“This season, no more excuses!”

The visual impression is reminiscent of LeBron James or Shaquille O’Neal. When Giannis Antetokounmpo decides to take the match himself, the opponents physically bend. They are late with a defensive retreat, and when ” Greek Freak » enters the paint, there is only one solution to stop him: grab him by the arms. This is what the Bulls experienced last night, buried by the Greek wave in the last quarter.

Giannis changed the course of the matchsummarized by Doc Rivers, after Bucks win. “Because he started attacking the racket and showed how resilient he is. The greatest players don’t have the memory, clearly. They don’t have it. They might miss, but they keep playing, because they know they’re great players and they’ve worked for it.”

Before he scored 19 of his 41 points in the game’s final eight minutes, Giannis wasn’t truly exceptional. A missed dunk here, a layup there… Before returning to the game, the Greek was 9 of 22 on the shot, and then he let go, and as his coach explains, he forgot about the initial clumsiness.

“Good teams don’t lose two games in a row”

“I just missed some shots and that’s part of the game,” reminds Giannis Antetokounmpo. “We’re not going to hit all of our shots and those are the shots that I usually hit. And that’s just what makes you doubt it a little bit more, when you miss the shots that you usually make…Usually, when things aren’t going well or my shots aren’t going in, I tend to be a little less aggressive and try to influence the game in some other way, but today I said — defensively, but I said no…” I’m going to continue to stay aggressive because I know I can get my positions.

Upon arrival, the Bucks dominated the Bulls and went undefeated in the group stage since the creation of the NBA Cup. According to Giannis Antetokounmpo, the team has set itself a goal this season: not to lose two games in a row. And regardless of the conditions.

“This season, there are no more excuses! It’s easy for us to say, ‘Oh, it’s a back-to-back, we came at 2 or 3 in the morning… It’s difficult, we played a tough match the day before against a team that plays fast, blah blah blah…’ No, no and no! Good teams in match after match, they don’t have to lose. Like a series of five matches, can we win five straight games, this is the situation we have at the moment.