LAC GOOD VIEW, Fla. (AP) – NBA MVP defender Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks left sunday for the fourth game of his team’s Eastern Conference semi-final series against the Miami Heat after a sprained right ankle worsened.
Antetokounmpo headed to the basket at 10:18 to pass in the fourth moment, looking to overtake Andre Iguodala of Miami, went down the stairs and screamed in pain as he grabbed his ankle, and soon reached the maximum of those at Bucks Bank to gather around him, worried.
Antetokounmpo neverthe yet went to the bench and then returned to the area to make his releases loose.
It’s not transparent if I’d come back without delay.
He missed the first shot, hit the moment and, after the Bucks made a foul to get him out of the game, lied for an additional evaluation.He had to make loose shots to remain eligible to return to the game; if he hadn’t taken those pictures, NBA regulations wouldn’t have allowed him to come back.
The Bucks fell on Sunday 3-0 in the series and faced elimination.Antetokounmpo scored 18 of Milwaukee’s first 26 issues in Game 4, firing 8 of 10 from the area before injuring himself.
Antetokounmpo first of all spun his ankle inwards in practice in the first quarter of Game 3 of the series on Friday night, ended with 21 points, 16 rebounds and nine assists in 35 minutes, but fired only 7 of 21 in the area and missed all seven.of his triple attempts.
Antetokounmpo insisted after the third game that he did not bother at the ankle of the match.
He is expected to win the MVP award for a moment in the consecutive season after averaging 29.5 points, 13.6 rebounds and 5.6 assists.In the first of the playoffs against Orlando, Antetokounmpo averaged 30.6 points, 16 rebounds and six assists with 59% shots from 39% in triples.
But in the first three games of the series against Heat, their offensive numbers cooled dramatically: it averaged 22.7 points, 13.3 rebounds and seven assists, shooting 45% of the area and 15% beyond the 3-point arc.
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