Today’s Talker: Giannis scores career-high 55 points

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Trending once more this morning, Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo. That is as a result of he scored a career-high 55 factors throughout final evening’s recreation in opposition to the Wizards.

This was a superb evening for the Greek freak after coming off an absence Sunday due to a sore left knee. This was Antetokounmpo’s second efficiency with a minimum of 50 factors since recreation 6 of the 2021 NBA finals when his 50-point effort gave the Bucks their first title in half a century.

Antetokounmpo additionally had 10 rebounds and 7 assists, giving him a minimum of 40 factors, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists in his final three video games. The one different gamers in NBA historical past to have three straight performances of 40 factors, 10 rebounds and 5 assists are Elgin Baylor in 1961 and 1963, Wilt Chamberlain in 1963, and Russell Westbrook in 2016.

Giannis and the Bucks may have one other shot at making Milwaukee proud tonight after they play the Toronto Raptors in Canada. Tip-off is slated for six:30.

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