For the first time in his NBA career, 22-year-old Greek basketball star Giannis Antetokounmpo’s dominance led to loud ‘M-V-P’ (Most Valuable Player) chants from the crowd.
Antetokounmpo recorded a career-high 39 points, eight rebounds and six assists and the Milwaukee Bucks had no trouble beating the Washington Wizards 123-96 on Friday night.
”We could sit here and talk about him all day,” Milwaukee coach Jason Kidd said. ”He was great.”
Antetokounmpo made 12 of 19 shots and 15 of 17 free throws in 33 minutes. With the Bradley Center crowd chanting ”M-V-P,” the 6ft11 forward missed a free throw with just over six minutes left that would have given him 40 points.
”In my mind, I was going ‘wow,”’ said Antetokounmpo on the chants. ”But I’m not there yet. I’m going to keep working hard, keep helping my team to do things and get wins, and hopefully I can get there one day.”
“SPECIAL” ANTETOKOUNMPO
”What was special about Giannis tonight is we didn’t call his number, the ball found him and he delivered,” said Kidd. ”He did the hard work by putting the ball in the basket.”
Antetokounmpo’s previous high was 34 points, done twice, the latest on November 29, against Cleveland.
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