The Milwaukee Bucks misplaced 119-118 to the Indiana Pacers in additional time in Recreation 5 of the Japanese Convention First Spherical.
It was Indiana’s fourth win of the sequence, so Milwaukee have been eradicated from this 12 months’s NBA Playoffs.
Many specialists have even speculated whether or not it may develop into Giannis Antetokounmpo’s final sport as a Bucks participant.
Antetokounmpo refused to talk about his future in his post-game interview, whereas he stated some heartfelt phrases about Damian Lillard.
Lillard suffered an Achilles harm in Recreation 4, which ended his season and will rule him out of your complete subsequent one, too.
This makes it extremely unlikely that he’ll play with Antetokounmpo once more, even when the Greek Freak have been to remain one other 12 months.
Antetokounmpo stated after the Bucks’ newest defeat that he wished he had received the sport for his injured teammate.
“What hurts me essentially the most – I don’t care about dropping the sport – I felt like we owed this sport to Dame,” he instructed the media. “That’s what I felt. I felt like he got here again perhaps sooner than he was imagined to.
“He sacrificed his physique for us, and I felt like, as a group, win or lose, house or highway, playoff sport or not, the least we will do is present up and win a sport for Dame. Clearly, it hurts that we didn’t win the sport, nevertheless it hurts extra that we weren’t capable of win the sport for Dame.”
Regardless of his comprehensible frustration on the Bucks’ playoff departure, Antetokounmpo defined that he was nonetheless “proud” of the group.
In spite of everything, they took the Pacers to additional time on the highway in Recreation 5 with out their second-best participant.
“I’m very, very pleased with all people. Everyone performed their hearts out,” Antetokounmpo added. “The battle from the start to the tip.
“We guarded, we have been bodily, we have been enjoying collectively, we moved the ball effectively, we shot the ball with confidence, all people was decisive, we have been choosing each other up. I’m very, very pleased with my guys.”
