With the Bucks trailing by more than 30 points heading into halftime of Tuesday night’s 139-106 blowout loss to the Timberwolves, the fans at Fiserv Forum booed their team as it exited the court.
Giannis Antetokounmpo Boos Bucks Fans
After Giannis Antetokounmpo scored the first basket of the third quarter, a layup over Wolves forward Julius Randle and a foul that knocked Antetokounmpo to the court, the Bucks star finally responded to the boos.
Antetokounmpo gave two thumbs-down and booed the Milwaukee crowd as he sat on the court underneath the basket. He said after the drubbing that it was the first time he can remember being booed at his home arena.
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“Whenever I get booed, I boo back,” Antetokounmpo said after scoring 25 points, eight rebounds, and five assists. “I play basketball for my teammates. I play basketball for myself and my family. When people don’t believe in me, I don’t tend to be with them. I tend to do what I’m here to do, what I’m good at. … It won’t change home or away.
“But yeah, I’ve never been a part of something like that before and I don’t think it’s fair. I don’t. But everybody has their opinion to do what they want to do. I’m not going to tell them what to do and how they should act when we don’t play hard. Or when we lose games, or when we’re not where we’re supposed to be.
“I don’t think anybody has the right to tell me how I should act on [a] basketball court after I’ve been here 13 years. And I’m basically the all-time leader in everything.”
Milwaukee Remains Below .500
The Bucks have now dropped back-to-back games to fall to 17-23 for the season.
Milwaukee lost to a Wolves team playing without Rudy Gobert, who was serving a one-game suspension for picking up a sixth flagrant foul of the season, and Anthony Edwards, who sat out for injury management on his right foot.
However, Minnesota scored 38 points in each of the first two quarters, never trailed in the matchup, and led by as many as 41 points. The Bucks starters were out of the game early in the fourth quarter.
“Obviously you’re frustrated,” Antetokounmpo said. “I think we didn’t play hard. I think we didn’t do the right things. We didn’t play as a team. It’s not much you can take away from this game.
“You just got to kind of forget about it. Take all the things that you did new well, try to improve on it and go to the next one. But the effort was low, you cannot have that. You cannot have that.”
The Bucks were playing their only home contest in a seven-game stretch. They returned from a 2-2 trip, and the team will now visit San Antonio (Jan. 15) and Atlanta (Jan. 19).
