Giannis Antetokounmpo has been putting up big numbers, including two triple-doubles, since the all-star break, but a change to his free-throw shooting has him struggling a bit from the line. Credit: Associated Press

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Giannis Antetokounmpo has been on a tear since the all-star break.

He's put up huge numbers, including a pair of triple-doubles as the Milwaukee Bucks' de facto point guard entering Wednesday night's game with the Indiana Pacers at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

However, there has been a noticeable flaw in the 21-year-old's recent play — free-throw shooting. Antetokounmpo went 4 for 11 from the line Monday, dropping him to 52% in the six games since the all-star break. That may be a small sample size, but for a 75.8% foul shooter before the layoff the difference is pronounced.

Antetokounmpo's struggles coincided with a change to his shooting process. In the first half of the season, he took a long time to get his free throws up, often longer than the 10 seconds allotted by NBA rules that are rarely enforced.

While Antetokounmpo was never whistled for taking too long, the league did take notice. Over the past few games, Antetokounmpo has gotten his shots up much quicker, which hasn't gone well.

"The league, that's as simple as it gets," head coach Jason Kidd said when asked why Antetokounmpo changed his process. "When the league makes a call you have to make the adjustment or you're going to get embarrassed, so he made the adjustment."

Antetokounmpo took his time again Wednesday and went 8 for 8 from the line.

"I felt a lot better because I took my time," he said. "I tried to breathe and tried to rest and take my time. They went in today."

Triangle tutorial: Bucks forward Damien Inglis spent more than a month with the Westchester Knicks in the NBA Development League before being recalled earlier this week.

One benefit for the 20-year-old Inglis was gaining experience in the triangle offense favored by New York Knicks president Phil Jackson and used by both the NBA club and its D-League affiliate.

"It's tricky at first," Inglis said. "I liked it. The triangle was harder but you can't cheat. That means if you want to score out of the triangle, your skill set has to be very high because you're not going to have a lot of space to create.

"You've got to be real sharp in what you're doing. But once you figure it out, it's easy to play."

Inglis said it feels good to be back with his Bucks teammates.

The 6-foot-8 forward sat out all of his rookie season and underwent a second surgery for a broken right ankle in January 2015. He has appeared in eight games with Milwaukee this season.

In 13 games with Westchester he averaged 9.9 points and 4.9 rebounds.

"I didn't care about stats," Inglis said. "I just was having fun playing. That's it."

No timetable for MCW: Bucks point guard Michael Carter-Williams missed his second consecutive game with left patellar tendinitis. He was still unable to get on the court during shoot-around to go through a workout, which makes his status uncertain as the Bucks play a stretch of five games in eight days.

"Hopefully here in the next day or so we can get him back on the court and see how he's feeling," Kidd said. "He hasn't been on the court, so we don't know how he's going to respond after the workout.

"First we want to get him healthy then get him back on the court as soon as possible then go from there."

Curry debate: Kidd weighed in about Stephen Curry's phenomenal shooting and the storm caused by Oscar Robertson's comments about current coaches knowing nothing about defense.

"The rules have changed," Kidd said. "In the '80s, some of the fouls we see today weren't fouls. Unless it was a fight, that was called a foul. And now the wind blows against you, it's a foul.

"The players have gotten better, too. They've made adjustments to the rules. When you look at what Curry has done, we haven't seen it. Maybe Reggie (Miller) for a short period, but we've never seen it at this level.

"We've seen Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant. We've seen Magic Johnson and LeBron James. But we haven't seen Curry do this on a consistent basis. It's kind of special.

"It's something we haven't seen and probably won't see for a long time."