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All-NBA voting demonstrates why Bucks' Giannis is league's best player

All-NBA voting demonstrates why Bucks' Giannis is league's best player

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks forward (⬆️ UP) How does one determine the best player in the NBA? Sure, the MVP is awarded each season (and Antetokounmpo has won two of these), but it can be at times directed by a league narrative and a team’s record. Let’s look at the All-NBA

Bucks' Antetokounmpo headlines All-NBA first team

Bucks' Antetokounmpo headlines All-NBA first team

NEW YORK — Giannis Antetokounmpo, fellow two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic, Devin Booker and Jayson Tatum were voted first-team All-NBA on Tuesday, the first time in 67 years all five players were age 27 or younger. Milwaukee's Antetokounmpo was the only player to receive all 100 possible first-team

Bucks' Antetokounmpo and Holiday nab NBA All-Defense honors

Bucks' Antetokounmpo and Holiday nab NBA All-Defense honors

NEW YORK — Two Milwaukee Bucks landed on NBA All-Defense teams as the league made the announcement before Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Dallas Mavericks. Giannis Antetokounmpo scooped up first team honors for the fourth consecutive year while Jrue Holiday landed on

Early exit adds extra motivation for Bucks 

Early exit adds extra motivation for Bucks 

MILWAUKEE — Khris Middleton might not have been available for the Eastern Conference finals even if the Milwaukee Bucks had made it that far. The three-time All-Star missed the Bucks’ last 10 games after spraining the medial collateral ligament in his left knee in Game 2 of a first-round series

Defending champion Bucks' bid to repeat falls short 

Defending champion Bucks' bid to repeat falls short 

Giannis Antetokounmpo powered his way to the rim, trying to keep the Milwaukee Bucks’ title defense alive. Again and again, the ball just wouldn’t drop. Layups, putbacks — shots that are usually automatic for the two-time MVP and reigning NBA champion — bounced fruitlessly away. And the Bucks kept dropping

Bucks' season ends after blow out loss to Celtics in Game 7

Bucks' season ends after blow out loss to Celtics in Game 7

BOSTON — In the fog of the Celtics’ Game 5 loss to Milwaukee that dropped his team into a 3-2 series hole, Boston coach Ime Udoka made a prediction. “It’ll make it sweeter when we bounce back,” he said. Two wins later, the Celtics turned their coach’s prophecy into reality.

Pair of 7s: Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns happy to be home

Pair of 7s: Boston Celtics, Phoenix Suns happy to be home

PHOENIX (AP) — The NBA's long regular season can be tedious, but make no mistake, it matters. Just ask the Boston Celtics and Phoenix Suns — two teams who have home-court advantage in Game 7 of their respective second-round NBA playoff series on Sunday thanks to superior regular-season records. The

Bucks fail to close out series at home, fall to Celtics 108-95

Bucks fail to close out series at home, fall to Celtics 108-95

MILWAUKEE — Jayson Tatum wouldn’t let it happen again. With the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks attempting to complete a fourth-quarter comeback for the second straight game and close out their Eastern Conference semifinal, Tatum made sure the Boston Celtics instead kept their season alive and forced a decisive seventh game.

Larger-than-life mural of Giannis looks over downtown Milwaukee

Larger-than-life mural of Giannis looks over downtown Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo is featured in a mural that will give the two-time NBA MVP a larger-than-life presence over downtown Milwaukee all year long. The mural is 53½ feet high and 56½ feet wide, covering the side of a three-story building. It shows the back of Antetokounmpo in a

Top Tweets: The Greek Freak graces downtown Milwaukee 

Top Tweets: The Greek Freak graces downtown Milwaukee 

Our take: It's here and it is perfect! 😍

Bucks in six? Milwaukee aims to close out 2nd-round series at home

Bucks in six? Milwaukee aims to close out 2nd-round series at home

MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Bucks want to build off the momentum from a thrilling comeback and the Golden State Warriors seek to put an embarrassing loss behind them as both teams attempt to clinch their second-round series. Both own 3-2 lead in their respective series and are at home Friday

Bobby Buckets? Bobby Boards! Bucks' Portis a rebound machine

Bobby Buckets? Bobby Boards! Bucks' Portis a rebound machine

Jrue Holiday had the indelible moments at the end of Milwaukee’s Game 5 win at Boston with his block of Marcus Smart on a potential go-ahead shot and his steal from Smart in the waning moments. But let’s not forget the basket which put the Bucks up for good --

Portis' late bucket lifts Bucks past Celtics in wild Game 5

Portis' late bucket lifts Bucks past Celtics in wild Game 5

BOSTON — Giannis Antetokounmpo was having his best shooting night of the playoffs. Milwaukee dominated on the boards. And still the Bucks trailed Boston by 14 points in a game that could send the defending NBA champions to the brink of elimination. That's when Jrue Holiday showed the Defensive Player

Bob Lanier, NBA great who left big shoes to fill, dies at 73

Bob Lanier, NBA great who left big shoes to fill, dies at 73

Bob Lanier, the left-handed big man who muscled up beside the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as one of the NBA’s top players of the 1970s, died Tuesday. He was 73. The NBA said Lanier died after a short illness. The Hall of Famer had worked for the league as a

Bucks scheduled to play two preseason games in Abu Dhabi

Bucks scheduled to play two preseason games in Abu Dhabi

The Milwaukee Bucks and Atlanta Hawks will have two preseason matchups at Abu Dhabi in October, marking the NBA's first games in the United Arab Emirates and the Arabian Gulf. The two exhibitions will take place Oct. 6 and Oct. 8 at Etihad Arena on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.