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Sitting on the Milwaukee Bucks bench after fouling out with a little more than three minutes to go Friday, Antetokounmpo, his team up three points and only five seconds remaining, watched Washington Wizards forward Khris Middleton curl off a screen and catch the ball in front of the Bucks bench.

The Milwaukee Bucks outlasted Khris Middleton and the Washington Wizards 104-101 as Giannis Antetokounmpo fouls out, Lillard sits.

When the Milwaukee Bucks traded away star forward Khris Middleton, it was one of the toughest days that the franchise had seen in a long time. Middleton was a staple of the Bucks organization and the decision to move him was a hard one.