When you’re the most valuable player on the league’s leading team, you don’t take chances with injuries.
Out of an abundance of caution, the Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo is undergoing an MRI on his left knee, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo is getting a precautionary MRI on his left knee, league sources tell ESPN. The MVP landed hard on the floor and tweaked the knee in second half of the loss to the Lakers Friday night, but stayed in the game.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 7, 2020
Because he continued to play, Antetokounmpo’s injury did not appear serious. He finished with 32 points, 11 rebounds and six assists in the Bucks’ 113-103 loss to LeBron James and the Lakers in a battle of potential KIA MVPs.