: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ReportPotholes
Call here: 414-286-CITY (2489)
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Sneak peek inside the new Milwaukee Public Museum under construction
See inside the new Nature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin, the future successor to the Milwaukee Public Museum, under construction on Nov. 20, 2025.
The Milwaukee Public Museum has now packed 600,000 items from its collection of 4 million as the staff prepares to move them into their new home: The Nature & Culture Museum of Wisconsin at 1310 N. 6th St.
The staff could still be working through 2027 to move the remaining items, said Collections Move Project Manager Sara Podejko on June 24.
“We will continue packing here even after the future museum opens,” Podejko said.
According to the museum’s June report to the County Board’s committee on parks and culture, construction continues to move along on track, and the new site is expected to open mid-way through 2027.
About half of the total collection has already been inventoried, a painstaking process that has given the museum the opportunity to streamline its electronic storage system.
“There’s been a lot of work ongoing in the collections departments prior to digitize their material, but not everything was. And so, a real upside to this move is that we are able to not only inventory, but barcode all of our specimens,” Podejko said.
That barcode allows collection move technicians to easily input items into an inventory spreadsheet and immediately relocate them.
“It kind of eliminates some human error, which is really important when you’re dealing with four million things,” Podejko said.
Twenty-nine staff members are facilitating the move, including the technicians who were hired and trained specifically to move the artifacts.
“Every time they pack an object, they first assess it for its condition, weaknesses, areas of stability, and then they adapt the pack to that object itself,” Podejko said.
Many of the technicians are also recent graduates and early professionals looking to break into the museum collections scene.
“Collections can be difficult to get into and a job like this kind of gives them (a) foot in the door,” Podejko said.
The public museum’s current facility has continued to face structural challenges amid the move. In January, a passenger elevator failed and was out of service for two months. The only elevator was a small one for wheelchairs, which led to wait times as long as 30 minutes. During that time, an escalator was also taken out of service for repairs.
The museum’s 350-ton water-cooled chiller is also close to failure and needs bearing replacement to keep it functioning throughout the summer.
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Cincinnati Reds Fall to Milwaukee Brewers, Get Swept at Home for First Time Since 2024
The Cincinnati Reds fell to the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 on Wednesday night at Great American Ballpark. With the loss, the Reds fell to 37-42 and still sit in last place in the NL Central, 12 games behind the first-place Milwaukee Brewers. The loss to the Brewers marks the third straight loss for Cincinnati and means they were swept at home for the first time this season and for the first time since 2024.
Reds pitcher Rhett Lowder was given the nod to start on the bump on Wednesday night, and was able to get in a groove early, striking out two batters in the first inning, and one in the second.
Lowder Struggled in Third Inning
The wheels fell off for Lowder and Cincinnati in the top half of the third inning, as Jackson Chourio singled to left and William Contreras slammed a two-run home run to right-center. Lowder wasn’t able to shake off the home run and allowed another home run in the next at-bat to Jake Bauers as the Reds fell behind 3-0 in the early goings. Lowder finished the game with 5.2 innings of work, allowing eight hits, three earned runs, and six strikeouts.
The Reds’ offense was sluggish and woke up too late in the series finale against the Brewers. Cincinnati had a mix of strikeouts, groundouts, and pop flies in the first five innings at Great American Ballpark until the home half of the sixth inning. Brewers pitcher Shane Drohan was effective in his outing, allowing five hits and 0 earned runs in 4.1 innings of work while striking out five Reds batters.
Reds Were Able to Figure out Brewers Bullpen
Brewers pitcher Chad Patrick came into the game in relief and Cincinnati was able to figure him out early, as Noelvi Martin and Tyler Stephenson worked back-to-back walks. Blake Dunn stepped up to the plate and injected some life into Great American Ballpark as he connected on a slurve to right field for a double that scored Marte and got Cincinnati on the board.
With the score 3-1, Reds pitcher Sam Moll came into the game in relief and ran into trouble, allowing a triple, two walks, and a double in four straight at-bats, the latter of which scored three runners to make it a 6-1 ballgame in favor of the Brewers.
Reds Offense Finally Woke up in Eighth Inning
The Reds’ offense officially arrived in the home half of the seventh, as they chipped away at the Brewers’ five-run lead. Sal Stewart doubled on a sweeper to left field and scored when Eugenio Suarez connected for a double on a fastball down the middle two at-bats later. The bottom of the eighth inning proved more fruitful as Elly De La Cruz worked a walk and Spencer Steer homered 400 feet to dead center to bring the Reds within one.
The Reds had a golden opportunity to tie or win the game in the bottom of the ninth inning, but Dane Myers grounded into a double play with the bases loaded with one out.
Cincinnati is off on Thursday before heading to Pittsburgh for a weekend series against the Pirates.
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