It was Nov. 21, 2019 and it was about …

It was Nov. 21, 2019 and it was about as unremarkable of a game as the title-contending Bucks will play the entire season, yet Antetokounmpo had a story to tell from it, a story to tell about the guy who helped him write the mythology of his own career by talking trash to a skinny, unknown 18-year-old six years earlier. “He came to me and on a rebound, he pushed me,” Antetokounmpo said. “And then on the next play, I pushed him. He came down and he was like, ‘You good?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah. I’m good. You good?’” “He’s a guy that’s not going to back down, but I’m not going to back down either. It’s fun playing against him. I love that guy.”