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1 week Ago By Donny Shea
The Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics have battled atop the Eastern Conference in recent years. The two teams met once again on Sunday afternoon. The defending champion Celtics won a hard-fought game by a score of 113-107.
The game featured playoff-like physicality, which comes as a surprise in mid-November. Giannis Antetokounmpo elbowed Celtics star Jaylen Brown and connected with Brown's head. Antetokounmpo then offered out his hand, in an apparent attempt to apologize, but pulled his hand back as Brown began to reach his hand out.
This resulted in Brown calling the Greek Freak "a child" in his postgame media availability. Additionally, a clip was posted on social media of an Antetokounmpo closeout on a Jayson Tatum corner jumper. Antetokounmpo is seen sliding under Tatum's landing zone in a move popularized by former NBA big man Zaza Pachulia.
In today's league, this maneuver usually warrants a flagrant foul. In this case, however, Antetokounmpo was not even assessed a common foul. Tatum took to social media to share his frustrations with his 1.
4 million X followers , "Some calls you just not supposed to miss." Generally, the league offices don't take too kindly to public criticism of their officials, so a fine is probably incoming. The Bucks blew an 11-point halftime lead as Tatum dropped 23 points in the second half alone.
Antetokounmpo was the only member of the Bucks who found any sort of consistent success. He finished the game with 43 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, and two blocks. Meanwhile, Damian Lillard was contained by Boston's swarming perimeter defenders.
Lillard managed to score just 14 points on 4 of 15 shooting including a rough 1 of 8 from three. Khris Middleton and Gary Trent Jr. remained unavailable to coach Doc Rivers during this game, as veteran guard Delon Wright has been left out of the rotation recently in favor of youth in Andre Jackson, AJ Green, and Ryan Rollins.
Milwaukee dropped eight of their first ten games and will play a winnable game against the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night. MORE BUCKS NEWS: Jaylen Brown calls Bucks star a 'child' for unnecessary action in Celtics clash.
