Indiana Pacers 119-118 Milwaukee Bucks: 'Have to Be Better,' Says Giannis After Playoff Exit

Giannis Antetokounmpo refused to discuss his future with the Milwaukee Bucks following their playoff exit to the Indiana Pacers. (More Basketball News)

Antetokounmpo finished with 30 points, 20 rebounds and 13 assists, while Gary Trent Jr. scored 33, but it wasn't enough as the Bucks lost 119-118 to confirm a 4-1 series defeat. 

Milwaukee suffered a third consecutive바카라 웹사이트first-round exit from the playoffs, with the two-time MVP long stating of his desire to win a second championship with the franchise.바카라 웹사이트

Antetokounmpo acknowledged his disappointment and said that he needed to look at himself to drag the Bucks through their latest setback.바카라 웹사이트

"It doesn't feel good, man," Antetokounmpo said. "Just got to look in the mirror and I just have to be better ... as a team, we work hard. We play the right way.

"Not being able to win games definitely hurts, but you got to keep doing what you're doing."

And when asked whether he could win another championship with the Bucks, a team he joined more than a decade ago,바카라 웹사이트Antetokounmpo was not ready to speak on the subject.바카라 웹사이트

"I'm not going to do this," he said when asked if he thought he can win another title in Milwaukee. "I'm not going to do that.

"I know how it's going to translate. I don't know, man. I wish I was still playing. I wish I was still competing and going back and working out."

The Bucks came into Game 5 short-handed after star point-guard바카라 웹사이트Damian Lillard suffered a season-ending ACL injury in their previous clash with Indiana.바카라 웹사이트

And바카라 웹사이트Antetokounmpo was not only disappointed by the result, but the fact that his team could not pull through for their absent team-mate.바카라 웹사이트

"I felt like we owed this game to Dame," Antetokounmpo said. "That's what I felt.

"I felt like he came back maybe earlier than what he's supposed to, went down, sacrificed his body for us. I felt like as a team -바카라 웹사이트the least we can do is show up and win the game.

"For Dame. Obviously, it hurts that we didn't win the game, but it hurts more that we weren't able to win the game for Dame."

Antetokounmpo added that바카라 웹사이트he believed it was a glimpse into the next evolution in his game.

He became the first player to average at least 32 points, 14 rebounds and six바카라 웹사이트assists in the first five games of a single postseason in NBA history.바카라 웹사이트

"I always felt like that would be my last phase," he said. "As a guy that can playmake and can set up a team, be like a legit point forward out there.

"You see a lot of people that can handle the ball and put their teammates in the right place and make the team better. So that I enjoyed that.

"If I have the opportunity to come back next year and be able to do that, I can help the team in that way."

The 30-year-old was also on hand to address his altercation with바카라 웹사이트Tyrese Haliburton's father following their defeat.바카라 웹사이트

Haliburton hit the go-ahead lay-up with 1.3 seconds left on the clock to seal the Pacers' victory and, following the buzzer, supporters entered the court to celebrate.

Antetokounmpo was approached by what he thought was a Pacers fan, who taunted him with a towel that had Haliburton's face on it.

The fan, it transpired, was Haliburton's father.

"I believe in being humble in victory," said Antetokounmpo. At that moment I thought it was a fan, but then I realised it was Tyrese's dad.

"I love Tyrese - he's a great competitor. His dad coming on the floor and showing me a towel with his [son's] face on it, [saying] 'This is what we do. We do this.' I feel like that's very, very disrespectful."