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In 25 minutes, Antetokounmpo had 29 points, but the final two were the most controversial with his Bulls opponents taking exception to his behaviour.<\/p>\n
With the result sealed rather than dribbling out the clock Antetokounmpo ran down and windmill dunked, with Giddey\u2019s ensuing half-court heave missing as time expired.<\/p>\n
Chicago veteran Nikola Vucevic took exception, getting in Antetokounmpo\u2019s face, before other Bulls and Bucks players started pushing and shoving.<\/p>\n
A large mass of players and coaches including Giddey began to scuffle at mid-court as Antetokounmpo sheepishly walked away.<\/p>\n
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\u201cYou can\u2019t be mad at Giannis,\u201d one of the TV commentators said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s an unspoken rule you don\u2019t do that, but as soon as the Bulls saw he was starting to dribble towards the basket, they should\u2019ve went and fouled him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Giddey in the middle of the scuffle as Antetokounmpo walks away.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
ESPN analyst Bobby Marks tweeted: \u201cEnough with these \u2018unwritten rules\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s amazing when a player(s) gets their feelings hurt on plays like this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Giddey had 13 points, nine assists and seven rebounds in defeat.<\/p>\n
The win left the Bucks 10-8 this season with Antetokounmpo and 3-11 without him.<\/p>\n
The Bulls, meanwhile, sit ninth in the East with a 15-16 record with Sunday\u2019s loss snapping a five-game winning streak.<\/p>\n
OTHER RESULTS (via AFP)<\/p>\n
At San Antonio, the Spurs lost 127-114 to Utah despite 32 points and seven rebounds from Victor Wembanyama in his return to the starting lineup. The French star had been a reserve the past seven games after a left calf strain. <\/p>\n
Finland star Lauri Markkanen scored 29 for the Jazz on 11-of-16 shooting, 5-of-6 from three-point range, and Keyonte George had 28 points for Utah. <\/p>\n
The Jazz outscored the Spurs 11-2 over the last three minutes for the victory, Markkanen scoring seven points and George four in the closing run. <\/p>\n
San Antonio fell to 23-8 while Utah improved to 12-19.<\/p>\n
New York\u2019s win streak improved to four games as Karl-Anthony Towns delivered 36 points and 16 rebounds and Jalen Brunson added 34 points in a 128-125 victory at Atlanta. <\/p>\n
OG Anunoby made four free throws in the last 30 seconds for the final points and Atlanta\u2019s Nickeil Alexander-Walker missed a final three-point shot. <\/p>\n
The Knicks (22-9) have won 13 of their past 16 games while the Hawks have dropped six in a row.<\/p>\n
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Kevin Durant scored 30 points to lead the Houston Rockets over visiting Cleveland 117-100 in a matchup of NBA contenders. Reserve Jaylon Tyson led the Cavaliers with 23 points and 14 rebounds. <\/p>\n
Cam Thomas scored 30 points off the bench to power Brooklyn over host Minnesota 123-107. Anthony Edwards scored 28 for the Timberwolves. <\/p>\n
Andrew Wiggins and reserve Jaime Jaquez each scored 28 points and Norman Powell added 23 to lead Miami in a 142-116 home victory over Indiana. Pascal Siakam had 33 points in a losing cause. <\/p>\n
At Orlando, Anthony Black scored a career-high 38 points and Desmond Bane added 24 to lead the Orlando Magic over Denver 127-126.<\/p>\n
Nikola Jokic had a triple double to lead the Nuggets with 34 points, 21 rebounds and 12 assists and his two free throws with 11.9 seconds remaining gave Denver a 126-125 lead. <\/p>\n
But Bane answered with two free throws with 6.9 seconds to play to lift the Magic ahead and Denver\u2019s Jamal Murray missed a fadeaway jumper at the buzzer to give Orlando the victory. <\/p>\n
Devin Booker scored 20 points and Dillon Brooks added 18 to lead Phoenix to a 123-114 win at New Orleans.<\/p>\n
Sacramento\u2019s Russell Westbrook and Keon Ellis each scored 21 points to lead the host Kings over Dallas 113-107.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s Josh Giddey found himself in the middle of NBA drama as superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo broke one of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-373176","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}