The Milwaukee Bucks and Oklahoma City Thunder squared off in a highly entertaining game on Friday evening, and in the scorebook, the contest will go down as a 97-95 victory for Giannis Antetokounmpo and company.
However, this match-up will also be known for what transpired on the final play, when Antetokounmpo hammered home a dunk over Russell Westbrook for the game-winner that came with all sorts of controversy.
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While video angles can sometimes lie, it certainly appeared as if Antetokounmpo stepped out of bounds on the way to the rim in a tie game, and a slow-motion view does the refereeing crew no favors.
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As noted, there was no official review of the play, and the Bucks were able to escape with the two-point win. While Antetokounmpo’s 40-point, 14-rebound, nine-assist performance was impressive in its own right, it is hard to escape the feeling of being robbed out of five minutes of additional basketball, and in fairness, Milwaukee’s star didn’t even provide the single biggest highlight of the night.
That honor belonged to Westbrook from the third quarter.
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There will certainly be backlash to this particular no-call in the near future, and even with both teams likely to reach the playoffs, every game counts, and this one may have been stolen from Oklahoma City.
