Bucks at Knicks
The Milwaukee Bucks are winners of six of seven games since moving on from head coach Jason Kidd, but an injury to superstar forward Giannis Antetokounmpo could spell doom for the club. The Bucks hope to have Antetokounmpo available when they visit the struggling New York Knicks on Tuesday.
Antetokounmpo twisted his right ankle in the final quarter of a 109-94 triumph over the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday -- the second time recently that he twisted the ankle -- and did not return. "At first you feel the pain and then you're like, 'How bad is it?'" Antetokounmpo told reporters. "Is it going to be bad? I've twisted it twice in the last five games. But I just got to play through it. We've got the great medical staff that are going to take care of me and (point guard Matthew Dellavedova, who also left with an ankle injury). And hopefully I can be ready to go Tuesday versus the Knicks." New York dropped its last three games and six of the last eight after squandering a late lead in a 99-96 home setback to lowly Atlanta on Sunday. "We just didn't finish it. We don't know how to win yet," All-Star forward Kristaps Porzingis told reporters. "For me, that's the thing. Until we learn how to execute and do the right thing at the end, we'll drop games like this, our games, for sure."
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ABOUT THE BUCKS (29-23): Milwaukee just got another player back from injury in forward Jabari Parker, who played in his second straight game on Sunday after sitting out a year following knee surgery. Parker, 22, is easing his way back off the bench and increased his minutes from 15 to 17 on Sunday while scoring in double figures for the second straight game. "I feel good, man," Parker, who is 6-of-13 from the floor in the two games, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "It's always good to win -- that's the most important. Rome wasn't built in a day, so it's going to take some time."
ABOUT THE KNICKS (23-31): New York fell 92-90 at Milwaukee on Friday and could not execute down the stretch again on Sunday. "I would say (it was) the most embarrassing game that we lost, being in the situation where a lot of the situations there was time to score, and we just didn't capitalize on opportunities," shooting guard Courtney Lee said, according to ESPN.com. "... We were in position to win this game, and I think we just checked out and lost focus on a couple of plays, and it cost us." Tim Hardaway Jr. went 3-of-9 from the floor on Sunday and is 5-of-33 over the last three contests.
BUZZER BEATERS
1. Knicks G Ron Baker will undergo shoulder surgery on Wednesday and miss the rest of the season.
2. Milwaukee PF John Henson grabbed a season-high 18 rebounds on Sunday -- two more than in his previous three games combined.
3. New York rookie PG Frank Ntilikina (knee) sat out the second half Sunday and is questionable for Tuesday.