About eight hours before Game 1 of the NBA Finals went to the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday, Giannis Antetokounmpo knew something everyone else didn’t: He would be in the starting lineup for the Milwaukee Bucks.
“It felt great,” said Antetokounmpo, who missed the last two games of the Eastern Conference finals because of a hyperextended left knee. “Out there I had my balance. Felt my knee was stable. Did not feel pain. I felt good.”
Unlike teammates who joked they’d seen video of the play on which he got hurt against the Atlanta Hawks hundreds of times, Antetokounmpo said he still hasn’t seen the highlight.
“When the play happened, I thought I was going to be out for a year,” he s…
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