118 to 88.

The Nets finally defeated the Bucks in the home opener.

Antetokounmpo performed well, scoring 27 points, 12 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks in three quarters. Especially in the first quarter, he scored 15 points, which was eye-catching.

In other words, according to Durant, he played like a Spartan warrior.

Although in the end, like the hero of the story, King Leodani of Sparta, he died a clean death.

In the last quarter, Antetokounmpo sat on the sidelines for the entire quarter, and his mood was extremely low.

After all, with Scott's encouragement, he mustered up the courage to fight against the enemy, but the final result was a blow to the head.

After the game, both sides shook hands.

"Hey Giannis, have you heard about the 300 Spartans?"

Durant suddenly spoke while shaking hands with Antetokounmpo.

Antetokounmpo looked stunned. He didn't know how Durant knew the content of his chat with Scott.

Did this guy install a listening device on himself?

"You fight like a Spartan."

What Durant said next made him feel a lot better.

The recognition from opponents, especially superstars like Durant, is very satisfying.

"Although he died like a Spartan warrior."

But what Durant said next made him freeze on the spot.

Lin Ying on the side was stunned for a moment.

Durant is a bit of a loser this time.

Fortunately, it's Antetokounmpo. If it's Green, I have to fight him.

"Why don't you ask me why I said that?"

On the way back to the locker room after the handshake ceremony, Durant smiled and spoke to Lin Ying.

"That's what you would do."

Lin Ying replied calmly.

Durant now feels more and more that Durant has a tendency to bring the network keyboard into reality.

"Is there any?"

"No?"

Durant was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

"But this time I have an idea. I want Giannis to work harder. After all, we rely on him to maintain our status in the first round."

This time it was Lin Ying's turn to be stunned.

He didn't expect that Durant would even consider this.

This is because he despises Durant.

However, Durant doesn’t know Antetokounmpo well enough.

With this Giannis mentality, if Antetokounmpo goes dark, he will really step on their feet, and they will be the ones who suffer in the end.

Although Durant has experience, this thing is just like the offense and defense in a basketball game. Defense is always passive, after all, it is impossible to prevent it.

"Kevin, stop doing that, have you forgotten why Draymond is so annoying?"

Lin Ying did not say it directly, but asked in a different way.

Durant also slapped his head after hearing this.

Maybe the game has been too easy this season, and he didn't even realize it.

"I see."

He nodded.

After all, you don’t have to rely on your opponent to maintain the intensity of the game. You can do it with more practice.

…

"Matthew, don't do that last dangerous move you made."

In the Bucks locker room, Antetokounmpo sat next to Dellavedova and said.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Dellavedova made a very bad move. When Nene was picking up the ball, he was lying on the ground and directly caught Nene's push with his legs.

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Thanks to Nene's quick enough reaction to put her hands on the ground in time, otherwise she might have been injured.

"Don't you want to win?"

But what he didn't expect was that Dellavedova asked him directly.

"Of course I want to win!"

Antetokounmpo immediately raised his voice, which immediately attracted a burst of glances from other teammates.

"But not in this way, we must be fair and honest and use our strength to defeat them!"

From the fact that he sent money to his family without leaving any money, we can see that Antetokounmpo is a kind-hearted person;

From the fact that Scott used 300 Warriors to encourage Antetokounmpo, we can see that Antetokounmpo met a very positive coach.

When these factors come together, Antetokounmpo is destined to be such a person now, and he hopes to win in an open and fair manner.

But Dellavedova's next words made him freeze on the spot and fell into a very long silence.

"Is that possible?"

What is soul torture?

It's when you tell others that you are determined to marry Liu Yifei as your wife, and then they ask the same question as Dellavedova:

"Is that possible?"

Giannis Antetokounmpo said of course it was possible, but it was so powerless to say this after a tragic defeat.

Moreover, this is after he has performed so well.

To put it in a bad way, the Bucks and Nets are like children fighting with adults. No matter how courageous you are, you can't change the strength gap between the two.

Unless, like Dellavedova is doing now, some dirty tricks are used.

For example, give an adult a crotch attack, such as a hard bite somewhere.

"No, then we won't get glory even if we win. I won't do that."

Antetokounmpo said in a very determined tone.

After saying that, he stopped communicating with Dellavedova, took his bag and left the locker room.

At this moment, his back looked so majestic.

If this was in an anime, it would have to be accompanied by a BGM from "Slam Dunk".

But looking at Antetokounmpo, two words couldn't help but pop out of the corner of his mouth:

"young."

But just after saying these words, another person appeared in his mind unconsciously.

How could James not be such a young man back then?

Although he did not experience that with James, veteran Ilgauskas always told them about James' glorious deeds at that time.

But in the end, even someone as strong as James chose to compromise and even learned to push others.

Because these are all part of basketball.

Antetokounmpo is still young and he will understand this one day.

Although, that might take a while.

…

A week later, the Nets swept the Bucks 4-0.

Antetokounmpo played very hard, averaging 25+10 per game in four games, and he was defended by Lin Ying for a long time. A player who was playing in the playoffs for the first time could perform like this.

The data already shows his superstar potential.

For comparison, Middleton, who was also playing in the playoffs for the first time and was the second leading scorer due to Parker's injury absence, averaged only 15 points per game and shot less than 40% from the field.

However, Antetokounmpo's performance is not enough to help the Bucks win even one game.

After the last game, Antetokounmpo left the locker room without saying a word.

Then, he went to a bar for the first time in his life.
To be continued...