{"id":543231,"date":"2026-03-17T22:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/543231\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T22:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:32:07","slug":"milwaukee-bucks-giannis-antetokounmpo-sidelined-with-hyperextended-knee-bone-bruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/543231\/","title":{"rendered":"Milwaukee Bucks\u2019 Giannis Antetokounmpo sidelined with hyperextended knee, bone bruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MILWAUKEE (AP) \u2014 Giannis Antetokounmpo wasn\u2019t available for the Milwaukee Bucks\u2019 game against Cleveland on Tuesday night after leaving a victory over Indiana two days earlier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Bucks said the two-time MVP had a hyperextended left knee and a bone bruise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Antetokounmpo didn\u2019t play in the fourth quarter of Sunday\u2019s 134-123 win over the Pacers after landing awkwardly when he dunked late in the third period. Antetokounmpo downplayed the injury after the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m just going to go back home, sleep, see how I feel tomorrow, try to lift some weights,\u201d Antetokounmpo said. \u201cIf I have a little bit of discomfort, then I\u2019ll go from there. As of now, I\u2019m not really bothered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">This will be the 32nd game he 31-year-old Antetokounmpo has missed, the most of any season in his 13-year career. The Bucks were 11-20 without him entering Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Antetokounmpo had two extended absences because of strains in his right calf. He sat out the Bucks\u2019 122-99 loss at Atlanta on Saturday because of a sprained left ankle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILWAUKEE (AP) \u2014 Giannis Antetokounmpo wasn\u2019t available for the Milwaukee Bucks\u2019 game against Cleveland on Tuesday night after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-543231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543231","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=543231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}