{"id":5438,"date":"2023-10-29T02:57:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T23:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/5438\/bucks-easing-khris-middleton-in\/"},"modified":"2023-10-29T02:57:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T23:57:54","slug":"bucks-easing-khris-middleton-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=5438","title":{"rendered":"Bucks easing Khris Middleton in, to sit forward vs. Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bucks easing Khris Middleton in, to sit forward vs. Hawks\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MILWAUKEE &#8211; Khris Middleton will not play Sunday against the Hawks as the Bucks monitor his workload during the three-time All-Star&#8217;s return from offseason knee surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Middleton played 16 minutes Thursday in the Bucks&#8217; 118-117 <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a> over the Philadelphia 76ers.  Bucks coach Adrian Griffin said the team opted to rest him Sunday, the first of back-to-back nights in which Milwaukee plays.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin said Middleton should be available for Monday&#8217;s game against the Miami Heat.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Choice<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1698537473_495_Bucks-easing-Khris-Middleton-in-to-sit-forward-vs-Hawks.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just about being smart and gradually progressing it,\u201d Griffin said Saturday after practice.  \u201cHe took part in training today and he looked really good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Middleton only appeared in one preseason game.  He started and had 6 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds against the 76ers, although he played only four minutes in the second half and none in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>He played in 33 games last season, missing the first 20 games while recovering from wrist surgery and 18 straight games later because of right knee soreness.  He underwent knee surgery after the season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bucks easing Khris Middleton in, to sit forward vs. Hawks\u060c MILWAUKEE &#8211; Khris Middleton will not play Sunday against the Hawks as the Bucks monitor his workload during the three-time All-Star&#8217;s return from offseason knee surgery. Middleton played 16 minutes Thursday in the Bucks&#8217; 118-117 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. Bucks coach Adrian Griffin said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5439,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1759,3948,1153,3949,3950,3951],"class_list":["post-5438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-bucks","tag-easing","tag-hawks","tag-khris","tag-middleton","tag-sit"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5440,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5438\/revisions\/5440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}