Giannis Antetkounmpo was still awaiting the results of an MRI scan on Saturday, but the Milwaukee Bucks star says he expects to miss at least a month with a calf injury.<\/p>\n
The two-time NBA Most Valuable Player exited late in the Bucks’ loss to the Denver Nuggets on Friday after playing through the injury for much of the contest.<\/p>\n
“I was feeling it majority of the game but did not want to stop playing,” Antetokounmpo told reporters after the game. “But at the end, I could not move no more, so I had to stop.”<\/p>\n
Antetokounmpo said he felt a “pop” in his calf, and he expected an MRI scan to reveal an injury to his soleus muscle.<\/p>\n
“This is from my experience being around the NBA,” he said.<\/p>\n
The loss of Antetokounmpo is a blow for a Bucks team that has dropped five of their last six games and are in 11th place in the Eastern Conference — one spot out of the last play-in berth.<\/p>\n
“I’m going to work my butt off to come back,” Antetokounmpo said. “Probably be end of February, beginning of March. Hopefully the team will be in a place that we can make at least the play-in or make the playoffs.”<\/p>\n
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