“Wilt Chamberlain has 2, Shaq has 1, and now Giannis Antetokounmpo joins the coveted list!”: The Bucks fall but the reigning Finals MVP puts up an absurd statline

Jeet Pukhrambam | 14/05/2022
"Wilt Chamberlain has 2, Shaq has 1, and now Giannis Antetokounmpo joins the coveted list!": The Bucks fall but the reigning Finals MVP puts up an absurd statline

Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded 44-20-6. He is also the only player besides Shaq to put up 40-20 in the playoffs!

The Greek Freak had no help tonight. We are not exaggerating, he scored a monstrous 44 points and the rest of his team delivered just 51, together!

While the Celtics deserve their flowers, the defending champions were poor offensively tonight, except for the reigning Finals MVP.

His scorching stat line tonight is just an example of the firepower he has in his arsenal. His work is unheralded and he is the first player apart from Shaq to put up 40-20 in the playoffs, since 2000.

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Giannis Antetokounmpo joins Wilt Chamberlain and Shaq in the 40-20-5 club!

Not a lot of players can comfortably put up these numbers. A 40-20 by itself is considered tough and dishing out more than five assists in the same game is absurd.

Wilt Chamberlain has done it twice. Shaq has also recorded this same stat line once before. Giannis had to do everything tonight and he would have wanted the win more than joining this exclusive list.

There has been a lot of talk about the Greek Freak joining the Mount Rushmore of the NBA and tonight’s game just adds more merit to his case.

This series deserved a game 7 and we got it. We can only hope that the rest of Giannis’ team shows up because he certainly will.

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Post Edited By: Jeet Pukhrambam
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Jeet Pukhrambam

Jeet Pukhrambam is The SportsRush's Lead Editor for Basketball. After freelancing for five years as an independent writer, Jeet created thousands of blog posts and articles. He now covers intriguing news reports and throwback stories on all things NBA. His interest in NBA started with the ascendancy of Giannis Antetokounmpo in the 2016-17 season. Since then, Jeet has managed to coalesce his knowledge of the game and his writing to create pieces that are reflective of the current state of the league. Now, he ensures that The SportsRush produces the highest quality of writing. In his free time, he enjoys playing football, cooking, traveling, and dancing to techno. Jeet takes pride in his critical thinking, music playlists, and his love for spaghetti.

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