Giannis Antetokounmpo has once again immortalized himself in the history books of the Milwaukee Bucks with his 64 points. The Greek broke the franchise record for most points in a game. The numbers show how rare Giannis’ stats were and how special this game really was.
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64 points scored and yet after the game almost everything focused on the saga of the game ball. However, the fact that Antetokounmpo had scored 64 points without a single three-pointer almost became a minor matter. “He’s unstoppable,” said coach Adrian Griffin, at least. “He has such an incredible will to win and to win he is willing to do anything.”
And there was still a score to settle with the Pacers. Less than a week ago, Indiana surprised the Bucks in Las Vegas in the semifinals of the in-season tournament, which caused some trouble for the Bucks. Giannis bumped into, among others, Tyrese Halliburton after a dunk, and later the Greek was almost wrestled down by Aaron Nesmith to prevent the Bucks star from scoring two points. It was almost the Pacers’ best defense of the night, and they had absolutely no answers. Here are a few numbers from Antetokounmpo’s historic evening.
Giannis Antetokounpo: Facts and figures about his record game
Antetokounmpo is only the fifth player in NBA history to score at least 60 points while shooting at over 70 percent. The other players? Wilt Chamberlain (4x), Damian Lillard, Karl Malone and David Thompson. Only four players have scored more points in a game this millennium than Antetokounmpo: Kobe Bryant (81), Damian Lillard (71), Donovan Mitchell (71), Devin Booker (70) and again Kobe Bryant (65). Antetokounmpo is the first player since the introduction of the three-point line to score over 60 points without converting a single three-pointer. Most recently, Shaquille O’Neal scored 60 points without converting a long-range shot. For his 64 points, Antetokounmmpo took 32 free throws and converted 24 of them. Both are franchise records for the Bucks. 24 free throws converted have only been topped four times in history. The record is shared by Wilt Chamberlain and Adrian Dantly (28 each). Antetokounmpo is the only player to have more than one 50-point game this season. The Greek also achieved the other 50-point game (54) against the Indiana Pacers. Antetokounmpo now has 17,017 points in his career and is now one of the top 100 scorers of all time. With his 64 points, the Buck star overtook Celtics icon Bob Cousy. Of all active players, only LeBron James (39,234), Kevin Durant (27,508), James Harden (24,980), Russell Westbrook (24,719), Stephen Curry (22,324), DeMar DeRozan (22,197), Chris Paul (21,933) and Damian Lillard have (19,901) more points than Antetokounmpo on the credit side.
Antetokounmpo also holds the Milwaukee records for most games (742), most field goals, most free throws, most free throws made, assists, blocks and now also the most points in a game.
Giannis Antetokounmpo: His statline against the Indiana Pacers
2023-12-14 20:19:58
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