CHICAGO The Chicago Bulls, trying for their first winning streak of the season, wasted no time putting together one of their most embarrassing losses on Tuesday.

The Bulls suffered a 104-70 setback to the Milwaukee Bucks as they were outscored in every quarter and absorbed their worst home loss of the season.

The Bucks (17-13) outscored the Bulls in every quarter on their way to their biggest margin of victory this season.

Glenn Robinson and Tim Thomas scored 21 points for the Bucks, who had six players in double figures and raced to their biggest win of the season. Ray Allen added 16 points.

Robinson scored 13 points in the first quarter as Milwaukee opened with a 22-4 run and led 38-15 after 12 minutes. The Bulls never recovered and got no closer than 17 points the rest of the way.

Chicago (5-26) missed its first eight shots and scored just four points in the first seven minutes. Elton brand scored 17 points and Ron Mercer added 16 for the Bulls, who had no other players in double figures.

In Atlanta, Jason Terry scored 32 points and the Atlanta Hawks used a big fourth quarter to put away the Boston Celtics, rolling to a 92-81 victory.

Terry, who has emerged as the Hawks' go-to guy from the shooting guard slot, was hot all game, burying 12-of-16 shots and 8-of-10 free throws while handing out six assists.

Paul Pierce scored 30 points but received little help from frontcourt mate Antoine Walker, who managed just 13 points, as the Celtics lost for the fourth time in five games.

In Cleveland, Carlos Rogers had a season-high 22 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Houston Rockets used their bench to pull out a 100-95 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Rogers hit 10-of-11 shots in 31 minutes.

"Man, I was tired," Rogers admitted. "No way I was going to look at the bench and say, come get me.' Coach always told me to be patient and wait until it is your turn. I didn't think I'd get that many minutes tonight."

(Reuter)