Milwaukee Bucks MVP Antetokounmpo has let himself be carried away into violent behavior. Affected by his short-circuit act: a German national basketball player. Damian Lillard played big for Portland, Dennis Schröder is back in the NBA bubble.
Orlando (AP) - MVP against German national players: Giannis Antetokounmpo from the Milwaukee Bucks took on Moritz Wagner from the Washington Wizards in the North American basketball league NBA and let himself be carried away to a head nut.
The Bucks star, who was named Most Valuable Player of the Regular Season for the second time, regretted this short-circuit a little later: "That was a terrible action. If I could turn back time, I would undo it. But we are human and we make mistakes."
He was taken off the field for the offense during the game the Bucks won 126-113. In the duel between the title favorites from Milwaukee and the US capitals, who can no longer qualify for the finals, two duels before were probably the trigger for the assault.
Antetokounmpo and Wagner hadn't met for the first time. Even before the forced Corona break, there was trouble between the two professionals in February, confirmed Wagner's teammate Ishmael Smith: "They are boys who play hard and are nervous. Sometimes the emotions boil." For the 25-year-old Antetokounmpo, who, according to ESPN, has been taken off the field for the fourth time, the action could result in a ban.
In the duel between Maximilian Kleber's Dallas Mavericks and the Portland Trail Blazers, Damian Lillard stood out, who led his Trail Blazers to a 134: 131 victory with 61 points. While Portland secured eighth place in the west, Dallas is already qualified for the finals as seventh-placed team. The Boston Celtics with Daniel Theis honed their playoff form in the 122: 107 win against the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Oklahoma City Thunder can soon count on the support of Dennis Schröder again. The 26-year-old international left his team on August 3 to help his wife with the birth of their second child. During that time he missed five games. Meanwhile he is back in Orlando, confirmed an OKC spokesman for the daily newspaper "The Oklahoman". At the start of the finals, Schröder could be eligible to play again, before he has to complete a four-day quarantine.
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