We had seen Giannis Antetokounmpo chafouin three days ago, after a defeat in Philadelphia concluded with a schoolyard scene and above all a lot of frustration. Last night the Freak put things back in their place, namely Giannis is a hit, the Bucks win and everyone goes straight.
The home stats of the slab breaker are right here!
Remember. Friday night Giannis Antetokounmpo slams an atrocious 4/15 on throws on the Sixers floor, loses the match against a great night Joel Embiid, and quite logically decides to go shoot a little after the match, just to exorcise a little this bad move. The following ? It is told to you right here, because we’re not going to tell you the whole story and because this morning we’ll talk more about the game of the night, the one that saw the Bucks and their double MVP win a few hours ago against the Blazers thanks to a big perf of their homemade cyborg.
37 points at 16/24 shooting and 5/12 throwing, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 35 minutes, 1 win
Oh the 5/12 throws that he is ugly, again. 13/38 over the last three games, on the verge of removing all his trophies for the trouble. Failure to quickly erase therefore, the 57% on the line has hurt since the start of the season, but this night in any case we will not hold it against him because the Bucks have had it, and it will have been necessary against eye-catching Blazers despite the absence of Damian Lillard.
For the locals, already, the fact of playing at home which still counts as much (8-1, only the Hawks have come to win in Wisconsin this season)the return of Pat Connaughton who is doing (and who will do) good – a little shot from the parking lot and two balls stolen last night when coming off the bench – and that of Khris Middleton which should take place soon, since we have learned this night that Giannis’ lieutenant would soon be doing his ranges in the G League (with Wes Matthews) before returning to run with his NBA friends, perhaps this weekend.
That’s good news, so let’s say that when Jrue Holiday and Giannis Antetokounmpo find themselves like this night and you add a Brook Lopez in his prime (lol but if we swear to you), a dose of Greek seum and a Nurkic in mode victim, it necessarily gives 1) a card and 2) highlights galore. Coast-to-coast, putback, glares, and ultimately a victory that should bring a lot of others as this Bucks team seems sure of its strengths.
A 119-111 victory that does not rectify the Greek Freak’s throwing average, but which allows the Bucks to approach the Celtics at the head of the East after the loss of the latter against the Bulls. And with a band soon to be complete, the Daims could soon land on the first place and not move too much there.