Antetokounmpo: “Some players get whistled easier than me. I appreciate the coach’s support”

He is not used to it, however John Antetokounmpo complained about the way the referees were treating him by letting several fouls go unpunished, after Bucks loss to Pacers. The Greek Freak had 54 points but he thinks he should have won more fouls, which also led his coach, Adrian Griffin, to be sent off with a double technical penalty for protesting.

“I appreciate what the coach did. Whoever supports me once, I will support him 1,000 times! It’s nice to know that the coach supports you and I try to do the same. I believe there are a lot more contacts than what is being whistled. I see that there are players who go to the line much easier than I do. Sometimes I don’t understand it in the race, but then I see on the video that someone – for example – has pulled me. But I’m not acting, I’m trying to dominate with my strength and be first in goal-fouls in the league. The coach felt that I wasn’t getting the whistles I should and reacted. It’s a shame he was dropped, we needed him. But I appreciate that he supported me and we players will support him when he needs us most“, emphasized the 29-year-old superstar.

“I was obviously tired. The Pacers had more energy than us and at first we were slow to adjust to playing without Lillard. We came back into the match and had a chance to win, but we couldn’t. We made a lot of mistakes, I made a lot of mistakes too, in two phases I should have taken the attack but I didn’t because I was… exhausted. We should improve. I’m finding my rhythm again and I’m happy about that, but at the end of the day that’s not what counts when you’re losing“, he added.