If the Bucks aren’t playing like a title contender, there’s not much we can blame Giannis Antetokounmpo for. The double MVP and MVP of the last Finals continues to blacken the sheet, night after night, and tonight, he achieves his 4th triple-double of the season with 33 points on 14 of 21 in shots, 15 rebounds and 11 assists for an evaluation of 52. Pure Giannis, with real undermining work to put the Wizards on their heels, and the Greek wanted to send a message after the spanking received at home against Denver.
” [Face à Denver], it wasn’t us collectively. I can’t remember the last time I was down 36 points in Milwaukee” he explains. “Obviously, it’s rather embarrassing, but in the end, there will be evenings like that. But tonight, we reacted, we gave it our all, and we tried to set the tone. “
However, everything was not perfect, and the Bucks fell asleep to the point that the Wizards believed in the hold-up at the start of the 4th quarter. The game could have really tipped Washington’s side as Milwaukee wasted a 17-point lead.
Rui Hachimura too naive
“We must realize that we must first give our all. We can’t expect the opponents to give us the game.” continues Giannis. “People are jumping on us. People are chasing us. They are motivated when they see: “Milwaukee Bucks, World Champs”. We have to give our all every night. “
Rather patient and diligent on half-court, Giannis Antetokounmpo has especially taken over Rui Hachimura. The Japanese, very naive, exploded on impact, but also misread the “pick-and-roll”. As long as it was Kyle Kumza on Giannis Antetokounmpo, Washington limited the damage, and the “Greek Freak” used “fadeaway” to punish the former Laker.
But the Greek insisted, and the Wizards dyke finally let go in the 4th quarter with several angry dunks. Montrezl Harrell will even go so far as to make a big mistake to try to stop him, and Giannis Antetokounmpo will punish him by validating a 100% on free throws.
Last night, Milwaukee was not necessarily reassured, but Giannis confirmed that he was playing at an MVP level.
| Giannis Antetokounmpo | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2013-14 | MIL | 77 | 25 | 41.4 | 34.7 | 68.3 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| 2014-15 | MIL | 81 | 31 | 49.1 | 15.9 | 74.1 | 1.2 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 12.7 |
| 2015-16 | MIL | 80 | 35 | 50.6 | 25.7 | 72.4 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 7.7 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 16.9 |
| 2016-17 | MIL | 80 | 36 | 52.1 | 27.2 | 77.0 | 1.8 | 7.0 | 8.8 | 5.4 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 22.9 |
| 2017-18 | MIL | 75 | 37 | 52.9 | 30.7 | 76.0 | 2.1 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 26.9 |
| 2018-19 ★ | MIL | 72 | 33 | 57.8 | 25.6 | 72.9 | 2.2 | 10.3 | 12.5 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 27.7 |
| 2019-20 ★ | MIL | 63 | 30 | 55.3 | 30.4 | 63.3 | 2.2 | 11.4 | 13.6 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 29.5 |
| 2020-21 | MIL | 61 | 33 | 56.9 | 30.3 | 68.5 | 1.6 | 9.4 | 11.0 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 28.2 |
| 2021-22 | MIL | 42 | 33 | 53.2 | 28.2 | 71.9 | 1.8 | 9.4 | 11.2 | 5.8 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 28.8 |
| Total | 631 | 33 | 53.2 | 28.7 | 71.7 | 1.7 | 7.6 | 9.3 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 21.4 | |
