Even though he doesn’t often see eye-to-eye with officials, Lopez admitted that his extended absence even made him miss those vociferous (and often unsuccessful) debates with officials. “Honestly, it was great having a back-and-forth with them and just being a part of all of it,” Lopez said following the Bucks’ 117-111 victory on Monday. “You miss all of it. I had a few playgroups before that and you’re missing the certain game aspects of it, having fans, having the officials, all that stuff. I just, I obviously missed it. So I was happy to have that banter between refs. If it’s fun or not so fun, it’s good to have it there.”