Giannis and Thanasis Antetokounmpo Get Into Heated Exchange With Heckler After Loss to Lakers

If there are any Greek translators out there, here's your moment.

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Giannis and Thanasis Antetokounmpo

On Friday night, in the moments after the Bucks lost to the Lakers, a fan speaking in Greek said something obnoxious enough to draw the ire of Giannis Anteokounmpo and his brother/teammate Thanasis while they made their way back to the locker room. The exchange was caught by reporter Lauren Jones:

Giannis and his brother Thanasis Antetokounmpo got into heated exchange with a fan on the way to the locker room after their loss to the #Lakers pic.twitter.com/fnMKM92Z8A

— Lauren Jones (@LoJoMedia) March 7, 2020

It's usually not a great practice to simply trust unknown social media people for translations but A.) We're desperate to know what provoked a reaction, and B.) A lot of these users seem to be saying the same thing. Namely that something was said regarding asses and chicken. 

The fan yelled "Giannis you ate it in the ass today" and then Thanasis run to him saying "come back here and say it to my face, say it to my face you little chicken"
Giannis also said "Say it to my face"
Thanasis then ended it with "Your kids must be happy for you".

— 🦌 K. T. Bucks 🦌 (@K_T_Bucks) March 7, 2020

The whole translation of what they said wouldn't fit in a simple tweet so I just kept the juice without changing any meaning. Plus I tweeted fast cause people were hungry for a translation 🤷‍♂️😂

— 🦌 K. T. Bucks 🦌 (@K_T_Bucks) March 7, 2020

Exactly. The guy (so called fan, but he’s not a fan - he’s an idiot) is a disgrace for the Greek nation.
His mouth was so dirty that anyone would stop and turn back to answer. Good thing that @Thanasis_ante43 and Giannis were self controlled

— Sotiris SSOT.eth (🇬🇷🇪🇺🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) (@skaragiannis) March 7, 2020

He was yelling take that on up the a$$. Way to show class after a victory. What a bum.

— YianniS (@spyridakisy) March 7, 2020

You lost and you eat it it in your ass! Come and say it to my face you chicken!

— Christos Boursinos (@ChristosBours) March 7, 2020

Hwy in greek And he said You ate it from the ass today Giannis and thats What should Happen or it could mean They F*cked from the ass Today Giannis

— Lil P-nut (@LilPnut19) March 7, 2020

ok so basically the fan said "you guys ate it up the ass and im glad you did" and thanasis and giannis ran back saying "come here come here you chicken thats how your gonna talk" and i cant really hear the rest sry

— Stavros (@SwifferWetJets) March 7, 2020

That fan said: Giannis you took the L up in your a** tonight and you deserve it. Then his brother said come here don’t leave say that in my face the fan said it again without the a** word and Giannis and his brother said you are a liar and your kids should be proud of you lol

— @janifrisku11 (@JFrisku) March 7, 2020

Though he had a couple of rough stretches, Giannis finished the night with 32 points and 11 rebounds. Milwaukee lost 113-103. He also had a scary fall but remained in the game, though he looked like he was limping off the court late. Afterward, he insisted his knee was "good." In either event, maybe he was still pissed about it, and also this isn't how you recruit a guy.

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