Fox Sports’ Skip Bayless took a shot at Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo during Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday night.
The Milwaukee Bucks prevented potential disaster earlier this week after they defeated the Phoenix Suns 120-100 in Game 3 to avoid a devastating 0-3 deficit in the NBA Finals. Credit for their win can come for the historic performance of Giannis Antetokounmpo, who secured his second-consecutive 40-point, 10-rebound game. But even that is not enough to prevent the proverbial pot-stirrer Skip Bayless from unleashing his Twitter fingers on the Bucks star.
During Game 4 of the Finals on Wednesday night, Bayless said he has never seen a superstar “hyperventilate” or take themselves out of the game early like Antetokounmpo. Of course, he pulled out the Michael Jordan comparison like he always does.
Never seen a superstar hyperventilate early in games and have to be taken out of games to catch this breath. That happens regularly to Giannis. No, as he says, he's not Michael Jordan.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) July 15, 2021
Bucks: Skip Bayless takes shot at Giannis Antetokounmpo during Game 4 of NBA Finals
Not everything has to be about Michael Jordan, Skip.
In Game 3, Antetokounmpo checked out in the early minutes of the first quarter. Yet, he returned to the court shortly afterwards and proceeded to dominate the Suns for the remainder of the contest. Antetokounmpo scored 41 points (14-of-23 from field), grabbed 13 rebounds and dished out six assists in Milwaukee’s win.
Regardless, it is safe to say that Antetokounmpo is not listening to Bayless’ comments on Twitter anyway.