Bucks’ Giant Giannis Antetokounmpo Reveals Hours to LA Clippers game how he remembers he was suspended for 1 game for Head-Butting Moe Wagner.
The NBA said on Wednesday that Giannis Antetokounmpo, a key player for the Milwaukee Bucks, will miss one game due to a headbutt on Washington Wizards centre Moritz Wagner.
He won’t play against the Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday in the last seeding game. As of right now, Milwaukee holds the top seed in the Eastern Conference.
The incident came in the second quarter of Tuesday’s game against the Wizards, following an offensive foul called against Antetokounmpo. After some back-and-forth chatter, the Bucks forward head-butted his opponent:
After receiving a flagrant-2 foul, Antetokounmpo was removed from the game. The 25-year-old has only been ejected three times in his NBA career, and in his seven years, he has only committed six flagrant fouls. After the game, Giannis expressed regret for the situation through Eric Nehm of The Athletic:
Giannis headbutted Mo Wagner and got ejected 😳 pic.twitter.com/vmRJuKqF5v
— ESPN (@espn) August 12, 2020
“A terrible course of action. I wouldn’t do it if I could go back in time and revisit that play. But in the end, since we are all fallible human beings, mistakes are inevitable. As a professional, I believe I’ve done a wonderful job of maintaining my composure and concentrating on the game throughout the year, but as I mentioned earlier, mistakes are inevitable. Ultimately, though, take what you can from it, keep improving as a basketball player, and keep going.”
He added that a “buildup of dirty plays in my mind” was the source of his rage rather than Wagner.
Antetokounmpo appeared to lose his temper for the second time during the Orlando bubble, getting into a fight with Brooklyn Nets forward Donta Hall as well:
