MILWAUKEE — Carlos Delfino scored 22 points with six 3-pointers and the Milwaukee Bucks pulled off their second straight playoff surprise, beating the Atlanta Hawks 111-104 Monday night to draw even in the first-round series.
Brandon Jennings scored 23 points and John Salmons added 22 for the Bucks, who survived a fourth-quarter surge led by Atlanta stars Joe Johnson and Josh Smith. Now the Hawks head home for Game 5, desperately needing a win to stave off a surprising challenge by a team missing its best player, injured center Andrew Bogut.
Johnson scored 29 points, reserve Jamal Crawford had 21, and Smith had 20 points and nine rebounds.
The Bucks finally started getting to the free throw line and the made the most of it, hitting 28 of 32.
Salmons was 10 for 10 from the free throw line.
It was yet another subpar performance away from home for the Hawks, who struggled on the road in the regular season and haven't performed well on the road in recent playoff appearances. Atlanta beat Milwaukee in convincing fashion the first two games of the series, but the Bucks blew out the Hawks in Saturday's Game 3.
Atlanta did a better job responding to adversity Monday, but still not good enough.
Delfino went 6 for 8 from 3-point range, including a 3-pointer from the corner to put Milwaukee ahead 97-88 with 3:56 left. Smith missed inside and Jennings grabbed the rebound, then hit a floating jumper at the other end.
Layups by Al Horford and Johnson later cut the lead to five with 1:41 remaining, but Milwaukee's Kurt Thomas made one of two free throws, then took a charge by Crawford with 1:20 left.
“Am I a nice guy all the time?” Zee said one recent evening in New York. “No. I certainly did not get to where I got to by being a really nice pushover. I am very opinionated. I have a very specific vision of how things can be, but I'm also fair. I don't think there's any need to be rude for no reason.”
Zee attempted to convey his diplomatic nature in last season's finale, where he sat judge-like behind his desk while the contentious duo traded blame and insults. Kaplan gave Zee a melodramatic “It’s her or me” ultimatum before storming off, though it’s clear both girls will be back for more this season. It's all for the cameras, after all. “I can tell you that Erin and Olivia do not sit around thinking about each other all day,” Zee said.
“If Joe and I agreed on Olivia, there would be no show,” said Kaplan. “I think we both take it with a grain of salt.”
“I think Twitter's fun. Let's face it, no one's interested if I'm going to the gym but people care if I'm at a photo shoot and tweet about this cool new shoe I love,” said Zee.
Zee considers the drama that ensues par for the course when starring in a docusoap, but the 41-year-old Toronto native would rather shift his focus to lifting the curtain behind the machinations of a fashion magazine. According to Zee, The City’s new season will include a closer look at him on the job. There will be more photo shoots, meetings with fashion designers and a work-related trip to Los Angeles. Elle Editor-in-Chief Robbie Myers even appears in the show’s previews, which could open opportunities to show the inevitable power struggle between the magazine's two top editors. With Zee's star on the rise, the addition of Myers—who had been almost nonexistent in Elle's two other forays into TV, Project Runway and Stylista—could give Palermo's and Kaplan's workplace tension a run for its money.
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