It takes a village to guard Giannis Antetokounmpo.
That sums up the Charlotte Hornets’ approach to Wednesday night’s home game against the Milwaukee Bucks. Antetokounmpo, a 6-11 forward from Greece with skills like a point guard, leads the NBA in scoring this season at 33.7 points per game. He is seventh in field-goal percentage at 63.2 percent and 13th in rebounding at 10.3 per game.
Antetokounmpo is clearly on a path toward Most Valuable Player contention. In the Hornets’ 103-94 road loss in Milwaukee, Antetokounmpo finished with 32 points, 14 rebounds and six assists.
Hornets coach Steve Clifford said power forward Marvin Williams would start out guarding Antetokounmpo, as Williams did in the previous game.