Milwaukee Bucks ahead Giannis Antetokounmpo (left calf pressure) has been dominated out forward of Friday evening’s Sport 3 matchup with the Indiana Pacers within the Jap Convention first-round playoff sequence.
Antetokounmpo, 29, has already missed the primary two video games of this sequence. The eight-time All-Star hasn’t performed since straining his left calf in opposition to the Boston Celtics on April 9.
“Giannis Antetokounmpo is listed as out for at the moment’s sport,” the Bucks posted from their official X account. The 11-year veteran missed Milwaukee’s ultimate three regular-season video games.
Giannis Antetokounmpo is listed as out for at the moment’s sport.
— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) April 26, 2024
“He’s getting shut,” Bucks coach Doc Rivers stated Thursday. “However I don’t know what that even means. I’m being trustworthy. I noticed him transferring round and, in my thoughts, I stated he’s getting shut. Does that imply a day, 4 days? I’m unsure.”
In 73 video games (all begins) of the common season, Antetokounmpo averaged 30.4 factors, 11.5 rebounds, a career-high 6.5 assists, 1.2 steals, and 1.1 blocks whereas capturing 61.1% from the sphere and 65.7% on the foul line.
In fact, in Milwaukee’s 140-126 win over the Indiana Pacers on Dec. 13, Antetokounmpo recorded a career-high 64 factors on solely 28 subject objective makes an attempt, probably the most factors scored with fewer than 30 subject objective makes an attempt in a sport in NBA historical past. His 64 factors had been a franchise file as properly.
Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo (left calf pressure) stays out for Sport 3 in opposition to Indiana Pacers
Milwaukee can also be now with out Khris Middleton, who suffered a sprained proper ankle in Sport 2 and didn’t working towards Thursday.
In keeping with Milwaukee’s newest damage report, Antetokounmpo continues to be listed as uncertain, and Middleton stays questionable for Friday’s sport at Indianapolis.
Middleton missed the Bucks’ ultimate 10 playoff video games in 2022 with a sprained medial collateral ligament.
Final 12 months, a bruised decrease again sidelined Antetokounmpo for Sport 1 and brought on him to overlook the subsequent two video games in Milwaukee’s first-round sequence loss to an eighth-seeded Miami Warmth squad.
Sport 3. pic.twitter.com/bKC72wTcrO
— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) April 26, 2024
The Bucks and Pacers are presently tied 1-1 within the best-of-seven sequence.
For noteworthy betting tendencies, Milwaukee is 1-6 in its final seven street video games and 2-5 in its previous seven video games in opposition to the Pacers. The Bucks are 3-7 of their earlier 10 contests as properly.
Indiana is 5-2 in its previous seven video games and 7-13 in its final 20 video games performed in April. The Pacers are additionally 5-0 of their earlier 5 dwelling video games, and the purpose whole has gone over in six of their previous seven contests.
NBA sportsbooks present the Bucks as 7-point underdogs at Indiana forward of Sport 3. Per ESPN’s Basketball Energy Index, the Pacers maintain a 58.9% probability of defeating Milwaukee.
