Jamal CollierESPN
MILWAUKEE — Bucks famous person Giannis Antetokounmpo used to be dominated out for the left-overs of Sunday’s 130-117 Game 1 loss to the Miami Heat with a decrease again contusion, the crew introduced.
Greenbacks teacher Mike Budenholzer mentioned later the first-round matchup that Antetokounmpo had an X-ray that got here again “clear.”
“We’ll monitor him and see how he wakes up [Monday],” Budenholzer mentioned.
Antetokounmpo fell dried to the ground and landed on his again later selecting up a charging foul taken by way of Warmth ahead Kevin Love with 1:46 too much within the first quarter. Antetokounmpo looked at of the sport following his 2nd foul within the first quarter however straight away headed towards the warehouse room. He emerged with tape round his decrease again to start the second one quarter and returned to the sport with 9:56 left within the body.
Then again, Antetokounmpo didn’t struggle a shot throughout his later stint at the courtroom and seemed hobbled generation seeking to run up the ground in transition. Then Milwaukee took a lengthen of sport violation on the 8:33 mark in the second one quarter, Antetokounmpo looked at of the sport once more and went again to the warehouse room.
The Greenbacks upcoming dominated him out for the residue of the competition.
“He just wasn’t moving [well],” Budenholzer mentioned. “Didn’t look comfortable, confident. It felt like the right thing.”
Antetokounmpo scored six issues on 2-of-4 capturing in 11 mins.
Antetokounmpo has handled nagging accidents all season, together with to his knee and his wrist. Within the utmost regular-season assembly between Milwaukee and Miami on Feb. 24, Antetokounmpo left the sport early with a quad trauma later enjoying simply six mins within the first quarter.
So even if Antetokounmpo has proven the facility to go back early from accidents within the date, Budenholzer mentioned the crew must resolve the later steps over refer to few days.
“We have to wait and see what the doctors say,” Budenholzer mentioned. “Most importantly, what Giannis says. Certainly we’ve been blessed with him being incredibly resilient and quick to heal, but you’ve just got to take it day by day and see how he’s doing and see how he feels.”
The Greenbacks are 11-8 this season in video games throughout which Antetokounmpo didn’t play games.
The Greenbacks had a internet score of plus-7.2 with Antetokounmpo at the ground this season, which might have led the league. With out him, their internet score used to be minus-1.4, which might were twenty fourth, between the Washington Wizards and Orlando Magic.
“We don’t want him to be hurt, but it’s still next-man-up mentality,” mentioned Greenbacks defend Jrue Holiday. “We have enough talent on this team to cover for him until he comes back, so again, I just don’t want to see him hurt because I know what it feels like, especially Game 1 of the playoffs.”
