Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo plays non-top basketball in Milwaukee’s second game against the Nets. Brooklyn jumped to the 65-41 lead at halftime in Monday’s game, led by 21 points from Kevin Durant. Meanwhile, Antetokounmpo scored six points from a 3-of-8 shot in 18 minutes during the first half – good for a fourth place among the beginners. Even Bryn Forbes, who came off the bench, had more points (seven) than the NBA MVP defender. The Nets are among the favorites for the 2021 NBA Finals, but it’s still ridiculous to watch a team, without James Harden, completely dismantle Antetokounmpo and the Bucks. Especially in what amounts to a must-win game for Milwaukee, which was already down 1-0 in the series. Unfortunately for Bucks fans, Antetokounmpo was clearly going to stay for a long day early in the first quarter, as Durant put the moves on him to give Brooklyn an early 12-7 lead: Kyrie Irving then stopped on a dime, in transition, to send Antetokounmpo to no avail. And then Blake Griffin filmed Greek Freak to give Brooklyn a 52-31 lead: not great for Milwaukee followers and still a full half to play. Of course, Twitter had a calm, thoughtful response to Antetokounmpo’s bad outing (by the way, that’s ironic). The mercurial social media outlet totally roasted Antetokounmpo and so did Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer: Giannis’ 3s draw with 18 seconds on his shot clock shouldn’t be a thing. – Kevin O’Connor (KevinOConnorNBA) June 8, 2021 Giannis unable to control and swinging in a playoff series against top teams deserves a deep discussion. – Roosh (RooshWilliams) June 8, 2021 Jrue has 10, Jiannis has 6, combined make $83,240,000 – IKE Bucks Podcast (IKE_Bucks) June 8, 2021 CITY OF MILWAUKEE: “I swear to God if he didn’t put Bud Antetokounmpo returned to Game before that becomes a blast again, we’re going to raise hell.” Coach BUD: “Your feedback has been heard. Thanassis, get in there.” — Rob Perez (WorldWideWob) June 8, 2021 Coach Bud couldn’t win the playoffs. – IKE Bucks Podcast (@IKE_Bucks) On June 8, 2021 At this rate the junior coach will put a reel bag next to him on the sidelines in Match 4 – jason c. (@netw3rk) June 8, 2021
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