Even in shocking defeat, Giannis Antetokounmpo rose to the occasion.
Antetokounmpo refused to call this season a failure after his Milwaukee Bucks were bounced from the playoffs by the eighth-seeded Miami Heat in. The Bucks' big man took offense when asked by a reporter and instead pointed to the fact that not everyone wins everything every year, and that's OK.
"Do you get a promotion every year on your job? No, right? So every year you work is a failure, yes or no? No. Every year you work towards a goal ... It's not a failure; it's steps to success," Antetokounmpo said after the game."There's always steps to it. Michael Jordan played 15 years, won six championships.
"... It's a wrong question; there's no failure in sports. There's good days, bad days. Some days you're able to be successful, some days you're not. Some days it's your turn, some days it's not your turn. And that's what sports is about. You don't always win. Sometimes other people win. And this year somebody else is going to win, simple as that."
The Bucks went into the 2022-23 playoffs as the top seed in the Eastern Conference but were unable to stop the bombardment of shots from the eighth-seeded Heat in the fourth quarter. Miami overcame a 16-point deficit and held Milwaukee to only 16 points in the final frame to pull off the stunning upset.
Heat guard Jimmy Butler, who averaged 36.5 points in the first four games of the series, finished with a game-high 42 and added eight rebounds and four assists.
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