Bucks Injury Update: Is Giannis Antetokounmpo Playing Tonight vs Knicks in In-season Tournament?

The Milwaukee Bucks, with their newly acquired point guard, are all set to face the New York Knicks. On Friday night at 7:30 p.m. in Fiserv Forum It?s an in-season tournament for the teams with group stages. This game being the first nationally televised content, six other games will take place on Friday.

However, after Gannis took a break from Thursday?s practice, the chances dwindled a bit for his appearance in the game on Friday. With the main player getting enough rest, Andre Jackson might miss the game tonight.

Giannis Antetokounmpo will play against the Knicks

The resting player, Giannis Antetokounmpo, is not on the injury report for Friday?s game against the Knicks. However, he was absent from Thursday?s practice for rest purposes. Of course, the superstar forward needs time to heal from such tiring matches. Although the 2021 NBA Champion hasn?t missed a game this season, he might be looking at coming off the bench soon. Well, that soon isn?t going to be tonight?s match.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is all set to offer the best offense alongside Damian Lillard.

After all, his mid-range shooting, aggressive offense, and rebounding are all what the team needs tonight. The responsibility to register a win becomes even more heavily with the last loss against the Raptors (111-130).?

With Pascal Siakam on the other side, Milwaukee could just dominate the third quarter. Will they be able to beat the Knicks with the same performance?

Milwaukee Bucks against the Toronto Raptors

In the first quarter itself, the Raptors were dominating the Bucks (31-18). The saga continues without any ups and downs until the end of the second quarter (26-35). However, the Milwaukee Bucks, especially Giannis and Bobby Portis, took a significant lead with free throws and rebounds.

The fourth quarter began with Giannis registering a regular free throw and then a two-point hook shot. However, however effective it may be, the team was a little weak on offense.

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Within the last few seconds, Mar Jon Beauchamp made a three-point, step-back jump shot to put up a last fight. However, the game was well out of bounds by then. Damian Lillard didn?t go too far in terms of scoring. Following Giannis, he also registered a tally of 15 points, with 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

With this game, one thing is clear for the Bucks: Damian Lillard and Giannis need to up their game to face the Knicks.

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