Twitter reacts as Giannis Antetokounmpo brutal elbow leaves Mason Plumlee Bleeding
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After an impressive performance against the Brooklyn Nets, the Milwaukee Bucks managed to register a loss against their name when they lost their game against the Hornets in their latest encounter. The main highlight of the game was Giannis Antetokounmpo displaying a massive 43 pointer game against the Hornets though it was not sufficient to make the defending champions win and end their losing streak.
Giannis was on fire and scored about 43 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists in the match against the Charlotte Hornets. Though they did not get any support from other players resulting in the effort going to waste. However, an unfortunate incident took place during the game between Giannis and Mason Plumlee while they were in a struggle to take possession of the ball. In the process of taking possession, Antetokounmpo struck an elbow to Plumlee under the basket, causing him to start bleeding.
Giannis Antetokounmpo accidently elbowed Mason Plumlee during the match
The incident happened during the fourth quarter of the game when only 1.24 seconds were left on the clock, both of these players were engaged to take possession of the ball. Unfortunately, Giannis accidentally hit his elbow on Mason’s forehead which started to bleed after some time. However, Giannis realized his mistake and went towards Plumlee and showed a great example of what true sportsmanship is.
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Twitter reacts to the unfortunate incident
The users on social media were frightened to see the impact of injury which Plumlee faced during the game. The reactions from fans are pretty obvious enough to be guessed. However, Giannis showed up to help the injured player which balanced things off among the people on the social media platform. The fans even did post some funny reactions to this incident as well.
Talking about the synopsis of the same game, the away team’s starting lineup didn’t help the team much during the game. They were even low during the second quarter of the game when they only scored about 12 points in that quarter. The substitute players didn’t even score a single point whilst Hornets’ bench started building pressure. Moreover, the opposing team was consistent with scoring the points throughout the game, the Bucks had a lack of morale which was visible during the game. They still have a chance to make things right and settle the score with the Hornets on Monday evening.
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