The Milwaukee Bucks suffered a hard 112-108 loss to the Houston Rockets on Saturday to cap off a short three-game road trip. Although the Bucks’ outcome against the now-18-16 Rockets was far from what they had hoped for, their failure to play up to their own high expectations on Saturday night ensured that they would undoubtedly lose.

Unsurprisingly, Giannis Antetokounmpo isn’t at all pleased by all this.

The 108 points the Bucks scored against Houston is their second-lowest point tally this season. However, this is not the issue Antetokounmpo decided to harp on after the game. According to the seven-time All-Star, what led to his team’s downfall against Houston was their defense — or rather, the lack thereof:

“Offense is gonna be there some nights, and, some nights, it’s not going to be there,” Antetokounmpo said, via Eric Nehm of The Athletic.

“Your defensive effort, though, has got to be there. And defensively, our effort was not there. There was no pride. Guys were just driving the ball, straight-line drive, getting to the paint, over-helping, shooting 3s, offensive rebounds. There was nothing. This was not the Milwaukee Bucks. This is not who we are.”

Following the game, former MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo tore into his team, urging them to improve on both sides of the floor and for the coaches to up their game on the sidelines.

“We have to be better,” Antetokounmpo said. “We have to play better. We have to defend better. We have to trust one another better. We have to be coached better. Every single thing, everybody has to be better. Everybody. It starts from the equipment manager. He has to wash our clothes better. The bench has to be better. The leaders of the team have to be more vocal. We have to make more shots. We have to defend better. We have to have better strategy. We have to be better.”

The fact that the Bucks allowed the Rockets to score 63 points in the first half to carry a massive 20-point lead into the break speaks volumes of Milwaukee’s lackluster effort on both ends of the floor. Giannis and Co. rallied in the second half to try and mount a comeback but ultimately, their effort fell short.

“The second half, we were better,” Antetokounmpo said.

“Third quarter, we were better. Fourth quarter, we were better. We won both quarters. Yeah, we went out there and competed. We make it harder, pre-switch, fronted the post, put our hands in the ball, made it tough for them, got every rebound that we could. We made it tough. That’s who we are.

“In the first half, we didn’t do that. And it’s not good, man. ‘Cause right now we’re playing a type of basketball, especially defensively, that is not us. We have to be better. In order for us to win, we have to be better. We cannot just rely on our offense of scoring 130 points, 140 points every single night. It’s not going to work that way. It’s not going to work that way.”

He’s not wrong.

The Bucks are back in action on Monday against the Utah Jazz, which will be an opportunity for them to get back to the defensive identity Giannis has been calling for.