Milwaukee Bucks: Takeaways From Loss To Washington Wizards

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With All-Star voting opening up over the weekend, Giannis Antetokounmpo added to an already impressive resume for his All-Star chances last night.

It was hard to match his performance in the first game of the back-to-back with the Wizards, but the 22-year-old star was incredibly steady and had his fingerprints on most of the team’s overall performance.

Of course, a great Giannis performance always comes with some great highlights and last night proved that to be the case once again. Arguably the best of those came on excellent second effort plays, like this hard fought rebound that Giannis would deliver to Greg Monroe for the score.

That would only be topped later with this beautiful no-look pass to John Henson in the middle of the third quarter.

But like the team’s performance in general late, Antetokounmpo went quiet in a hurry, in large part due to the Wizards bodying him up whenever they had the chance. As a result, frustration began to build for Giannis and as he began to reel, so did the Bucks.

At this point, a standard 22 points, 12 boards and seven assists is nothing new for the all encompassing talent that Giannis has become. Knowing him, however, losing the way the Bucks did overshadows whatever spotlight his individual performance gets.