Giannis Antetokounmpo On The Bucks’ Missing Piece | Postgame Press Conference | 1.14.24

Giannis Antetokounmpo On The Bucks’ Missing Piece | Postgame Press Conference | 1.14.24

The game you kind of popped up with the shoulder right before the game so what happened with the shoulder contusion and what made you be able think you were able to work through it and play through it tonight um I just want to play games somebody ruined our carpet we got to fix

That right here see that come on now we got to do a better job now there it is it’s right over there is right there that’s the piece missing thank you Betty this my OCD kicking in sorry guys watchy it’s my o can you there thank you Mr

B that was the piece we’ve been missing now everything’s going to go well um yeah no I just you know played a lot of games what is game 40 I’ve only missed one game which I’m very proud of I don’t want to you know I just want to

Be available for my team and because like I had like offseason that I wasn’t like really playing basketball wasn’t able to participate with the national team or practice so basically this is my practice so you know as much as I can be available for the team and available for

Myself to be out there and try to you know work through uh habits with the team and movements and all that just uh I want to be able to do this this year so yeah you know sometimes you’re going to be banged up going play a lot of games banged up

Play a lot of minutes but uh iight through it you know what able to get a win I think we have another run in two days hopefully we can be ready for that one Griffin said that wasn’t ex the exact play your guys are going for Dame

Was supposed to have the ball at the end but they weren’t expecting you to get denied and you know keep the ball at your hands just what does it say about I guess Dame and Brooke to both deviate from the play and and make something happen in that situation

Um no it’s speaks volume from those both players you know to just you know you have like 5 Seconds to just make a decision and they made the best decision possible that allowed us to win the game um you know the play was for me I

Think for me to get the ball and swing it right back to Dame um and then D comes down and play one on one and shoot a three or get in the pain um but we didn’t need to do all that because he pulled up from the logo made made the shot so

As I say it speaks valence for both players because you know they had three three four seconds to make the best play pass when they executed uh great said while he was watching he was like this man’s slowing down there’s 5 seconds left like why like wouldn’t you want to

Try to get all the way to the rim and he was like well I guess it’s just Dame time so what’s what’s going through your head you don’t have the ball in your hands you’re watching just the same way I don’t uh first of all I think there

Was a guy behind me and a guy in front of me and I think he threw it to Brooke and then went and got it right so when that happen I’m trying to Sprint as fast as I can because if Brook doesn’t give it to Dame then Brook can give it to me

And while I’m sprinting gives it the Dame and then I when I saw D had the ball I said okay let me just get in the front of the rim like something’s going to happen he’s going to drive the ball like everybody you know be in the pain

Maybe like a tpping or whatever if you miss then you can maybe have another chance I saw him slowing down sorry I saw him slowing down and he just pulled up and when I saw the ball in the air I was like this going in going in and he

Went in and it was like everything was like slow motion then I saw him turn turn the back and starting doing this I saw the bench coming it’s incredible like I feel like not to discredit Chris in any sh of this guy 11 years played 720 games with

Him uh these was the typ shots I’ve ever never seen anybody make you know to win a game up close uh it was tough because not only uh I he slow down he like kind of in and out and took a step away from the defense jumped and while he was in the

Air fade and still was able to get it there I don’t think it touched the I don’t think it touched the rim it was all net you know but at the end of the day that’s that’s why I get the paid the big bucks now obviously that’s a

Shot everybody’s going to be talking about but Dame was saying he feels like it was actually the three the corner three from Brooke that won the game for the team I’m curious what were you thinking when you saw that shot go in it is you know having uh who missed monk

Missing two free throws and then coming down be able to get in the pain and then find brook uh and he you know over time he’s been running up and down blocking shots trying to score in the paint you know he was back ped into the three and

He was able to catch and shoot and make that he gives us a chance and then now you know that if they miss a free throw you know if you come down the other way they miss a free throw now you have its balling so I I’ll agree with Dame

Obviously there’s no discredit Dame in any way the shot he made it’s good that he said that but both shots were incredible tough we needed both shots um but Dames I believe D was tough first shot it was incredible um on a second I back Tob back considering who you were

Playing I know you want to get stops and you did get stops in overtime but like did it feel like one of those where you’re going to have to get Buckets like Bobby guilds 22 and 10 I think Brooks 17 I mean did it feel like one of those too

Where it’s like we got to make shots tonight yeah you play you play a team that want to shoot like I feel like once they pass half court every shot is good shot for them you know they have a guy that playmake really well for them not

One guy two guys actually I playmake for them and uh I allow them to move without the ball and find open threes you know they’re gonna score the ball um they play fast they shoot a lot of Threes they make a lot of Threes you know

They’re going to score 110 120 I think they score 135 today so you know you got to get the stop to limit it as much as you can but if not you have to be able to score the ball you have to be aggressive you know sted the game I

Don’t think we were as aggressive but as the game went on guys were Camp came in and it was really aggressive Brook was dominating the pain Dame was being Dame you know and without having Chris which you know down the stretch and throughout the whole game he play

Makes for us he makes shots for us he puts us in good position you know we knew that other people got to step up and I think everybody steep that big step up big time today coach Griff said that he feels like this was one of the

Best team wins of the season do you agree with that um he has to be just because of the the feeling like you were down six with like a minute left right you were able to come back who made the shot somebody made two shots so I don’t remember how how he

Went but like he was able to come and win the game so I’ll agree overtime win it was probably our first overtime win this year right yeah the Bulls was the L we lost we lost from the Bulls but the second one they won yeah we we won the second won went

Over time the Bulls and won here I think here ADV for yeah here advisor for so yeah so no he has to be up there he has to be up there for sure probably maybe he the best team so you mentioned someone else hit shots actually was Dame

Really want say best team win because Chris wasn’t participating the game I think the best team win we’ve had this year was against Boston like our defense was incredible like it was everybody was on the same page there was no mistakes everybody who held one another

Accountable you know I know it wasn’t a close game but I feel like living the locker room to out out there on the court like everybody was in the same page and when somebody messed up the other four was like on him immediately like no you got to do that better like

Everybody wanted to kind of set the tone and win that game so and everybody participate in that game so I don’t want to say this was the best team because crazy play um Dame hit a three to start that comeback before Brooks and he also had the three three freee throws also

Those the free throws I think maybe not maybe somebody I don’t remember he he corner from the corner in the left corner one I th yeah yeah um I I mean I going back to the opener where Dame had whatever fourth quarter points but it seems like he’s had free throws and

Maybe getting to the line was tonight a little different in that he maybe wasn’t a great shooting night on paper but he those were the threes those were the like the playmaking Beyond The Arc at distance he hasn’t really had to do that

Yet or done it yet so was it is it a little different to see that also for your team and to see that element actually cuz you guys all talked about it can play make of like the pick and roll like what do you mean like so

Throughout the year he hasn’t had the the logo 3es yet he hasn’t had to come over and shoot from 30 fre pullup obviously gamewinners are unique but tonight in overtime he he did that yeah the you know what I’m saying it’s like you talked about it and tonight it

Happened and he and he was able to do that and help you guys win I’m just curious what that maybe felt like look like that no I for me personally I don’t I don’t talk about it I I he knows that everybody in this team have his back no

Matter what um we know what he’s capable of doing you saw tonight what he’s capable of doing that I’ve been with the team 11 years arguably the best buzzer B shot ever made and he’s been on the team 40 games would you guys disagree with me

I don’t think anybody can disagree I me you and Chris both which one 2015g wait hold on let’s talk about it I don’t I’m not the guy that argue but Chris Chris was from from Zaza from the post out to Chris for a clean shot for me it was a

Clean shot he he caught it and shot it from the 39 for me it was fed away from the elbow okay whatever for Dame guys he caught it from the other side of the of the Court dribble down full speed in and out dribble side step from the logo and

Knock it down of balance for me it’s the best uh uh not to try to discredit my and Chris or whatever this might be Chris going to be mad about this we love him we love um but what I was saying like we know what he’s capable of doing he did it um

Against Philly like when he had to the shot against K the step back he didn’t against the the Knicks when he came off the hand off and shot the tough one to tie the game or we went tie the game and then we went up you know like we know we

Know who can do this now it’s it’s yeah I I’ll be very honest with you like doing that uh more or like you know when he was in when he was playing in Portland you know and obviously they were a great team made the playoffs a lot of years I

Think eight or 12 years or whatever but like he was in a position that he had to do that every single night you know um you know here even me you we are we are a part of something greater than us you know like Bobby had

To score 22 and 10 today I don’t think not to discredit anybody that he played with like Brook had 20 BP had 20 I had 20 Malik had 20 and Dam had 30 I don’t think you’ve ever played in a team that four people also scored 20 you know so

This is the thing like I know what this guy’s capable of doing and that’s why down the stretch we were all looking for him every hand off every pick in row was they initiating it because that’s what he does down the stretch he he I can say

He Excel like he thrives down the and he showed you tonight man like this not going to be the first shot he’s going he’s going to hit many more shots like this maybe that might not be B maybe might be we go up one or two you know

That’s what he does and we all trust him that he’s going to do that for us um yeah that’s it one of the Great Moments from tonight will be the way that you guys celebrated all collectively doing the Dame time together after celebrating at Center

Court what was it like for you to watch him do his celebration cuz he doesn’t do it often yeah it was fun I like when after he hit the shot everything was like slow motion and he went started doing this I think I grabbed him but I

Grabbed him hard you know I don’t know if I was like was suff for I got really hard you I was doing I was doing this then I was like doing this and waving and stuff like I been out of character but um it’s fun man we got to live life

Hard and that’s what we did tonight everybody was happy for the shot um I don’t think we had to put ourselves in a position to get to that shot but I’m I’m so happy that this guy made it and everybody was happy everybody celebrated

Every had smile on so we won three in a row we’re playing good basketball hopefully we can keep it up you think about the great individual celebrations in the game where do dame time rank it’s got it’s got to be um it’s got to be like top top two top

Three got to be it’s got to be up there like you know obviously uh the the night night that stuff um I like the I like the sometime regim I don’t remember in what high he did it the one he did like this that was

Tough you know uh Dame this and this has has to be the up there then you have the you know thebr it’s it’s so many so many that are out there that they’ve been iconic like 20 years from now 40 years from now whenever somebody do this we all know

What this going to be like when a kid in Asia Philippines whatever is going is going to do this we all know what’s going to be or when somebody throw shoot the boy in the trash can says Kobe we all all know what it is you left out your own me mug Mean

Mug man come on man I’m I’m just ugly not a me mug

Giannis speaks with media after Sunday’s game.

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