Milwaukee Bucks: Takeaways From Win Over Portland Trail Blazers

By Ti Windisch | Dec 8, 2016

Dec 7, 2016; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) drives for the basket between Portland Trail Blazers guard Allen Crabbe (23) and guard Damian Lillard (0) during the fourth quarter at BMO Harris Bradley Center. Milwaukee won 115-107. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports /

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Nov 29, 2016; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks head coach Jason Kidd talks with forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) during the game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at BMO Harris Bradley Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports /

Whoops

So maybe it wasn’t all good news for Giannis in the game against Portland. There have been murmurs for a while from opposing teams about the Greek Freak taking too long to shoot his free throws.

On Wednesday, Giannis finally got penalized for doing such. He took longer than 10 seconds, and a free throw violation was called. That automatically forfeits the free throw attempt, plus if it is the last free throw the player is shooting it gives the other team possession.

Giannis called for a 10-second violation on a free throw!!!
— Matt Velazquez (@Matt_Velazquez) December 8, 2016

This will have to be something Giannis works on from now on. Now that it’s been called once, referees might be more likely to call it going forward. The solution here is simple: Giannis just needs to hurry up at the line.

He did do this though, so Giannis has that going for him, which is nice:

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