MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 25 points, 18 assists and seven rebounds in his return and the Bucks outlasted former Milwaukee high school star Kon Knueppel and the Charlotte Hornets 147-134 in overtime Friday night in an NBA Cup game.
The teams split a home-and-home set, with both also playing the front end of a back-to-back. On Wednesday night in Charlotte, with Antetokounmpo sidelined because of patellar tendinopathy in his left knee, the Hornets beat the Bucks 111-100.
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Milwaukee Bucks Head Coach Doc Rivers reacts during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy is introduced during the first half of an NBA basketball game between the Milwaukee Bucks and Charlotte Hornets Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Charlotte Hornets' Miles Bridges tries to get past Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Charlotte Hornets' Kon Knueppel gets past Milwaukee Bucks' Bobby Portis during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Charlotte Hornets' Kon Knueppel is fouled by Milwaukee Bucks' Gary Trent Jr. during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Knueppel scored a season-high 32 points in his first NBA game in his hometown. Drafted fourth overall, he spent last season at Duke after leading undefeated Wisconsin Lutheran High School to the 2024 Wisconsin Division 2 title.
Knueppel hit two late tying 3-pointers in regulation, the first pulling the Hornets even at 125 with 1:34 to go and the second squaring it at 129 with 21 seconds left. The latter came after Knueppel grabbed the rebound after Miles Bridges missed a dunk. Antetokounmpo — who also had seven turnovers — shot an air-ball at the buzzer for Milwaukee, sending it to overtime.
Kyle Kuzma led Milwaukee with 29 points and 10 rebounds. Ryan Rollins added 20 points.
Bridges also had 32 points for Charlotte. LaMelo Ball had 16 points and 10 assists, and Moussa Diabate added 15 points and 11 rebounds.
Pat Connaughton also had a homecoming, but failed to score in 10 minutes in his first game in Milwaukee since being traded to the Hornets in the offseason.
Milwaukee improved to 8-5 overall and 2-0 in NBA Cup play. Charlotte is 4-8 overall and 0-2 in the in-season tournament.
Hornets: Host Oklahoma City on Saturday night.
Bucks: Host the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night.
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Milwaukee Bucks Head Coach Doc Rivers reacts during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy is introduced during the first half of an NBA basketball game between the Milwaukee Bucks and Charlotte Hornets Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Charlotte Hornets' Miles Bridges tries to get past Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Charlotte Hornets' Kon Knueppel gets past Milwaukee Bucks' Bobby Portis during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Charlotte Hornets' Kon Knueppel is fouled by Milwaukee Bucks' Gary Trent Jr. during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
PARIS (AP) — Workers at the Louvre Museum voted Monday to strike over working conditions and other complaints, dealing another blow to the Paris landmark and home of the Mona Lisa after an embarrassing jewelry heist in October.
The CFDT union said the vote was taken at a meeting of 400 workers on Monday morning and that they decided to strike for the day.
The world’s most-visited museum didn’t open as scheduled and turned people away. A notice on the Louvre's website said “the museum is closed for the moment.”
“It's really sad, because I was really looking forward to this,” said Lindsey Hall, a bitterly disappointed would-be visitor from Sacramento, California. She had been planning to enjoy the museum's huge collection of art and artifacts with a friend, describing it as “one of those life experiences you crave.”
“This is just an epic collection of art and something that every human should see," she said. “I can see the other side of it, like if you are the person that works in the museum and how that can be, like day after day after day."
The strike vote followed talks last week between labor unions and government officials including Culture Minister Rachida Dati. Labor leaders said the talks had not alleviated all of their concerns about staffing and financing for the museum that welcomes millions of visitors each year.
“Visiting the museum has become an obstacle course,” said Alexis Fritche, general secretary of the culture wing of the CFDT union.
For employees, the daylight jewel heist crystallized long-standing concerns that crowding and thin staffing are undermining security and working conditions at the Louvre.
Thieves used a basket lift to reach the Louvre’s facade, forced a window, smashed display cases and fled with pieces of the French crown jewels. A Senate inquiry released last week said the thieves escaped with barely 30 seconds to spare and pointed fingers of blame at broken cameras, outdated equipment, understaffed control rooms and poor coordination that initially sent police to the wrong location.
In a statement, the CFDT said employees wants more staffing for security and to welcome visitors, improved working conditions, stable long-term budgets for the Louvre and leadership that “truly listens to staff.”
Yvan Navarro of the CGT union complained that staff numbers have continually decreased while visitor numbers have increased.
“People come to Paris to visit the museums. So the visitor numbers go up, the tariffs and the prices go up, because everything is becoming more expensive but the salaries and the numbers of staffers don't go up so obviously you reach a point like today, a day of anger.” he said.
Workers display a banner reading "Louvre on strike" outside the Louvre museum after they voted to strike for the day over working conditions and other complaints, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Workers display banners at an entrance of the Louvre museum after they voted to strike for the day over working conditions and other complaints, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Workers display banners outside the Louvre museum after they voted to strike for the day over working conditions and other complaints, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
People stand by the pyramid of the Louvre museum as workers at the Louvre will vote to go on strike or continue talks with the government after months of mounting pressure on the world's most visited museum, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Visitors leave the Louvre museum shortly before workers at the Louvre voted to strike for the day over working conditions and other complaints, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Workers display an union flag outside the Louvre museum after they voted to strike for the day over working conditions and other complaints, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
A board advises opening delays outside the pyramid of the Louvre museum as workers at the Louvre will vote to go on strike or continue talks with the government after months of mounting pressure on the world's most visited museum, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
FILE - A carpet at Le Louvre museum, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
FILE- People walk by an entrance of the Louvre museum, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva, file)
