Overview
- Playing his first game after eight missed with a calf strain, Giannis Antetokounmpo had 29 points in a 112-103 win in Chicago, finishing with a late windmill dunk that led Bulls players Nikola Vucevic and Coby White to confront him as benches briefly cleared.
- Antetokounmpo said the dunk was a wake-up call for a team sitting 11th in the East, warning that if losses continue “probably half of the team” could change.
- He rejected questions about wanting a trade, calling them disrespectful and saying, “I’m here… as long as I’m here, I’m going to give everything I have.”
- Antetokounmpo followed the Bulls win with 24 points in a road victory over the Hornets under a minutes restriction, calling the upcoming stretch a make-or-break month for the Bucks.
- Team and league reporting indicates the Bucks are operating as buyers ahead of the deadline, though they have limited tradable draft capital and salary-matching options.