Antetokounmpo stated after the game that the headbutt was a “terrible action” which if he “might return, reverse time and go back to that play, I would not do it.” He stated he was frustrated by an accumulation of contact, on a night where he had currently been granted 12 complimentary throws in his very first 10 minutes of play.
Antetokounmpo was ejected from the video game for the Flagrant-2 foul. He finishes the routine season with averages of 29.5 points, 13.6 rebounds and 5.6 helps, numbers that are most likely sufficient to win him a second successive NBA MVP award.
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP)– Giannis Antetokounmpo has been suspended for Milwaukees last video game of the routine season, handed a one-game penalty Wednesday for headbutting Washingtons Moe Wagner.
Its unidentified if Antetokounmpo would have played in Thursdays video game against Memphis anyway, considered that the Bucks have actually currently protected the No. 1 general seed in the NBA playoffs that start next week.
Antetokounmpo will be eligible for Game 1 of the Bucks first-round series against Orlando, which will almost certainly be played Monday or Tuesday at Walt Disney World.
The occurrence happened Tuesday night, when Wagner took a charge versus Antetokounmpo in the second quarter. Antetokounmpo seemed speaking angrily, followed Wagner to the other end and the headbutt happened a couple of seconds later.
