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Giannis Antetokounmpo has a surprising reaction to the Bucks’ recent losing streak
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Giannis Antetokounmpo has a surprising reaction to the Bucks’ recent losing streak

The Milwaukee Bucks suffered a heartbreaking loss to their division rivals, the Cleveland Cavaliers, 114-113.

The Bucks had an opportunity to win the game; however, Cavaliers superstar guard Donovan Mitchell was able to beat them with three-tenths of a second remaining to remain undefeated and hand the Bucks their fifth straight loss.

It was a heartbreaking loss for the Bucks, but superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo had a surprising reaction after speaking to the media after the game.

“Yeah, I don’t focus on results,” he it started. “That’s not my job. My job is to focus on things I can do better. I’m a basketball player. The things I can control. I can’t control the outcome of the game. I can control the things that happen inside the game and you hope the result is what you like and the things that happened in the game were good.”

“(Mitchell) could miss the shot and we’d have a different story. I couldn’t control that shot. I can’t control the play he’s going to make and he’s going to make a nice shot at the end. I can’t control this. It took me a while to think that way, but now as a leader of this team, I think we’re headed in the right direction -A 10-game winning streak, but I know we’re playing better and trusting someone else. There are a lot of good things that we can’t control that control the outcome of the game.”

Antetokounmpo was spectacular in the loss, posting 34 points, 16 rebounds and nine assists for the Bucks.

Superstar teammate Damian Lillard was also spectacular. He led the game in scoring with 41 points, nine assists and four rebounds. However, outside of Antetokounmpo and Lillard, the rest of the team combined for just 38 points.

Antetokounmpo and Lillard combined for 75 points, which accounted for 66 percent of the Bucks’ points.

The Bucks played tremendous basketball, nearly snapping their four-game losing streak at that point. They shot 48 percent from the field and 46 percent from three.

However, they had more turnovers than the Cavaliers, 13-7, and were tied for rebounds, 45-45.

Antetokounmpo has been great for the Bucks all season, but that hasn’t led to wins. So far, he’s averaging 31.0 points per game (second in the league), 12.3 rebounds and 6.3 assists while shooting 63.3 percent from the field.

The Bucks’ next opportunity to snap their losing streak will be Monday against the same Cavaliers team, this time on the road.

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