Antetokounmpo: “Sexton found me in the face – The attitude of the teammates is important”

THE John Antetokounmpo he did not want to give more scope to hit by Colin Sexton in Bucks loss to Jazz.

“I appreciate that my teammates supported me. I don’t know if he hit me with the shoulder or the elbow, I just felt something hit me in the face. Then I didn’t see what happened to me, I was on the floor. They have to support each other, win or lose. It is important to us“, answered Greek Freak to a related question.

As for whether fatigue from back-to-back games in the West was to blame for the loss? “When you play another difficult game on consecutive days, the program does not help. We had a two and a half hour flight between games, but that’s no excuse. We should do everything we can to take care of our bodies. I don’t think it was an energy issue though, we just missed a lot of free throws as opposed to the Jazz making some big shots with Markkanen and Olynyk“, said the 29-year-old ace.

However, the leader of the Bucks sees progress in his team. “We are adding things to our game, everyone sees that we are making a new effort and there is an optimism. All the kids are playing harder, but maybe we lack a little energy at times. But it doesn’t matter the result, at the moment we are improving in many things and when we are physically fit and prepared as we want, everything will be better. We must continue the work. I think we will be very good, we are going in the right direction“, he emphasized.