Author: Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The NBA has found itself in the middle of a serious issue between China and protesters in Hong Kong after a tweet from Rockets GM Daryl Morey.

Thanasis Antetokounmpo, the 26-year-old brother of Milwaukee’s superstar and league MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, will join the Bucks on a two-year deal.

Khris Middleton missed the end of a series-clinching win, then caught a surprise flight and a harrowing drive to make it home for daughter’s birth.

Milwaukee dominated the first two rounds of the playoffs and took a 2-0 lead on Toronto in the Eastern Conference finals before the wheels fell off.

This season has been all about Giannis Antetokounmpo’s rise to superstardom and likely first MVP. This postseason, however, has been all about Kawhi Leonard.

The Bucks have used their bench more during the postseasonthan any of the remaining teams in the playoffs, and the players have been productive.

Giannis Antetokounmpo turned in an MVP performance and out-dueled Joel Embiid as the Bucks surged past the Sixers late to clinch the best record.

A game of dodgeball broke out between the Bucks and 76ers, with Joel Embiid getting a technical foul and Eric Bledsoe getting two and ejected.

All eyes were on Giannis Antetokounmpo and James Harden, but the Bucks’ Eric Bledsoe stole the show in Milwaukee’s series-sweeping win.

An informal straw poll of 25 media members finds the race between Giannis Antetokounmpo and James Harden could still be decided in the last two weeks.