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0 Tragedy struck as latest news says that Giannis injured. He was listed as probable calf strain by officials nearly an hour before the game, and then his knee began to flare up.
The Bucks just started to pick up pace, from being the worst in the east to 5th with a 9-9 record, only 1 game behind the Knicks and 2 behind the Magic. Even without Giannis, Damian Lillard showed up with 37 points to lead the Bucks past the east rival Heat 106-103 for their 5th consecutive win.
A new NBA rule states that unless a team demonstrates an approved reason for a star player not to participate in a game, it must have all its star players for all national television and NBA In-Season Tournament games.
Obviously Giannis is a star, so the Bucks are facing a similar fine to the Atlanta Hawks, who didn’t play Trae Young vs the Celtics in a NBA Cup game and were fined $100,000, because Young could have played.
Before Giannis injured, he was averaging a league and career high 32.4 points per game, and is the most recent Eastern Conference Player of the Week, and the Bucks are actually in the playoffs.
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