Giannis Antetokounmpo will miss his second straight sport when the Milwaukee Bucks tackle the Boston Celtics Wednesday evening. In response to the Bucks’ damage report, the two-time NBA MVP will sit with hamstring soreness.
Antetokounmpo missed Sunday’s win over the Phoenix Suns after going by his regular pregame routine. Bucks head coach Doc Rivers mentioned previous to the sport that he believed Antetokounmpo could be out there however 45 minutes earlier than tipoff he was scratched and was not on the bench throughout the sport.
“Properly, it’s not an damage, we’re simply involved a bit of bit,” Rivers mentioned after Sunday’s sport. “Plus, you take a look at the schedule, you may have one, two, three, 4, 5 days off, so we planted it in him and he needed to do it. Which we had been comfortable that he determined to do it.”
The Bucks have a busy schedule arising with six video games over the following 10 days. They presently sit in second place within the Japanese Convention with a 44-24 report, 10 video games again of the Celtics, who’re the one NBA staff to have clinched a playoff spot.
Wednesday evening shall be solely the fifth sport Antetokounmpo, who’s averaging 30.8 factors, 11.2 rebounds, and 6.4 assists per sport this season, could have missed this season.