Doc Rivers speaks out after Giannis Antetokounmpo suffers injury

Milwaukee Bucks guard AJ Green and Milwaukee Bucks guard Kevin Porter Jr. help Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo up after he goes down with an injury. Michael McLoone-Imagn Images

Bucks HC Doc Rivers speaks out after Giannis Antetokounmpo goes down with injury

Originally posted on Hoops Rumors | By Eli Cohen | Last updated Dec 4, 2025 12:06 AM ET

Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers, speaking after their win against the Pistons, said that he believed the team had ruled out an Achilles injury for Giannis Antetokounmpo, per Eric Nehm of The Athletic.

“I didn’t know what it was,” Rivers said. “I just wanted the trainers to attend to him.”

Giannis Antetokounmpo exited with apparent non-contact injury

Antetokounmpo left the game after just three minutes with what appeared to be a non-contact injury.

He was able to leave the court on his feet, limping first to the bench and finally to the locker room.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is doing an MRI right now, per Doc Rivers.
— Eric Nehm (@eric_nehm) December 4, 2025

Rivers confirmed that Antetokounmpo underwent an MRI, according to Nehm, and he pushed back on the idea of it being non-contact.

“I thought the bump, if you watch, the bump drive, that’s what threw him off balance,” Rivers said, as relayed by Nehm. “He got bumped then and then somebody landed on top of him… and then it looked like no one was around but I thought it was the bump that threw him off balance.”