Giannis blasts agendas as Bucks’ losing streak hits seven

Giannis Antetokounmpo returned with 30 points, 15 rebounds and 8 assists, yet aft the Milwaukee Bucks’ 118-109 nonaccomplishment to the New York Knicks helium focused connected the team’s cognition arsenic the skid reached 7 games.

Giannis calls retired agendas and mindset

"Nobody should person a idiosyncratic agenda. Nobody should interest astir what they privation from themselves," helium said. "Worry lone astir winning mentality. Winning mindset. The much we tin triumph the games, the much everything takes attraction of itself."

With Milwaukee 8-12, helium said players consciousness the strain of injuries. "Can I marque an excuse that we've played a batch of games and guys are bushed and it's a immense load connected people? Yeah," helium said. "Can I besides marque an excuse that's quality quality erstwhile [Kevin Porter Jr.] goes down and myself goes down, it's quality quality to deliberation that you got to transportation a load. ... Maybe it's a scoring load, possibly you got to marque plays, possibly you deliberation it is your accidental to get much shots. ... But that's not however you triumph games. That's not however you physique culture.

"At the extremity of the day, you got to travel in, bash your job, bash what you're paid to do, support ... bash the small things."

"You cannot interest astir 1 changeable oregon 2 shots that you miss, which took 4 seconds retired of the crippled to dictate 47 minutes, 56 seconds of the game," helium said, urging teammates to support competing.

Rivers leans connected numbers arsenic Bucks hunt for answers

Coach Doc Rivers highlighted the possession conflict aft New York finished with much escaped throws. "We're outshooting teams ... but it's the turnovers, the violative rebounding and it's the fouls," Rivers said. "It's a numbers game, and we person to triumph that game. Especially with Giannis [on the court], if we triumph [the numbers game], we're going to triumph the game."

He accepted the minutes restriction, nevertheless helium besides expects much clip against the Brooklyn Nets, saying, "Tomorrow, I volition play much minutes, and I'm going to effort to assistance the squad win."