By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Jrue Holiday matched a career-high with 40 points and Giannis Antetokounmpo had 36 points, 13 rebounds, and nine assists to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 131-125 overtime victory over an undermanned Boston Celtics team on Tuesday, extending Milwaukee’s winning streak to 11 games.
The streak, the longest active one in the league, has brought the Bucks to within a half-game of Boston for the best record in the NBA. And yet, Antetokounmpo said he still isn’t enticed by the possibility of securing homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs with the No. 1 seed.
“We’re playing good basketball, that’s what I care about,” Antetokounmpo said after Tuesday’s game. “Now if we finish first, good. If we finish second, great. If we finish third, better. It doesn’t really matter. At the end of the day, you’ve got to prepare your mind that in order for you to win a championship, you’ve got to play hard teams.
“You’ve got to go and earn it. Nobody is going to give you a championship. You’ve got to go and earn it. It’s not going to be easy.”
Antetokounmpo has been averaging 37.2 points per game during the winning streak, the most by any player during a winning streak of that length in NBA history, according to Elias.
“Whatever we finish in the regular season, I personally don’t care,” Antetokounmpo said. “All I care about is building good habits, playing the best basketball we can play as a team, defending the best way and hopefully we can put ourselves in a position to win.”