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Giannis Antetokounmpo took eight days off and missed back-to-back games to manage chronic pain in his right knee. ''I definitely felt lost because this is what I love to do, to play games,'' Antetokounmpo said. The All-Star forward returned to the lineup Friday night, scoring 41 points and adding 13 rebounds to help the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Brooklyn Nets 116-91. Continue to Article

January 26, 2018 11:40:pm EST

The Milwaukee Bucks made the expected official on Friday, saying Joe Prunty will remain the head coach for the rest of the season. Prunty was tabbed as the interim coach following the firing of coach Jason Kidd this week. The Bucks added Vin Baker to Prunty’s staff on Friday. Continue to Article

January 26, 2018 11:05:pm EST

To teammates, Jabari Parker looks as if he is ready to get back on the court for the Milwaukee Bucks. Parker was drafted by the Bucks with the second overall pick in 2014, the same season that Kidd began his three-plus year tenure in Milwaukee. The master plan for the rebuilding franchise included Kidd guiding emerging forwards Parker and Giannis Antetokounmpo as the core of a club that could contend by the time a new downtown arena opened in fall 2018. Continue to Article

January 26, 2018 2:06:pm EST

Giannis Antetokounmpo grew from a reed-thin, inexperienced teenager into one of the NBA’s dominant players under the tutelage of coach Jason Kidd, whom the Milwaukee Bucks fired earlier in the week with the team mired in mediocrity despite high expectations. “He’s a big part of my success in the league,” Antetokounmpo said after Wednesday’s practice in his first public comments since the coaching change. Informed by Bucks’ management of the planned firing even before Kidd learned his fate, Antetokounmpo called his soon-to-be ex-coach to break the news. Continue to Article

January 25, 2018 6:45:pm EST