The Chicago Bulls did not take kindly to Giannis Antetokounmpo’s dunk in the closing seconds of a Milwaukee Bucks win.
The Bucks led the Bulls 110-103 with just seconds remaining on the clock as Antetokounmpo got the ball across the halfcourt line at the United Center in Chicago, Ill. With no defenders in his path, Giannis decided to give the road fans a thrill with a windmill dunk just before the final buzzer.
The Chicagoans in attendance seemed to appreciate the slam, but the Bulls players did not. Bulls center Nikola Vucevic confronted Antetokounmpo at center court. Soon, other Bulls players gathered around the Greek Freak to give him him a scolding.
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A scuffle ensued shortly after as Bucks players came to Giannis’ defense. The fracas was successfully contained without the scene escalating beyond pushing and shoving.
“We’re 11th in the East. … Got to keep finding an identity,” Antetokounmpo said of the dunk and ensuing altercation, via ESPN’s Jamal Collier. “If that’s to get a little bit scrappy at the end, so be it. We’re not the champs. Why should we play the clock out, have respect, and fair play? We’re fighting for our lives right now.”
It’s long been an unwritten rule in basketball that any team holding a decisive lead with possession in the closing seconds must dribble out the clock rather than pad their advantage even further. Some folks, including Bulls announcer Stacey King in the above clip, have pushed back on the practice.
Tempers were flaring all across the NBA on Saturday, as a fight also broke out in New Orleans that saw Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado punch Phoenix Suns center Mark Williams square in the jaw.
