Giannis Antetokounmpo strained his left calf in the third quarter of Tuesday’s victory over Boston.
Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Milwaukee Bucks’ star, averted catastrophic injury but was diagnosed with a left calf injury after departing Tuesday’s 104-91 victory over the Boston Celtics. He will miss the remaining three regular-season games, according to the team.
What happened: Antetokounmpo was heading up the court following Boston’s Derrick White’s 3-pointer late in the third quarter when he grabbed his left calf and took a seat on the floor before being helped off the court.
“We’re you see one of your teammates go down, I think it’s a real level of concern,” Bucks guard Damian Lillard said after the game. “We spend more time together than we would with our family. I believe that was the most important thing. And then for it to be your greatest player, the most important component of our squad, at this time in the season, it was like a ‘Oh, (damn)’ moment, especially since there was nobody
The No. 4-seeded Orlando Magic and No. 5-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers are two games behind the Bucks, while the No. 6-seeded Indiana Pacers are 2.5 games back.
“We’re going to need him, so if he’s got to get rest, if he’s got to sit out these (next) couple of games to be ready for the playoffs, we need him to be as close to 100% as he can be,” Khris Middleton, who plays for the Bucks, said
The Bucks won’t have much time to worry about that, though, as they host the Magic tonight (8 p.m. ET, NBA League Pass), visit the Oklahoma City Thunder on Friday (8 p.m. ET, NBA TV), and finish the season in Orlando on Sunday (1 p.m. ET, NBA
