He became the only player other than James (in each of the 2016-2018 Finals) to average 10 restricted-area attempts per game since O’Neal in 2002.įor a player whose seeming Achilles heel had been his free-throw shooting throughout the playoffs, hitting only 55.6 percent entering Game 6, Antetokounmpo’s 17-of-19 (with one of the misses coming after the game had been largely decided) showed the importance of him maintaining the sort of aggressiveness that led to both his dominance at the rim and the gaudy free-throw attempt totals. Giannis Antetokounmpo was only the fourth player to have three or more games scoring 40 or more in a single Finals since the NBA/ABA merger, putting him in some lofty company with Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal and LeBron James. Read more from Nehm: Giannis Antetokounmpo’s historic 50-point game leads Bucks to first NBA title in 50 years In doing so, he did what no one outside of Milwaukee believed he could do and brought a success-starved city on the banks of Lake Michigan its first championship in 50 years. And to no one’s surprise, Antetokounmpo delivered once again. Herb Kohl to keep the team in Milwaukee, the only American city Antetokounmpo has called home. 0:00 10:35 LOS ANGELES The San Francisco Giants had champagne on ice up in northern California but the Los Angeles Dodgers were not ready to roll over in the NL West race Friday night despite.
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His 41 points, 13 rebounds and six assists in Game 3 led the Bucks to their first NBA Finals victory since 1974, his unbelievable block in the final few minutes of Game 4 helped the Bucks send the series back to Phoenix tied at 2-2, and his alley-oop dunk following Jrue Holiday’s steal sealed the Bucks’ Game 5 win with an exclamation.Īll of which set the stage for Game 6 in Fiserv Forum, the building which the new ownership group built with a parting $100 million gift from Sen. In Games 2 and 3, Antetokounmpo became just the second player in NBA history to put up at least 40 points and 10 rebounds in consecutive games. He played well with 20 points and 17 rebounds, but that performance did not at all hint at the explosion coming in Game 2. But Giannis' 2021 Finals rank right up there with Jordan in ’92, Shaq in 2001, Dwyane Wade in 2006, Kawhi Leonard in 2014, LeBron in ’16 and Kevin Durant in ’17.Įric Nehm: Despite suffering one of the more gruesome-looking injuries of his career, Antetokounmpo returned to the floor against the Suns. Giannis Antetokounmpo put together among the best Finals performances I’ve ever seen in a series in 30-plus years of covering the NBA. David Aldridge: The Milwaukee Bucks are the 2020-21 NBA champions.
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