The Milwaukee Bucks’ 112-108 defeat by the hands of the Houston Rockets marked their third loss within the final 4 video games. It additionally sparked arguably one of the detailed and head-turning speeches of the season from Giannis Antetokounmpo, which was detailed in full by The Athletic’s Eric Nehm.
Whereas talking concerning the group’s latest struggles, Antetokounmpo coated every little thing from the group’s defensive struggles to total effort when on the ground, all the way in which to imploring each single individual within the Bucks group to easily be higher.
Together with the tools supervisor.
“We have now to be higher. We have now to play higher. We have now to defend higher. We have now to belief each other higher. We have now to be coached higher. Each single factor, all people must be higher. Everyone. It begins from the tools supervisor. He has to scrub our garments higher. The bench must be higher. The leaders of the group should be extra vocal. We have now to make extra photographs. We have now to defend higher. We have now to have higher technique. We have now to be higher…
“We have now 4 months to get higher, so let’s see.”
Whereas the speech featured numerous important subjects, Antetokounmpo (whereas ensuring to incorporate himself in every space of enchancment) imploring the tools supervisor to scrub garments higher was fairly the hilarious added contact.
Luckily, the Bucks are in a great spot to have the ability to work out any looming points. They’re at present 25-11 and are second within the Japanese Convention, 3.5 video games again of the Boston Celtics.
