{"id":244116,"date":"2025-10-27T12:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T12:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/244116\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T12:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T12:51:08","slug":"giannis-antetokounmpo-compared-nba-and-fiba-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/244116\/","title":{"rendered":"Giannis Antetokounmpo compared NBA and FIBA basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"131\">The Bucks were defeated by the Cavaliers in last night\u2019s NBA game, and after the match, Giannis Antetokounmpo spoke to the media.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"133\" data-end=\"312\">The Cavaliers beat the Bucks in their third game of the NBA season with a score of 118\u2013114, and Milwaukee\u2019s star Giannis Antetokounmpo talked afterward about defense in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"314\" data-end=\"607\">\u201cI\u2019ve seen every defensive scheme there is. I\u2019ve played games where two big men guarded me. I\u2019ve faced smaller players and wings pressing me full court. I\u2019ve played against teams that double-teamed me in the low post and built walls in front of me. Sometimes even a small guard defended me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"609\" data-end=\"662\">He then compared the defense in Europe and the NBA:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"664\" data-end=\"1169\">\u201cWhen I step on the court, I try to read the game and take every opportunity. If a teammate is open, I pass him the ball, and if he scores, I\u2019m happy because it\u2019s the right play. Sometimes I go one-on-one and score, sometimes I don\u2019t. No matter the outcome, I\u2019m happy because I trust my instincts. I\u2019ve worked hard all my life and seen every kind of defense. In FIBA basketball, defenses are especially tougher than in the NBA. Of course, I\u2019m not talking about the playoffs \u2014 I mean the regular season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1171\" data-end=\"1245\">Giannis also praised his team\u2019s effort despite missing some key players:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1247\" data-end=\"1500\">\u201cThis says a lot. The Cavaliers had one of the best records last year. Let\u2019s be realistic \u2014 they\u2019re one of the best teams in the East. If you want to be a good team, if you want to raise the bar and do what it takes, you have to beat teams like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1502\" data-end=\"1668\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The Bucks suffered their first loss of the season and now stand at 2\u20131, but once all the injured players return, they will surely aim to contend for the championship.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/basketballsphere.com\/en\/link\/betlabel_bonus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/betlabel-banner-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-148540\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"75\" data-end=\"307\">Only on Basketball Sphere can you follow <a href=\"https:\/\/basketballsphere.com\/en\/picks\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">free analyses and betting tips<\/a> for all the top basketball competitions \u2014 including the:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"309\" data-end=\"404\">This season, we\u2019ve added a wide range of special betting features to our portal, such as:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"544\" data-end=\"656\" data-is-only-node=\"\">A brand-new feature this year is our <a href=\"https:\/\/basketballsphere.com\/en\/category\/picks\/numbers-game\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Numbers Game<\/a>, tracking all the hottest trends in European basketball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bucks were defeated by the Cavaliers in last night\u2019s NBA game, and after the match, Giannis Antetokounmpo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-244116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}