The Milwaukee Bucks demolished the Toronto Raptors in a 97-83 Game 1 victory on Saturday, and Giannis Antetokoumpo capped off the win with a demoralizing swat on DeMar DeRozan.
Giannis Antetokounmpo was called for a dumb technical after celebrating his huge block
Seriously, how was this a tech?
He celebrated the play with an emphatic fist pump and stared DeRozan down — which was somehow enough to warrant a technical foul:
Seriously, how is this a tech? Giannis had a dominant night (28 points, eight rebounds and three assists), and damnit, I’d pump my fist too after pulling off a block like that.
This is playoff basketball — it’s expected players are going to show a little more emotion than normal. He may have said something after the block, but we can’t know for sure. Either way, this looks like a pretty tame celebration on the surface.
The Greek Freak chatted with the refs after the call, which he claims was to tell them they “did a great job.”
Giannis may be an incredible basketball player, but he’s a very bad liar.
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