Giannis Antetokounmpo boos fans back as Bucks drubbed at home - ESPN

MILWAUKEE — With the Milwaukee Bucks down by more than 30 points heading into halftime of Tuesday night's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the fans at Fiserv Forum booed the team as they exited the court for the locker room.

So, after Giannis Antetokounmpo scored the first basket of the third quarter, a layup over Wolves forward Julius Randle followed by a foul that knocked Antetokounmpo to the ground, the Bucks two-time MVP responded in kind: gesturing with two thumbs down and booing the Milwaukee crowd as he sat on the court underneath the basket.

Antetokounmpo said after the 139-106 loss that it was the first time he can remember being booed at his home arena.

«Whenever I get booed, I boo back,» Antetokounmpo said after scoring 25 points on 9-of-13 shooting.

The double thumbs down gesture is the same one Antetokounmpo has responded to fans with several times on the road this season, most notably after his game-winner against the Pacers in Indiana in October and most recently after his windmill dunk left an exclamation point over a win vs. the Chicago Bulls.

Even though Tuesday's game was played in Milwaukee, Antetokounmpo made it clear how he would respond to such jeers.

«It doesn't matter,» Antetokounmpo said about being at home. «I play basketball for my teammates. I play basketball for myself and my family. When people don't believe in me, I don't tend to be with them. I tend to do what I'm here to do, what I'm good at.… It won't change home or away. But yeah, I've never been a part of something like that before and I don't think it's fair. I don't. But everybody has their opinion to do what they want to do.

»I'm not going to tell them what to do and how they should act when we don't play hard. Or when we