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Sprained Wrist Could Keep Milwaukee Bucks Star Giannis Antetokounmpo Out Friday Against Miami Heat

Antetokounmpo undergoing treatment for sprained ligament
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Sprained Wrist Could Keep Milwaukee Bucks Star Giannis Antetokounmpo Out Friday Against Miami Heat
Sprained Wrist Could Keep Milwaukee Bucks Star Giannis Antetokounmpo Out Friday Against Miami Heat

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The Miami Heat might face the Milwaukee Bucks again without All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo Friday night. 

Antetokounmpo is dealing with a sprained ligament in his right wrist. He is undergoing treatment. The Bucks are riding a 12-game winning streak. 

If he is unable to play, this would mark the third time he has missed a game against the Heat this season. He was limited during Sunday's NBA All-Star Game in Salt Lake City. 

"Taking it day by day, try to get healthy," Antetokounmpo said. "You know, obviously, I had the incident three days ago. I don't think it's smart in any way to, you know, play a lot of minutes in the All-Star Game. At the end of the day, obviously, you want to participate, you want to run up and down, joke around, have some dunks, create some work. But at the end of the day, I feel you also have to be mature. Hard decision, but mature decision to take a break here, take care of it, and hopefully I can be available for my team when they need me."

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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