LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo has been suspended for Milwaukee’s closing activity of the standard time, handed a one-match penalty Wednesday for headbutting Washington’s Moe Wagner.
It is mysterious if Antetokounmpo would have performed in Thursday’s recreation against Memphis in any case, given that the Bucks have currently secured the No. 1 general seed in the NBA playoffs that get started next week.
Antetokounmpo will be suitable for Match 1 of the Bucks’ to start with-round sequence in opposition to Orlando, which will almost absolutely be performed Monday or Tuesday at Walt Disney Entire world.
The incident happened Tuesday night, when Wagner took a charge from Antetokounmpo in the 2nd quarter. Antetokounmpo appeared to be speaking angrily, adopted Wagner to the other close and the headbutt took spot a couple seconds later.
Antetokounmpo reported after the video game that the headbutt was a “terrible action” and that if he “could go back, switch back again time and go again to that enjoy, I would not do it.” He said he was annoyed by an accumulation of call, on a night where by he had currently been awarded 12 free throws in his first 10 minutes of play.
Antetokounmpo was ejected from the match for the Flagrant-2 foul. He finishes the normal year with averages of 29.5 points, 13.6 rebounds and 5.6 assists, quantities that are probable superior sufficient to earn him a second consecutive NBA MVP award.
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