Although he had already made a technical mistake, Giannis Antetokounmpo went to crush Isaiah Stewart with an authoritarian dunk. The “Greek Freak” could stare at his opponent with a fixed look, before going back to defense, indicating that his opponent was too small to stop him…
Except that on the way, he took a second technical foul, synonymous with expulsion!
The Bucks are losing track
In control until this moment of the match, at +13 (73-60) with 9 minutes to play in the third quarter, the Bucks will lose the thread in the wake of the expulsion of their leader, who logically took a long time to calm down after this particularly harsh whistle, which sent him to the locker room.
“We had the feeling that a lot of whistles were questionable” admits Brook Lopez. “We have to deal with it. But the way Giannis was kicked out, we obviously don’t think it’s right. »
The positive is that Damian Lillard, Bobby Portis and company managed to remobilize without their double MVP to regain control of the game in the fourth quarter. And thus snatch a third consecutive victory (120-118) to now point to second place in the East with 5 victories for 2 defeats.
Victory all the same at the end
“But hey, whatever. We made something positive out of it” continues Brook Lopez. “It sucked not having him on the field. But it was a good opportunity for us to play only with Dame. »
Especially since Khris Middleton was also absent, the Bucks still managing his physical return.
So it’s not very pretty, but it’s still a victory for these refining Bucks. “It was an opportunity for us to stick together”concludes Damian Lillard. “It wasn’t our night. The shots did not return. They made complicated ones. They gave Giannis a bad technical foul. » But victory is at the end.
