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On May 30, the Milwaukee Bucks announced that Fiserv Forum has been awarded platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED. It is the second NBA arena to earn this distinction, joining Portland's Moda Center, and the first such venue in Wisconsin.
Fiserv Forum, which received gold designation in 2022, improved water and waste by adding touchless faucets and implementing the Orca Food Digester to help reduce food waste. In addition, the building added Bublr Bikes and a Lyft station to encourage walking, biking and ridesharing. Fiserv Forum improved human experience by installing Kaiterra sensors, which monitor air quality inside buildings and workplaces.
In the Bucks’ 117-101 Game 3 win, Trent scored a career playoff-high 37 points, which included knocking down nine 3s to tie the Bucks franchise record for most triples in a playoff game. The Bucks trail in the series 2-1. Game 4 is Sunday at 9:30 p.m. ET at Fiserv Forum. “One thing I told the team when they were trying to get Gary here and I was trying to make that connection and bring him here was I told them this is one of the most confident players that I’ve played with,” Lillard said after Friday’s game. “Unshakeable guy. His confidence is steady. His work ethic is steady. Very stubborn. And he’s a guy that’s not going to fold up when moments come. And he’ll be there. “That was one thing I would have stood on the whole time with Gary. When he has a performance like tonight, I know how much he really believes in himself. Some people believe when it’s going well, some people kind of get down on themselves, but I know his thoughts of himself, the true confidence. This type of game does not surprise me by him and it came at a time when we needed it.”
Giannis Antetokounmpo scores 28 points in 26 minutes during Bucks’ easy win over Pelicans
The Pelicans lost their final road game of the season Thursday night, falling to Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks 136-111 at Fiserv Forum. This latest loss came just four days after the Pelicans lost to the Bucks 111 -107 at Smoothie King Center in a game Antetokounmpo missed due to rest. Antetokounmpo made his presence felt in this one, finishing with 28 points, 11 rebounds and five assists as the Bucks pulled away in the third quarter.
Smith has since also reached a stage in his recovery that allows him to travel with the team, joining the Heat for its current three-game trip that continues Sunday against the Milwaukee Bucks at Fiserv Forum and ends Monday against the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena (7:30 p.m., FanDuel Sports Network Sun). It’s the first time that Smith has traveled with the Heat since going down with his Achilles injury. “Just a little bit easier to get some work in with [Heat Senior Director of Rehabilitation] Jeff Ruiz,” Smith, 27, said of joining the Heat on the road. “It’s always good to get out and be with the guys, and just be here to support.” Heat coaches and players also enjoy having Smith on the road. “We love having him around,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “This was really for him to come on the road trip and get out of the building, lift his spirits up.”
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“We definitely have a need for him,” Spoelstra said, with the Heat now on the road to begin a two-game trip on Thursday against the Milwaukee Bucks at Fiserv Forum (7:30 p.m., TNT). “So I actually talked to him about it, that sometimes when things are fluid and they’re moving fast, sometimes things happen and it’s not at all an indictment or an indication of how you’re playing. He’s an example of that.
Cameron Johnson injures ankle on final play vs. Milwaukee
Cam Johnson, the Nets’ most consistent player all season, got hurt on the second-to-last play of their 113-110 win in Milwaukee. The forward turned his ankle and had X-rays Thursday night at Fiserv Forum. Johnson told the Post the imaging came up negative, so he and the Nets avoided the potential worst-case scenario. Still, Johnson was on crutches after the victory and in clear discomfort.
Giannis Antetokounmpo on Donald Trump questioning his Greek heritage: 'I'm here to win basketball games and not answer to non-basketball questions'
Antetokounmpo was born in Athens, Greece, and is of Nigerian descent. “I'm not aware of the comments,” Giannis Antetokounmpo said of the comments following the Milwaukee Bucks game against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Fiserv Forum on Saturday night. "At the end of the day, I don't follow politics that much. And the little that I follow, I try to keep my political views to myself and my family. I'm here to, you know, win basketball games and not answer to non-basketball questions. But, I wish both candidates best of luck."
A few months removed from Giannis Antetokounmpo being the first Black flagbearer for Greece in the Olympic Games – and therefore the first Black person to lead the opening of the Games – Donald Trump seemingly questioned Antetokounmpo’s Greek heritage at his Friday rally at Fiserv Forum. “And tell me who has more Greek in him? The Greek or me?” Trump asked the crowd. “I think we have about the same, right? He is some.”
Milwaukee carries a three-game losing streak into its game at Memphis (2-2) on Thursday. The Bucks return home to play the red-hot Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday at Fiserv Forum. "Our record is 1-3 and yet this team, you can feel it, we're close to taking off," Rivers said. "And we know that. But we're not there. But we're close to it."
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Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo is all set for Halloween. He came dressed as Mr. Potato Head to Friday's postgame press conference at Fiserv Forum. His team had just fallen to the Chicago Bulls, 133-122, in their home opener. When asked about his get-up, Antetokounmpo said that once you get married "you don't have no say in things." Antetokounmpo and his longtime partner, Mariah, are newlyweds, marrying over the summer in Greece.
A day before their home preseason finale Monday against Chicago at Fiserv Forum, the Milwaukee Bucks practiced again without Khris Middleton being a full participant in live, five-on-five action. It wasn’t a wholly unanticipated development – and head coach Doc Rivers said there hasn’t been a setback in Middleton’s recovery from offseason surgeries – but with less than two weeks before the start of the regular season it has cast a cloud over whether Middleton will get into game action by then. “Probably not Chicago, so we’re hopeful of Dallas (Oct. 17) and if not we’re not that concerned by it,” Rivers said of the all-star’s availability for the remainder of the preseason.
Doc Rivers on Bucks third loss in a row: 'Inexcusable, for all of us'
The NBA playoffs are around the corner, and Milwaukee Bucks have hit the skids at an inopportune time as they’ve now lost five of six and three in a row after a disappointing 117-111 loss to the woeful Toronto Raptors on Friday night at Fiserv Forum. The Raptors had come into the game having lost 15 in a row. They improved to 24-53 overall. “The last three were against pretty bad teams," Bucks head coach Doc Rivers said flatly. "And, to me, that’s inexcusable. For all of us." Milwaukee, which could have clinched a playoff spot with a win, dropped to 47-30.
In only 65 games with the Bucks, Lillard has already made some spectacular plays in important moments. He has hit some massive shots, including a game-winner at Fiserv Forum. After all of those plays, the veteran point guard maintained his trademark steely demeanor. But that wasn’t the case following Antetokounmpo’s finish Thursday night to break a 96-all deadlock in an eventual win over the Brooklyn Nets. “It was a close game and obviously we played last night, they had some momentum, and it just came down to who’s going to make some plays, offense and defense. It was a timely play,” Lillard said when asked to explain his emotion at the moment. “We was kind of tired a little bit. Came up with a steal. As soon as I got the ball, I saw everybody sprinting out, even though we was tired. I hit Jae (Crowder). Jae hit Giannis. You get an and-one. “Those are the kind of plays that you want to see the team have at the end of a game, regardless of who we’re playing or anything else. Just winning plays. You get a stop. You pass it ahead. Jae could have easily went in there and tried to do it, but he saw Giannis trailing, he hit him. And you get an and-one, and I think those are just the kind of plays that we got to have in any game down the stretch. It was an exciting play.”
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