Knicks lead Bucks 71-59
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Knicks head coach Mike Brown knows his team is still settling in after losing to the Bucks on the road on Tuesday night.
"I love when it's tough; I thrive when it's tough," Antetokounmpo yelled to a lively Fiserv Forum crowd. "When you make it tough, I thrive."
New York's Jalen Brunson scored 36 points but hurt himself midway through the fourth quarter in a play that sparked Milwaukee's winning rally.
Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks fell to Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks, 121–111, on the road Tuesday, dropping to 2–2 on the season.
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Antetokounmpo says this meeting with the Knicks meant more, though not because of trade speculation
Giannis Antetokounmpo acknowledged the Milwaukee Bucks’ first meeting of the season with the New York Knicks meant more to him than a typical regular-season game.
Antetokounmpo's lips after TV cameras caught him celebrating a remarkable sequence in a 121-111 victory over the New York Knicks on Oct. 28 in which he swatted a shot on one end and then gathered an offensive rebound before throwing down a dunk on the other.
The New York Knicks face the Milwaukee Bucks in a regular season NBA game on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025 (10/28/25) at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisc.