When you play pickup games with your friends, it always gets competitive. Despite the fact that you are playing with friends, you want to beat their asses. While Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton were on other teams, I’m unsure if either guy wanted to take it to the other. These are professionals after all and there is no real need to try that hard in the All-Star Game unless it’s the fourth quarter. When the fourth quarter hit, Middletont tried to go at Giannis and found himself blocked. Many people were surprised during the game when Giannis blocked Middleton’s layup, but it spoke to the player that Giannis is in the fourth quarter no matter the game. Afterward, Giannis explains what happened and he had no idea if it was his buddy to Middleton.

Giannis will put Middleton in a wheelchair before he ever gets a layup on him 😭pic.twitter.com/alpDZUPbOf

— Deezy 🌩 (@DozManDark) February 21, 2022

"I feel terrible. I did not know it was Khris." 🤣 pic.twitter.com/mqAj9bSUqT

— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) February 21, 2022

Classic mixup here for the Greek Freak. It was a pretty good block, and probably the only highlight from Middleton’s meh All-Star Game. Giannis might feel remorse for the cameras, you know he’s going to be talking about that with Middleton for quite some time. That will be a sticking point with those two. It has to be. You blocked your closest teammate during the game. Of course, he is going to hear about it for a while. And if we know anything about Giannis, he loves to talk shit.

Charlie.