The Bucks de Milwaukee are scheduled to go to the White House on November 8 to celebrate their 2020-21 NBA title. In this way, they will become the first NBA team to visit the “Executive Mansion” since the Cleveland Cavaliers visited former President Barack Obama in 2016.
Last july, Milwaukee won its first championship in 50 years against the Phoenix Suns in six games. The previous four champions: the Golden State Warriors, in 2017 and 2018; the Toronto Raptors, in 2019, and the Los Angeles Lakers, in 2020, did not go to the White House.
The Warriors y Raptors they were not during the presidency of Donald Trump. The Lakers They did not make the trip last year, due to restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Punishment. Kevin Durant was fined Saturday with $ 25,000 for the NBA for throwing the ball hard into the stands, a play a referee acknowledged should have led to the Nets’ star being sent off.
Durant was fouled with 4:40 remaining in the third quarter of Brooklyn’s 105-98 home win over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night. Later grabbed the ball and threw it hard past the basket into the crowd.
Durant was called for a technical foul, but he should have been expelled.
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— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) October 31, 2021
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