{"id":341265,"date":"2025-10-29T17:51:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/341265\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T17:51:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T17:51:17","slug":"everyone-seems-to-think-giannis-antetokounmpo-obviously-traveled-against-the-knicks-but-did-he","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/341265\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyone seems to think Giannis Antetokounmpo obviously traveled against the Knicks, but did he?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The internet was up in arms<\/a> over a play in the first quarter of the Milwaukee Bucks<\/a>‘ 121-111 win over the New York Knicks<\/a> on Oct. 28. Giannis Antetokounmpo appeared to take as many as six steps on his way to the rim for a basket, prompting NBC announcers Reggie Miller and Jamal Crawford to laugh about the lack of a travel call.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cOh my goodness,\u201d Miller said. \u201cWow, come on! Yeah, we could\u2019ve played until we were 50 if we got that runway, Jamal. I need to see that again. Can we count those steps again? Come on, man.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Milwaukee<\/p>\n

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) drives past New York Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns (32) during the fourth quarter in a game Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Bucks won 121-111.<\/p>\n

Play-by-play man Mike Tirico explained the NBA rules on a “gather” of the basketball, allowing a player two steps after he has fully controlled the ball. The point of subjectivity is when, and before which step, did Antetokounmpo complete the process of his “gather.”<\/p>\n

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You just twitched when you read the words “complete the process,” didn’t you?<\/p>\n

The NBA rule book defines \u201cgather\u201d (as of a 2019 rule change<\/a>) as:<\/p>\n

For a player who receives a pass or gains possession of a loose ball, it’s the point where the player gains enough control of the ball to hold it, change hands, pass, shoot or cradle it against his body.<\/p>\n

That doesn’t apply to Antetokounmpo, who already had possession. For that, the gather is defined as the point where a player does any one of the following:<\/p>\n