The 2024-2025 season is a roller-coaster one for the Milwaukee Bucks but this time, the ride hasn’t gone and it might take a long while. Giannis Antetokounmpo might be feeling a little overwhelmed now with all the adversities they are dealing with now.
The Bucks lost a fourth straight game, their second straight at the Fiserv Forum when they fall prey to the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday.
The team gave up 145 points, 82 points in the first half.
The one at fault again is the team’s lack of aggressiveness on the defense.
The recent struggle has a lot to do with key guys missing.
Bobby Portis won’t be back until the first week of April as he is still serving his 25-game suspension while Jericho Sims won’t be back until the second week.
AJ Green was also out due to a shoulder injury.
The biggest casualty is Damian Lillard who is out indefinitely due to a deep vein thrombosis in his right calf.
Giannis Antetokounmpo’s worst stretch?
Antetokounmpo, the team’s leader, was asked if this was the roughest stretch in his career so far but he refused to answer the question. Instead, he talked about helping his teammates gain confidence and how they can trust each other.
“Just try to be vocal, man, control what you can control, keep being vocal, keep making the right plays as much as you can, play within your strength and just try to just build confidence in your teammate. That’s all you can do,” he said.
“Which I try to do. I try to talk to my teammate, try to get them involved, talk to them about how much important this stretch is and how important they are to the team and what exactly we’re trying to accomplish and what I need them to do.”
Antetokounmpo is no stranger to being at the bottom – whether on basketball or in life.
However, since becoming an All-Star and an MVP contender, them finishing at 6th place will be their worst finish since ending up at 7th spot in the 2017-2018 season.
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