NEW YORK -- Giannis Antetokounmpo isn't used to losing like this.

While Antetokounmpo's return to the court Friday night at Madison Square Garden saw him maintain the form he was displaying before he missed the past four games with a groin strain -- putting up 30 points, 15 rebounds and eight assists in 28 minutes -- it wasn't enough to prevent the Bucks from losing a seventh straight game, falling 118-109 to the New York Knicks .

Milwaukee hadn't lost seven in a row since March 2014 -- Antetokounmpo's rookie year, when the team went 15-67. After the game, he made an impassioned plea for his team to get its "competitive spirit" back and begin to turn its season around.

"Nobody should have a personal agenda. Nobody should worry about what they want from themselves," Antetokounmpo sai

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