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Milwaukee Bucks star forward Giannis
Antetokounmpo left Game 1 of the Eastern Conference first-round
playoff series against the visiting Miami Heat for good in the
second quarter Sunday after sustaining a lower back contusion.
With Antetokounmpo unavailable for much of the game, the
top-seeded Bucks fell to the eighth-seeded Heat 130-117.
"There was an X-ray that was clear here," Bucks coach Mike
Budenholzer said, "so we'll monitor him, see how he does
(Monday)."
Game 2 of the series is Wednesday night in Milwaukee.
Antetokounmpo, a finalist for the league MVP award, fell to the
floor hard after being fouled with 4:13 left in the first
quarter. He made one of the two ensuing free throws and stayed
in the game before going to the locker room with 1:46 left in
the period.
He re-entered the game with 9:56 left in the second quarter, but
returned to the locker room less than two minutes later. Later
in the quarter, Milwaukee announced that he would not return for
the rest of the night.
"He just wasn't moving, didn't look comfortable, confident, so
it felt like the right thing" to remove him, Budenholzer said.
Antetokounmpo, a two-time MVP winner, had six points and three
rebounds in 11 minutes.
--Field Level Media
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