Mario Hezonja didn’t get a chance to prove the Bucks’ website editors wrong.
Knicks coach David Fizdale did not play Hezonja in the Bucks’ 109-95 Christmas rout of the Knicks, the second straight game he didn’t play. Fizdale, though, could have been taking steps to avoid an incident.
Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo had threatened to hit Hezonja in the groin in the Christmas rematch after Hezonja dunked on a falling Greek Freak on Dec. 1, then stepped over him — a sign of disrespect in the NBA.
The Bucks organization, whose owners are from New York and whose president, Peter Feigin, is a former Knicks executive, apparently was incensed over the Hezonja step-over.