The Milwaukee Bucks hope to get two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo again within the lineup Friday after they full their three-game highway journey with a cease in Atlanta to face the Hawks.
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Antetokounmpo has missed the final two video games. He didn’t play on Monday due to proper knee soreness and was a late scratch on Wednesday due to tightness in his left calf. He went via warmups and was within the beginning lineup however was taken to the locker room and didn’t return to the courtroom when the gamers have been launched.
He might be a game-time choice on Friday.
“Just a late scratch,” Milwaukee coach Doc Rivers mentioned. “He tested it out, said he was good. Think he got on the floor and didn’t trust it, so decided to sit another game. I don’t think it’s serious.”
The Bucks have been capable of win with out Antetokounmpo and finish a four-game dropping streak on Wednesday after they beat Charlotte 112-102.
The Hawks, who ended an eight-game dropping streak on Monday, couldn’t construct on that success and misplaced 126-125 to San Antonio on Wednesday.
This would be the third assembly of the season between the 2 groups. The Hawks went on the highway and beat the Bucks 119-104 on Dec. 4, however Milwaukee returned the favor with a 110-102 win 10 days later within the NBA Cup semifinal in Las Vegas. Milwaukee has gained the final two conferences in Atlanta.
Antetokounmpo averages 31.8 factors , 12.2 rebounds and 5.9 assists. In 37 profession video games towards Atlanta, he has averaged 23.7 factors, 9.7 rebounds and 4.6 assists. He scored 31 and 32 factors within the first two conferences towards Atlanta this season.
Damian Lillard logged 29 factors and 12 assists to choose up the slack on Wednesday, whereas Bobby Portis chipped in with 23 factors and 17 rebounds.
“I thought everyone stepped up and I don’t think anybody necessarily tried to step out of their role,” Milwaukee’s Pat Connaughton mentioned. “They just continued to grow in their role.”
The Bucks added three new gamers on the commerce deadline. Milwaukee acquired Kyle Kuzma and Patrick Baldwin Jr. from Washington in alternate for Khris Middleton and AJ Johnson. Additionally they bought backup heart Jericho Sims from New York for Delon Wright.
In the meantime, Atlanta’s most notable transfer was sending second-leading scorer De’Andre Hunter to Cleveland for Caris LeVert, Georges Niang, three second-round picks and two decide swaps.
The Hawks’ Onyeka Okongwu had his greatest sport of the season towards San Antonio with a career-high 30 factors capturing 13-of-16 from the sector and 3-for-5 on 3-pointers to go along with 12 rebounds and 5 assists. He grew to become the primary Hawk to have at the least 30 factors, 10 rebounds and 5 assists in a sport this season.
Atlanta coach Quin Snyder famous that Okongwu “is always physical but his instincts are getting better and better.
“He is bought a fantastic really feel across the rim, and he is bought such a superb contact,” Snyder said. “I used to be glad with the 3s to see him be that aggressive. It is one factor to take actually open ones and it is one other factor to take them after they’re not as open. He was actually definitive in that.”
Oknongwu, the workforce’s first-round draft decide in 2020, has began the final 10 video games and changed veteran Clint Capela at heart. He’s averaging 14.3 factors, 9 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.4 steals throughout that stretch.
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