Giannis Antetokounmpo suffers new injury… yet Milwaukee remain unstoppable

Giannis Antetokounmpo performed simply six minutes within the Milwaukee Bucks’ 128-99 win over the Miami Warmth on Friday, because the Bucks star was pressured off within the first quarter with a sprained proper knee.

With 1:13 left within the first interval, the Greek Freak knocked knees with an opponent. Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer referred to as a timeout, with Antetokounmpo heading to the locker room and lacking out on the rest of the sport.

Antetokounmpo had already been listed on the harm report on Friday due to a proper wrist knock he sustained within the Bucks‘ final sport earlier than the All-Star break.

Earlier than leaving the sport, Giannis managed to file 4 factors, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in six minutes.

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Forward of the sport, Budenholzer supplied an replace on the wrist harm.

“He is definitely not going to be one hundred pc,” he stated.

“It’ll take a while. However can he play and be efficient and assist us? We really feel like he is shut.

“If he goes tonight, then that is the choice.”

The Bucks win with out Giannis

In the meantime, Jrue Vacation stepped as much as cleared the path with 24 factors and 7 assists, as Milwaukee managed their largest victory of the season after beating Miami by 29 factors.

“The final two days of observe [without Giannis], we actually simply emphasised type of protecting that rhythm, the way in which that we play,” stated Vacation.

“I feel simply taking part in quick, generally taking part in random, and protecting our chemistry has been good.”

Bobby Portis had 18 factors and 11 rebounds after lacking 11 video games with a knee harm, Brook Lopez added 17 factors, Grayson Allen recorded 16 and Khris Middleton managed 12 factors.

Meyers Leonard and Jae Crowder each made their Bucks debuts, with the previous bagging 5 factors and 6 rebounds in quarter-hour and the latter scoring 9 factors in 16 minutes.

In the meantime, the Warmth registered 9/40 behind the arc, with Jimmy Butler scoring 23 factors. He was adopted by Bam Adebayo (18), Tyler Herro (14) and Caleb Martin (13).

“It did not sluggish them down one bit when Giannis went out,” Warmth coach Erik Spoelstra stated.

“They simply put it in overdrive.”