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Livestream: Milwaukee Bucks Visit White House Monday
Watch as Giannis Antetokounmpo practices greeting the president as the Milwaukee Bucks land in Washington.
WASHINGTON — The Milwaukee Bucks will meet President Joe Biden at the White House on Monday, becoming the first team to win the NBA championship to visit with the president since 2016.
The meeting happens at 1:50 p.m. CST. You can watch the Bucks' visit to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue at the stream below:
The ceremony will honor the team for winning the 2021 NBA championship and will feature players, coaches, team executives and the Larry O'Brien trophy, the team said in a statement. The title was the first for the franchise in 50 years.
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The Bucks won the title by beating the Phoenix Suns in six games in the NBA Finals, concluding with a Game 6 victory in Milwaukee on July 20 when Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 50 points.
Antetokounmpo practiced greeting Biden in a video posted to Instagram: "Mister president, how are you doing mister president?"
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The last NBA team to be honored at the White House was the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016. The Golden State Warriors (2017 and '18) and Toronto Raptors (2019) did not visit under former President Donald Trump, and the Los Angeles Lakers (2020) did not go due to travel issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reporting and writing from The Associated Press was used in this report.
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