New Lakers player Tierro made his career debut, and Antetokounmpo learned about it and took the initiative to deliver the ball
6686 Sports November 16th NBA regular season, the Bucks defeated the Lakers 95-119 at home today.
In this game, Tierro, the Lakers' No. 36 pick this year, made his career debut. He played for 5 minutes, made 1 of 1 shots, made 2 free throws, and scored 4 points and 1 rebound.
It is worth mentioning that after the game, Lakers player Vanderbilt wanted to take away the game ball, but the referee came directly to stop Vanderbilt after seeing it. Doncic said that the ball was to be given to Tiero for his first career. To commemorate the occasion, according to NBA practice, new players can take away the game ball when they score their first career point or make their debut. Laravia, Hachimura, and Reeves also came over to communicate with the referee, but the referee ultimately took away the game ball.
Subsequently, the referee gave the game ball to the Bucks home team staff. After seeing it, the Lakers players stepped forward and explained that they wanted to take the game ball away, but the Bucks staff still had no intention of giving it away. In the end, Antetokounmpo saw it and walked up directly and took the initiative to give the game ball to Doncic. The two parties patted each other to express friendship.