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Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo traveled to New York to endure additional testing on his injured proper wrist on Monday, and the testing revealed a sprained ligament within the wrist, based on ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Antetokounmpo will endure remedy on the wrist and can miss some video games as he offers with the difficulty. However ,the damage would not seem to be one that may put his season in jeopardy, which is clearly excellent news for Milwaukee.
Antetokounmpo injured his wrist in Milwaukee’s ultimate sport previous to the All-Star break. Early within the second quarter of the competition in opposition to the Chicago Bulls, Antetokounmpo went to contest a layup by Coby White and took an ungainly stumble across the basket stanchion. As he fell, he put his proper arm out to brace himself and his wrist obtained jammed. He seemed to be in critical ache within the preliminary aftermath and didn’t even try to remain within the sport. After trying out he went again to the locker room and was rapidly dominated out for the remainder of the evening.
As a results of his damage, Antetokounmpo didn’t participate within the Skills Challenge on All-Star Saturday Night in Salt Lake City. Bucks level guard Jrue Holiday took his place alongside his brothers, Thanasis and Alex, on Team Antetokounmpos. Unfortunately, the trio completed in final place within the occasion.
Antetokounmpo was a bit extra concerned on Sunday. He performed the primary 20 seconds of the All-Star Game and scored one basket, however did most of his work pre-game as he fulfilled his duties as a captain through the All-Star Draft. He ended up deciding on the successful squad, as Team Antetokounmpo defeated Team LeBron, 184-175, due to a record-setting 55-point efficiency by Jayson Tatum.
We ought to study extra about Antetokounmpo’s return to motion within the close to future after he undergoes some remedy on the wrist.
