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Prior to Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Boston Celtics, much of the talk surrounded Boston’s determination to sacrifice their bodies on the defensive end and draw charges on Giannis Antetokounmpo. Or, instead, they could simply let Al Horford do the dirty work inside. Horford denied Giannis emphatically […]

The Boston Celtics went into Milwaukee and throttled the top-seeded Bucks 112-90 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. The Celtics punched the Bucks in the mouth from the opening tip and went up by 15 points in the second quarter. While Milwaukee fought back and even led by two points in the third […]

The Eastern Conference Semifinal matchup between the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics has yet to begin, but the mind games are already well underway. The Celtics and head coach Brad Stevens have been drumming up how Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo’s style of downhill play makes him more susceptible to charges. Boston, with versatile defenders […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo will try to make life miserable for Danny Ainge, even if Ainge is big enough to appreciate the success of an NBA superstar. The Boston Celtics will be going up against one of the best teams in the league at the moment, the Milwaukee Bucks. They will collide in the Eastern Conference semifinals […]

The Boston Celtics will be facing one of their toughest challenges this season when they go up against Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks— owners of the league’s best regular season record — in the Eastern Conference semi-finals. Led by the MVP frontrunner, the Bucks turned from a playoff contender to a championship caliber team […]

Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown can’t hide his excitement about the idea of going up against Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo. Boston and Milwaukee will collide in the Eastern Conference semifinals which is set to begin on Sunday. Per Chris Forsberg of NBC Sports, Brown said that loves competing against Antetokounmpo because of his aggressiveness […]

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens believes Milwaukee Bucks superstar swingman Giannis Antetokounmpo should win the MVP award this season. Antetokounmpo guided the Bucks to the best record in the NBA. The Bucks and Celtics face off in the second round of the playoffs. Game 1 is on Sunday: Stevens on whether Giannis is MVP: […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo has had an absolutely stellar career in the NBA so far, and it looks as if things are just getting started for the 24-year old. As the Milwaukee Bucks prepare to take on the Boston Celtics in the second round of the NBA Playoffs, Celtics coach Brad Stevens heaped praise on Antetokounmpo: Brad […]

Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo ended his team’s first-round series matchup against the Detroit Pistons in style, scoring a game-high 41 points on Monday night. The 24-year-old led the Bucks to a 127-104 blowout win in Game 4 of the series, as Milwaukee completed a first-round sweep against the eighth-seeded Pistons. Following the big win, […]

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is looking to get some long-awaited payback, as there is still some unfinished business with the Boston Celtics dating back to last season’s loss in a best-of-seven first-round series: “We definitely owe them something from last year,” Antetokounmpo said of the Celtics after a convincing 127-104 win on Monday to […]

Detroit Pistons point guard Ish Smith thought he had an easy layup in the books during the second quarter of Game 4 in their first-round series matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks. Little did he know that a Greek Freak was lurking around waiting to swat away his shot. Giannis Antetokounmpo came out of nowhere and got […]

All-Star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo provided a historic performance in a historic night for the Milwaukee Bucks. The Bucks completed their sweep of the Detroit Pistons with a 127-104 win in Game 4 of their first round playoff series. It’s the first postseason series win for Milwaukee in 18 years, having been to the playoffs nine […]

Jason Terry had a chance to play alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo during his stint with the Milwaukee Bucks. Recently, he shared a story involving the Greek Freak jumping for a dunk behind the free throw line in one practice session. Per the NBA on TNT, listen to Jason Terry explain how the play went down. According […]

Joel Embiid is someone who wears his emotions on his sleeve. Perhaps a little bit too much. The Philadelphia 76ers big man is known for beefing with anyone who crosses his path, whether that is a notable star like Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook or a little-known role player like Boston Celtics center Aron […]

Superstar swingman Giannis Antetokounmpo says the Milwaukee Bucks have “done a great job responding all year” after poor first halves. The Bucks had the best record in the NBA during the regular season. There weren’t too many times when Milwaukee played poor in the first half. However, the times that they did, Antetokounmpo says the […]

Houston Rockets guard James Harden and Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook won the last two MVPs, and Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo could win the award this season. So, it’s not a big surprise that these three players have the biggest impact on point spreads among the postseason participants, according to BetOnline.ag. Antetokounmpo, […]

The Milwaukee Bucks came away with another lopsided victory against the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night to secure a 2-0 advantage in their first-round playoffs matchup. As it turns out, Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo was not feeling one hundred percent in this one, and the 24-year-old later admitted that it was the general body pain […]

The new-look Milwaukee Bucks have been a massively different team from what they were merely a season ago after taking on the Boston Celtics in the first round of the playoffs. While they came close, Giannis Antetokounmpo’s heroics were not enough to get them past the Celtics in seven games, which made the offseason addition […]

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is one of the league’s top talents. The forward is in the midst of a career year and has a good chance of winning the Most Valuable Player award. Antetokounmpo is an excellent shooter and guarding him is no easy task. In fact, he thinks defenders are afraid of him […]

Milwaukee Bucks superstar swingman Giannis Antetokounmpo says the Golden State Warriors were sloppy offensively after they built a 31-point lead against the Los Angeles Clippers in Game 2 of their first-round series. The Clippers erased a 31-point road deficit and defeated the Warriors to even up the series at 1-1. It was the largest comeback […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo is not only The Greek Freak. He’s also Superman. The Milwaukee Bucks star showed everyone why Shaquille O’Neal passed him the “Superman” nickname, as he took flight from just a little over the free throw line in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against the Detroit Pistons. Midway through the third quarter […]

Milwaukee Bucks superstar forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has his team playing high-level NBA basketball at the perfect time. Andre Drummond responded. How effective that response will be remains to be seen. With the Bucks rolling against the Detroit Pistons on Sunday evening, Milwaukee was well on its way to a 1-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference […]

Milwaukee Bucks star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is one of the most difficult players in the league to guard, and no one knows that better than Antetokounmpo’s former Bucks teammate and current Detroit Pistons big man Thon Maker. Maker says that the challenge of defending Giannis does not come down to one person. It comes down […]

Dirk Nowitzki has made his selection for the NBA MVP. The recently retired Dallas Mavericks power forward says that it is Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo who deserves the honor this 2018-19 season. “Just by record, I give it to Giannis this year,” Nowitzki said. The NBA's '06-07 MVP, @swish41, weighs in on this year's […]

The Detroit Pistons would likely prefer a different first-round matchup than the Milwaukee Bucks in their return to the playoffs after two seasons but as an eight-seed that just got in by the skin of their teeth, beggars can’t be choosers. Their opponents are not only the best in the league this year but are […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks is arguably the single most unstoppable force currently in the NBA. Transition defenses are relegated to mere bowling pins once he corrals a miss and goes coast to coast for a rim-rattling jam or a nifty layup. The best perimeter defenders fly like rag dolls when he puts his […]

John Wall doesn’t have a vote for MVP. If the Washington Wizards’ injured point guard did, though, his justification for picking Giannis Antetokounmpo over James Harden is one that would no doubt be shared by many of his fellow voters. In a sit down with Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes, Wall explained that Antetokounmpo’s status as the […]

Milwaukee Bucks swingman Giannis Antetokounmpo and Houston Rockets shooting guard James Harden are the Kia NBA Players of the Month for March and April. The Kia NBA Players of the Month for March/April! #KiaPOTM@Giannis_An34 of the @Bucks (East)@JHarden13 of the @HoustonRockets (West) pic.twitter.com/WH7qtdTSLy — NBA (@NBA) April 11, 2019 For the Bucks, Giannis Antetokounmpo averaged 30.0 […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo famously turned down the chance to join LeBron James and other luminaries for offseason workouts last summer. It certainly shouldn’t come as shocking, then, that the Milwaukee Bucks superstar is reportedly uninterested in appearing alongside his Los Angeles Lakers counterpart in Space Jam 2. Somewhat surprising, though, is the support Antetokounmpo seems to have […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have been a complete juggernaut all season and head into the playoffs as the #1 overall seed with the best record in the NBA. With both the presumptive MVP in Giannis Antetokounmpo and the presumptive Coach of the Year in Atlanta Hawks expat Mike Budenholzer, the Bucks have instituted extremely interesting and […]

Despite a number of personalities from the basketball scene wanting to take part in the highly-anticipated upcoming action-animated film, “Space Jam 2,” a recent report reveals that Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo actually turned down a potential role in the movie. According to ESPN’s Malika Andrews, Giannis would much rather focus on further improving his […]

Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo has been described as an unconventional star, one that deflects the shine, but can’t help being the flaming candle in the room. This season’s top MVP candidate put it very simply: “I don’t like being Hollywood,” said Antetokounmpo, according to ESPN’s Malika Andrews. “I don’t like all this extra drama. […]

Milwaukee Bucks superstar swingman Giannis Antetokounmpo has increased his lead over Houston Rockets star shooting guard James Harden as the MVP favorite. Antetokounmpo was -225 to win the award back on March 11. Entering Monday, The Greek Freak is at -400 now, according to BetOnline.ag. Giannis has led the Bucks to the best record in the […]

In a recent poll of 125 NBA players conducted by The Athletic, peers voted for the best choice to start a roster with, as Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo emerged as the top choice. Giannis Antetokounmpo (36.4%) Anthony Davis (10.4%) Joel Embiid (8.8%) Kevin Durant (8%) LeBron James (7.6%) Stephen Curry (6.4%) Kawhi Leonard, Damian Lillard (3.2%) Luka Doncic (2.4%) Jayson Tatum, Paul […]

Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo will not play in his team’s game against the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday due to a sore left calf, coach Mike Budenholzer said. Coach Bud: Giannis not going to play (left calf soreness) tonight. pic.twitter.com/1wWYje7TTV — Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) April 6, 2019 It’s easy to dismiss concerns of Antetokounmpo’s discomfort […]

It’s not often that Giannis Antetokounmpo gets matched up against a center with the size, strength, and agility to go toe-to-toe with him as the Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid. The Milwaukee Bucks forward got switched into the Sixers’ defensive anchor several times during the Thursday night battle between the two Eastern Conference powerhouses and Antetokounmpo not […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo isn’t the most outspoken of characters, especially considering the Most Valuable Player race that now looms closer as the end of the season nears. The Milwaukee Bucks star put it simply — he doesn’t like to toot his own horn, instead letting his play do the talking for him: “I don’t like talking […]

Milwaukee Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer is convinced his star player, Giannis Antetokounmpo, made a big statement on Thursday, not only to the Philadelphia 76ers during a 128-122 road win but to the entire league with his rousing play. Antetokounmpo trotted out a 45-point masterpiece, drizzled with 13 rebounds, six assists and five blocks, with four […]

The Milwaukee Bucks saw their chances to beat out a stacked Philadelphia 76ers roster dwindle after point guard Eric Bledsoe was ejected in the opening minutes or the first quarter after getting into a dodgeball fight with Sixers big man Joel Embiid. Giannis Antetokounmpo, the team’s all-around leader, took on the task of keeping himself […]