2023-12-15 04:10:18
Best personal performance in his career, best performance of the season, and franchise record… This shows that Giannis Antetokounmpo had an impressive match last night against Indiana. With 64 points, 14 rebounds and 4 assists, the Greek obviously counted a lot in his team’s victory against the Pacers (140-126).
With the added bonus of a little taste of revenge for the double MVP (2019, 2020), beaten in the semi-final of the new NBA Cup last Thursday in Las Vegas. Untenable from A to Z this Wednesday evening, the one who is not yet sure of competing in the Olympic Games delivered an almost perfect sheet of statistics (20 out of 28 in shooting, 24 out of 32 in free throws) while delighting his audience with Fisery Forum, some well-slammed dunks. His fans also gave him a good ovation when the Greek broke the franchise record (Michael Redd, 57 points, 2006) with just over three minutes remaining.
“What a performance!” »
“He’s an unstoppable player,” summarized Adrian Griffin, coach of the Milwaukee Bucks. He is impossible to defend one-on-one and we have very good players to surround him. But in the end, it depends on him: his talent, his incredible will to win. What a performance, there is a way! Every point he scored, he did it with the right choices. »
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Giannis Antetokounmpo EXTRAORDINARY for his revenge against the Pacers! ????????????
64 PTS / 14 REB / 20-28 FG
CAREER POINTS record AND FRANCHISE record for the Greek Freak
Victory for the Bucks 140-126!✅pic.twitter.com/oeTBTne7AB
— First Team (@FirstTeam101) December 14, 2023
A performance punctuated, in addition, by a small mood swing at the end of the match, when he was deprived of the match ball which he should have recovered according to tradition. “Oscar Tshiebwe scored his first points so we kept the ball for him, we weren’t thinking about Giannis’ points record,” explained Indiana coach Rick Carlisle. A few minutes later, several players came to find us. (…) There were scuffles. I don’t think any punches were exchanged, but our general manager did get elbowed in the ribs by one of their own. »
The two teams had already heated up throughout the match, notably when Aaron Nesmith had committed a serious foul on Antetokounmpo, definitely in all the good moves this Wednesday evening, who was heading towards the circle at the start of the 4th quarter. Events which obviously did not disturb the “Greek Freak” who allowed himself a little dig on social networks in return. “We were just warming up,” he wrote on Twitter. With 17 wins and 7 losses, the Bucks have the third best record in the entire NBA this season.
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