Milwaukee star Giannis Antetokounmpo tried to shoot extra free throws after a terrible game he had at the line. Sixers backup center Montrezl Harrell and a coaching staff member, Jason Love, returned to the court, and Harrell took the ball from Giannis and refused to give it back.

Harrell stood in the corner shaking his head and holding the ball while Antetokounmpo pleaded with him.

“This isn’t f—— Milwaukee,” Harrell barked at Antetokounmpo, as witnessed by The Athletic. “Get that s— out of there.”

As if a bench player taking the ball from a two-time MVP after a game and screaming at him wasn’t strange enough, the situation grew even more bizarre. Love stood between Giannis and Harrell and told Antetokounmpo he could not have a ball to shoot and was not permitted to shoot on the floor after the game.

So Antetokounmpo, who had shot 4 of 15 from the line during the game, in the worst shooting performance of his career, left the court and returned with two basketballs.

Only when he returned, a Wells Fargo Center employee pushed a large, A-frame ladder in front of the hoop where Giannis was shooting. Antetokounmpo asked the man to move the ladder, so he could finish his shooting and twice the man said no.

Now angry at the surprising circumstances he was facing, Giannis moved the ladder out of the way and knocked it over. The arena employee scattered as the ladder crashed to the court.

A video of the incident with the ladder was posted to Twitter by a Philadelphia fan in the arena.

There’s more. Antetokounmpo, now visibly frustrated, continued his work at one end of the floor, while Harrell was shooting at the other.

After Antetokounmpo left the court for good, his brother and Milwaukee teammate, Thanasis Antetokounmpo, walked to midcourt to speak to Harrell. The Sixers reserve center threatened Thanasis, saying at separate times “I’ll beat your a–” and “you better send that s— back to the locker room.” Thanasis walked away without incident.

The Sixers declined to comment, but a league source said arena workers immediately remove video equipment from the top of both backboards after every game. Philadelphia hosts Minnesota at Wells Fargo on Saturday. Harrell later posted this tweet.

It seemed Harrell’s problem was that an opposing player, in this case, Giannis, should not be getting up extra shots as the visiting team after a game. But there is no rule, written or unwritten, preventing it, and players from both teams who either struggle to shoot or didn’t get to play much, sometimes return to the floor after a game for extra work.

Antetokounmpo was still agitated when he returned to the locker room as he recounted the incident to his teammates, who shook their heads in disbelief. The atmosphere inside was tense and quiet, save for Antetokounmpo’s voice as he explained and re-explained what happened.

Then someone repeatedly turned the lights out in the room as players were trying to finish getting dressed, which upset the Bucks players even more.

It turned out the culprit was Liam Antetokounmpo, Giannis’ 2-year-old son.

Antetokounmpo finished the game with 25 points and 14 rebounds but just had the worst two-game stretch of his career at the foul line. In Wednesday’s win over Cleveland, Giannis shot 4 of 11.

The Athletic’s Eric Nehm contributed to this story.

The scene with Harrell was also captured on video, too. Giannis looked confused as to why Harrell stole his basketball and wouldn’t give it back.

“Yeah, I took the ball, get the f— outta here,” Harrell said, according to The Athletic. Giannis responded with “I’m doing my f—— job.”

Giannis eventually went back to the locker room, and his brother Thanasis, a reserve forward on the Bucks, came out and talked to Harrell. The two players got into a verbal altercation, with Harrell reportedly says “I’ll beat your a–” before Thanasis walked away.

Giannis spoke about the situation after the game.

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