Giannis Antetokounmpo Had One-finger Gesture For Pacers Fans Who Booed Myles Turner

Bucks prima Giannis Antetokounmpo silenced Pacers fans connected Monday nighttime pinch a buzzer-beating game-winning changeable to clinch nan thrilling victory, but it was what he did aft that whitethorn person attracted nan astir viral attention.

Immediately aft Antetokounmpo sank nan jumper to seal nan 117-115 win, he was mobbed by his teammates arsenic he swaggered backmost to nan Bucks' bench. He past gave nan Pacers fans astatine Gainbridge Fieldhouse an emphatic thumbs-down successful consequence to their not-very-classy boos toward erstwhile Indiana prima Myles Turner earlier successful nan game. Antetokounmpo besides put a digit to his lips and shushed nan crowd, conscionable for bully measure.

Here's video of his game-winning changeable and celebration:

Monday's crippled marked Turner's return to Indiana aft spending a decade pinch nan Pacers. Turner walked distant from nan Pacers successful free agency past offseason, agreeing to a four-year, $107 cardinal woody pinch Milwaukee. The astir nan Pacers were consenting to springiness Turner was reportedly $23 cardinal a year, an connection that fell respective cardinal short of what he sewage from nan Bucks.

While it's understandable whenever immoderate sports squad boos a erstwhile prima subordinate successful his return, Antetokounmpo intelligibly wasn't having it. After his retaliation move directed astatine nan Pacers' location crowd, he said astir why it wasn't "fair" for Turner to person to woody pinch antagonism from his aged team.

"He mightiness not opportunity it, but it benignant of hurt," said Antetokounmpo, who vanished nan crippled pinch 33 points and 13 rebounds. "But we are present to prime him up, show him really overmuch we emotion him and respect him. We understand really overmuch he gave for nan team, for Indiana, and really overmuch he's consenting to springiness for Milwaukee.

"Anybody that was booing him... conscionable deliberation astir yourself, put yourself successful that position. Working your occupation for 10 years, and each of a abrupt you determine to make a move for your family and yourself because you person different goals, different aspirations for life, and past you spell backmost and your coworkers and leader are yelling astatine you and booing you. Man, like, 'What nan hell?' I cognize it's sports, I understand, but sometimes it's bigger than sports."

Turner had a overmuch sadder guidance to nan boos, telling reporters, "It was disheartening, man. ... You springiness 10 years of your life, your blood, your sweat, your tears. You return salary cuts. You past waste and acquisition rumors. You effort to do everything nan correct way, and past sometimes worldly shakes out."

Turner heard nan wrath of nan Pacers religious even during his tribute video earlier nan game, and nan arena's scoreboard featured graphics that compared Turner to nan Pacers' caller halfway Isaiah Jackson, who ended up outplaying Turner pinch 21 points and 10 rebounds.

After nan Bucks' win, though, Turner arguably sewage nan past laugh, and he tin remainder easy knowing Antetokounmpo and his different teammates person his back—even if his erstwhile team's fans person turned theirs connected him.

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