Giannis Antetokounmpo to miss one week due to calf injury, Bucks announce

Bucks coach Doc Rivers has officially confirmed that Antetokounmpo will be unavailable for the upcoming game against Philadelphia and will most likely miss the games on Monday against Golden State and Wednesday against Minnesota as well.

“We’ve just been monitoring it, and it just hasn’t improved enough for us to play him,” Rivers said. “If this was a playoff game, would he play? Probably yes. But this is not. And we want to make sure he’s playing in the playoffs.”

Antetokounmpo missed Milwaukee’s one-round appearance in last season’s playoffs with a left calf strain. The Bucks lost to Indiana in six games.

Antetokounmpo last played Feb. 2 in the Bucks’ 123-119 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. He was listed as unavailable due to right patella tendinopathy for the Bucks’ 125-96 loss at Oklahoma City the following night, and he’s been out with the calf issue ever since.