The Milwaukee Bucks welcomed the Oklahoma City Thunder without two of their main guys with Kevin Porter Jr. and Myles Turner both out due to injuries and that meant more work for the whole team, especially Giannis Antetokounmpo. That did not appear to be the case.
The Bucks lost and were totally out of it starting from the first quarter when they went down by 20 points to their visitors. It was an eye sore to watch the Deers but what’s more intriguing was Antetokounmpo’s aggressiveness.
He always brings out the energy but in the first half, he only shot three times. He still finished the game with an almost triple double of 19-14-7 but it is still interesting that he only shot the ball a total of 11 times. He could have done more with the fact that Thunder did not have Isaiah Hartenstein.
Some fans think he did not try that hard in the game.
Bucks losing as expected but mind boggling that Giannis only has 3 shot attempts at the half
— Nathan Marzion (@nathanmarzion) January 22, 2026
Be a man and request a trade, nobody is gonna get mad not even Bucks fans @Giannis_An34
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) January 22, 2026
Also painfully obvious that Giannis has quiet quit on the Bucks lmao. 11 shot attempts in 32 minutes is insane. Especially considering how thin OKC’s frontcourt is. Felt like he just went through the motions tonight
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) January 22, 2026
Giannis simply looks defeated out there in Milwaukee.
Could be another interesting postgame interview for the two-time MVP.
— Brett Siegel (@BrettSiegelNBA) January 22, 2026
People also noticed his body language with Doc Rivers.
Giannis is fed up with Doc Rivers. Bucks down 20 to the Thunder. (h/t @ohnohedidnt24) pic.twitter.com/t0lfaUlOPf
— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) January 22, 2026
Such observations come at a time when the Greek Freak is being relentlessly chased by trade rumors with many suggesting that it is only a matter of time before he quits from the Bucks.
Rivers explains Giannis Antetokounmpo’s touches
Antetokounmpo’s 11 shots is not that far from the number of attempts he made in the last four games. However, he still could have tried more versus the Thunder.
Doc Rivers explained that it is because of how they failed to get the ball to him.
“I thought they [Thunder] did a nice job on him, but I didn’t think we did a very good job getting him the ball in his spots and that’s all we worked on today,” Rivers said as quoted by Bucks beat reporter Eric Nehm.
“Our first 12 minutes was the difference in the game and how we approached the game. We start out in practice with all this ball movement and then we get int he game and it was single pass, shot. Single pass, shot. And we literally played right into what tehy wanted us to do, so that was the disappointing part.”
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