NBA players are among the most petty and overdramatic in American sports, as shown after the Pacers-Bucks game.

Giannis Antetokounmpo’s franchise-record 64 points helped Milwaukee beаt Indiana 140-126 at Fiserv Forum on Wednesday. The Bucks star tried to grab the game ball after the buzzer to commemorate his win, but it was tough.

The Pacers gave rookie Oscar Tshiebwe a game ball after he scored his first points Thursday night. The 24-year-old scored in the NBA In-Season Tournament championships, but those points aren’t official for the regular season.

Fan footage showed Antetokounmpo storming to the opposite locker room and figҺting with the Pacers. Tyrese Haliburton was bewildered, even Antetokounmpo retrieving a game ball didn’t satisfy him.

“I have no idea. I’m not going to lie,” Antetokounmpo told reporters on if he got the game ball, per ESPN. “I really don’t know. I have a ball, but I don’t know if it’s the game ball. It doesn’t feel like the game ball to me. It feels like a brand-new ball. I can tell. I played, what, 35 minutes today. I know how the game ball felt. The ball that I have, which I’ll take and I’ll give it to my mom, for sure — but I don’t know if it’s actually the game ball.”

Antetokounmpo said he presents the game ball to his mother as a souvenir after his father died in 2017. However, the Pacers traditionally give rookies the game ball after their first points.

Interesting, Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle noticed there are two game balls and didn’t like the official one used in the clаsh. Video showed Bucks associate head of security Danny Carter securing the game ball after the buzzer, knowing Antetokounmpo wаnted it. Antetokounmpo saw the Pacers leave with a basketball and assumed that was Carter’s.

After the Pacers eliminated the Bucks in the In-Season Tournament playoffs, it was a bizarre circumstance that may spark a rivalry, so Milwaukee’s win Thursday was retribution. The teams play a home-and-home series in January.

Fans may find it absurd, yet signed basketballs cost an absurd amount, and Major League Baseball fans know how crаzy people can get for a baseball, even though they’re cheap at a sports store.

This unusual incident felt like another day in the NBA as the game ball dispute occurred the same week Draymond Green punched Jusuf Nurkic with a back fist, resulting in his extended suspension.

NBA opponents, notably the Celtics, learned to avoid Antetokounmpo when he wants the ball after Wednesday.