Giannis Antetokounmpo said that he needed to play with more effort in game 2 against the Boston Celtics. 

"My older brother usually doesn't call me after games. But he was like, 'You got to play harder. You have to help your team and play hard.' [He] definitely told me that. Coach [Mike Budenholzer] told me that I've got to put more effort, I've got to be more aggressive," said Antetokounmpo.

Antetokounmpo shot just 7-of-21 from the field in a 22-point performance in game 1.

He added that the Bucks aren't making any big changes to their strategy. 

"Definitely not. We're just going to keep doing what we've been doing all year. I don't think we should change at all. Why should there be a change after a game that we lost? We should not be the team that made the adjustment," he added.

Mike Budenholzer said that the Bucks need to go back to basics in game 2.

"I think just some of our basic stuff defensively, offensively. I think just our activity, I think the competitiveness that we need just wasn't where it needs to be. We just got to play better. Give credit to Boston, obviously they impacted how we played. They played well. We got to impact them more. They played well; we didn't. We need the opposite in Game 2."

Malcolm Brogdon will be out for game 1 and 2 of the Milwaukee Bucks series against the Boston Celtics.

Brogdon hasn't played since March 15th as he recovers from a partially torn plantar fascia in his foot.

Brogdon will be re-evaluated after game 2. 

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a career playoff-high 41 points as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Detroit Pistons 127-104 to sweep the series. The win also represents the first time that the Bucks have made the second round of the playoffs since 2001.

"It's a good night for Milwaukee. It's a good night for the Bucks," said Mike Budenholzer.

The Bucks will play the Celtics in the second round. The Celtics knocked them out of the playoffs in 7-games last season.

"We're going to enjoy this win tonight and worry about them tomorrow," said Eric Bledsoe.

An analysis conducted by Forbes concluded that Giannis Antetokounmpo was the most underpaid player in the NBA this season.

The study took into consideration the amount of wins a player produced to get an "expected" salary for that player, then took the difference between a player's "expected" salary and current salary. 

By the Forbes metric, Antetokounmpo was responsible for 18.1 wins on the season and should have been paid over $53 million for his contribution as compared to his $24.1 million salary.

Mitchell Robinson, Nikola Vucevic, James Harden, and Rudy Gobert rounded out the top 5. 

Nikola Mirotic is expected to return to the Milwaukee Bucks for game 1 tomorrow against the Detroit Pistons.

Mirotic has been out for the last month with a fractured thumb.

"Not much soreness, as we expected. I should be ready to go," said Mirotic.

Mirotic added that he was hungry for playoff basketball.

"This is going to be my fourth playoffs in five years. The guys are ready, but the message from our coach is that there's nothing different in the playoffs. We need to play our same basketball. Play hard. I think we should be fine. We are a very deep team and very hungry."

Mike Budenholzer was voted as the National Basketball Coaches Association's 2019 Coach of the Year.

The award polls 30 NBA head coaches, with no coach able to vote for themselves.

"It's an incredible honor to be recognized by your peers, and that makes this award truly special. Thank you to my colleagues across the NBA, and most importantly thank you to our players and staff in Milwaukee. The players' and staffs' work this year has given our team and our fans a very special season," said Budenholzer.

Kenny Atkinson, Michael Malone, Nate McMillan, Gregg Popovich, Doc Rivers, Quin Snyder and Terry Stotts also received votes.

Giannis Antetokounmpo and James Harden have been named the Players of the Month for March/April.

This is the fourth Player of the Month honor for Antetokounmpo this season after he won the award for the months of February, December and October/November. This month’s honor marks the fifth time he’s won Player of the Month in his career. 

Antetokounmpo averaged 30.0 points, 12.2 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.8 blocked shots per game, while shooting 57.0 percent from the field and 75.8 percent from the foul line, in March/April. 

Harden scored more points (696) than minutes played (695) over the final 20 games.

Giannis Antetokounmpo has an elaborate and eccentric set of workouts. Antetokounmpo aims to eliminate distractions and unnecessary decisions such as what to wear.

"I just want to win," Antetokounmpo said. "All that other stuff takes away from the game, and you just spend extra energy on looking good for five seconds. I don't care about that. I just want to look good on the court. Get the win and go back home and lay on my couch and just watch game film. That's it."

Antetokounmpo recently declined a role in "Space Jam 2" with LeBron James. Antetokounmpo would have had to give up two weeks of private workouts while making the movie.

"I don't like being Hollywood," Antetokounmpo said. "I don't like all this extra drama. I am just going to try to be me."

The Milwaukee Bucks clinched the best record in the NBA after beating the Philadelphia 76ers 128-122.

Giannis Antetokounmpo finished the game with 45 points, 13 rebounds, and 6 assists. 

"Yeah, that felt like a statement," said Mike Budenholzer after the game.

Eric Bledsoe was ejected less than 3 minutes into the game after getting into a confrontation with Joel Embiid.

"That's unfortunate. Neither team wants to have somebody missing, whether it's injury or somebody getting thrown out. Hopefully we'll be smarter and better for it as a team. [Bledsoe] will be smarter and better for it. He was the first guy greeting his teammates and being there for them when they came in. So maybe it's better that it happens now than another time," added Budenholzer. 

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