{"id":423859,"date":"2023-04-27T16:34:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T16:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=423859"},"modified":"2023-04-27T16:34:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T16:34:47","slug":"giannis-antetokounmpo-questioned-on-bucks-exit-from-the-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/giannis-antetokounmpo-questioned-on-bucks-exit-from-the-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Giannis Antetokounmpo Questioned On Bucks Exit From The Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the Bucks&#8217; shocking 128-126 overtime defeat to the Heat in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series on Wednesday night, Giannis Antetokounmpo took a deep breath and ran his hands through his hair before responding to a question during his press conference.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/bucks\">Bucks<\/a>, who finished the regular season with the best record in the NBA with 58 victories, became the fourth No. 1 seed in NBA history to fall to a No. 8 seed in a best-of-seven series, but Antetokounmpo disputed the notion that Milwaukee&#8217;s campaign was a failure.<\/p>\n<h2>Giannis Antetokounmpo Questioned On Bucks&#8217; Exit From The Playoffs<\/h2>\n<p>When questioned if the 2022\u201323 Milwaukee season was a &#8220;failure&#8221; because the Bucks dropped from being the top seed in the Eastern Conference to losing to the Miami Heat by a score of 4\u20131, Antetokounmpo responded with a response rooted in patience and perspective.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udfc0\ud83d\udc4f Not football related: but this is a great answer from Giannis Antetokounmpo in regards to perspective in sport. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/crC6KrVOFa\">pic.twitter.com\/crC6KrVOFa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eurofootcom\/status\/1651555837662339073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a failure,\u201d Antetokounmpo said, \u201cit\u2019s steps to success. There\u2019s always steps to it. Michael Jordan played 15 years, won six championships, The other nine years [were] a failure? That\u2019s what you\u2019re telling me?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThere\u2019s no failure in sports. There\u2019s good days, bad days, some days you are able to be successful, some days you are not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Incredibly human moment from Milwaukee Bucks star (and massive Arsenal fan) Giannis Antetokounmpo. \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GaOEH9dihS\">pic.twitter.com\/GaOEH9dihS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Men in Blazers (@MenInBlazers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MenInBlazers\/status\/1651584773389709313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201c&#8230; It\u2019s the wrong question,\u201d he continued. \u201cThere\u2019s no failure in sports. There\u2019s good days, bad days. Some days you\u2019re successful. Some days you\u2019re not. Some days it\u2019s your turn. Some days it\u2019s not your turn. And that\u2019s what sports is about. You don\u2019t always win. Sometimes other people win. And this year, somebody else is going to win, simple as that.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Giannis Antetokounmpo was upset when asked if the Bucks failed this season.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Michael Jordan played 15 years, won 6 championships. The other 9 years were a failure?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;50 years from 1971 to 2021 that we didn&#39;t win a championship was 50 years of failure?&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6p2FxF5UmR\">pic.twitter.com\/6p2FxF5UmR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeAScotto\/status\/1651462323574304770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A brilliant player and, by all accounts, a greater guy, wonderful things from him once more. One cannot not adore Giannis. Every young athlete should pay attention to him and take his advice to heart. Even though the rules claim you can win them all, you won&#8217;t. Take pleasure in the trip and think of the goal as a small bonus.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Giannis Antetokounmpo last 6 Playoffs <\/p>\n<p>2018: First Found exit <br \/>2019: Conference finals <br \/>2020: 2nd round exit <br \/>2021: Hospital ring <br \/>2022: 2nd round exit <br \/>2023: First round exit <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBest Player in the world\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4skK0a7pTO\">pic.twitter.com\/4skK0a7pTO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hoops (@HoopMixOnly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HoopMixOnly\/status\/1651453161628999683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest surprises in playoff history may have occurred when the Heat defeated the Bucks, who were the early favorites to win the NBA title.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Giannis Antetokounmpo when asked if he wanted to guard Jimmy Butler more during Bucks-Heat series:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes. Out of respect, you gotta let the coach make that adjustment. &#8230; At the end of the day, I wish I could guard him more.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WkoftRM3uC\">pic.twitter.com\/WkoftRM3uC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1651603727801888771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix: Time, Schedule, Live Stream, Tickets, Past Winners &amp; Odds\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/f1-azerbaijan-grand-prix-time-schedule-live-stream-tickets-past-winners-odds\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix: Time, Schedule, Live Stream, Tickets, Past Winners &amp; Odds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the Bucks&#8217; shocking 128-126 overtime defeat to the Heat in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series on Wednesday night, Giannis Antetokounmpo took a deep breath and ran his hands through his hair before responding to a question during his press conference. The Bucks, who finished the regular season with the best record in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":387199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,51],"tags":[7620,156,7619,2215],"class_list":["post-423859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-milwaukee-bucks","category-nba","tag-bucks-playoffs","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo-bucks-playoffs","tag-nba-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}