Friday night’s game between the Milwaukee Bucks and Detroit Pistons was among the most important of the season—for both teams. A win for the Bucks would guarantee them fifth place, while a win for the Pistons kept their chances of overtaking the Bucks alive when the two teams play again on Sunday. Accordingly, there was sure to be some emotion involved.
Late in the game was an extended verbal altercation between Malik Beasley and Giannis Antetokounmpo centred around Antetokounmpo mimicking Beasley’s signature shimmy celebration after he blocked Malik’s shot. Some might label Beasley taking issue with that as hypocritical.