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NBA: Bucks star Thanasis suspended for one game

NBA: Bucks star Thanasis suspended for one game

Milwaukee Bucks forward Thanasis Antetokounmpo has been handed a one-game suspension without pay for his unsportsmanlike behaviour in the game against Boston Celtics, as announced by Joe Dumars, Executive Vice President and Head of Basketball Operations of the National Basketball Association on Saturday. The 30-year-old head-butted Celtics forward Blake Griffin after the latter had fouled him hard, in a play that resulted in a scuffle between...

NBA: Bucks star Thanasis ejected for headbutting Celtics’ Griffin

NBA: Bucks star Thanasis ejected for headbutting Celtics’ Griffin

Milwaukee Bucks’ small forward Thanasis Antetokounmpo was ejected in their 140-99 blow-out defeat to the Boston Celtics at the Fiserv Forum on Thursday night. The 30-year-old Greek-Nigerian basketballer, who is the older brother of two-time league MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, was sent out of the game with 1:25 left on the clock for head-butting Boston Celtics' Blake Griffin, after the latter had fouled him and rightfully got...

Burna Boy, Tems & Rema to perform in NBA All-Star game

Burna Boy, Tems & Rema to perform in NBA All-Star game

The National Basketball Association (NBA) have included three Nigerian artistes to headline the 2023 All-Star Game half-time show scheduled for Sunday in Salt Lake City, Utah. The trio of Burna Boy, singer and producer Tems, who also just won a Grammy Award, and the "Calm Down" crooner Rema will entertain the crowd in a first-of-its-kind Afrobeats-themed performance. https://twitter.com/NBAAllStar/status/1625908731438411798?t=MXTFIzZD3HDc6HrFqKvSoQ&s=19 https://twitter.com/NBAAllStar/status/1625908273575612416?t=r7679PRZS-uN9JyLwnhGeg&s=19 https://twitter.com/NBAAllStar/status/1625908489724866567?s=19 The NBA also revealed that after...

NBA: Giannis outshines Embiid in week 15

NBA: Giannis outshines Embiid in week 15

Two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo was the star of the weekend as he erupted for 50 points in the Milwaukee Bucks’ 135-110 blowout victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday. The Greek-Nigerian outshone Cameroon and Philadelphia 76ers’ big man Joel Embiid, who scored 47 points, grabbed ten rebounds, had three steals, and had two blocks in the battle against reigning MVP Nikola Jokic and his Denver...

LeBron James sets new NBA record in LA Lakers loss

LeBron James and Giannis voted captains for NBA All-Star Game

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks lead a star-studded list of superstars selected as starters for the 2023 NBA’s All-Star Game, which will be held in Salt Lake City for the first time since 1993. James and Giannis were voted as the captains of their respective conferences —West and East— as a result of the most votes during the...