Things might look good moving forward for the Milwaukee Bucks with the return of their superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo who missed eight straight games after missing some more in November.
He made a triumphant return on Saturday in win over the Chicago Bulls when he scored 29 points. He declared it himself on the court that he is back.
What Giannis Antetokounmpo Said To The Bulls👀:
“I’m f*cking back, n****”
After a windmill dunk, things got heated:
Vucevic: “Don’t do that”
Giannis: “I don’t care!”
Coby White intervened, and things escalated:
Trent: “You trynna throw hands?”
Portis: “Who y’all checking?” pic.twitter.com/VpWbwYPSEd
— LegendZ (@legendz_prod) December 29, 2025
How many games are they going to win to get back into contention? He will be there for them but they will have to deal with minutes restriction. The two-time MVP himself said he is going to be cooperative about it as he wants to be there when the playoff comes.
How long will this minutes restrictions go? He said 5 to 10 games.
“We go from there. Again the goal is to stay healthy and be available for the team and make the playoffs,” Giannis told reporters after the game.
“We gotta dig ourselves out of this hole that we’ve dug ourselves into and hopefully later in the year I can be available for my team in the playoffs.”
Doc Rivers on Giannis Antetokounmpo being limited
Antetokounmpo played just 24 minutes in the win over the Bulls. He was sparingly used in the first half. Rivers said it was by design.
“Minute wise I thought it worked out really well. We wanted to save minutes in the first half so we could have him for 3 rotations in the 2nd half,” the Milwaukee coach said.
Rivers added that Antetokounmpo did not like his limited minutes but then he realized that it has to happen.
“[Giannis] obviously hated that. I think the second time we took him out, I thought he was gonna go nuts, but it is what it is. We did it. We got through it. It’s a good win for us.”
Bucks are currently 13-19 and outside of the play-in. They are 1.5 games behind the skidding Atlanta Hawks.
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