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Giannis Antetokounmpo was flat-out dominant in the Milwaukee Bucks' 142-129 win over the Washington Wizards on Monday. Antetokounmpo accomplished something that had not been done since 1971, becoming the third player in NBA history to achieve the feat.
"The Greek Freak" ended with 42 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists on 20-for-23 shooting from the field. It was the second 40/10/5 game of his career where he shot more than 85.0%. He's just the third player ever to have multiple games of such efficiency, after Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Chamberlain (three) has the record for the most 40/10/5/85% games in NBA history. He did it once in 1966 and twice in 1977, while Abdul-Jabbar had two such games in 1970 and 1971 when he was with the Bucks.
The only other player to have that kind of game was Nikola Jokic, who had 43 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists on 17-for-20 shooting from the field.
Jokic achieved it on Dec. 14, 2022, against the Washington Wizards. He will need to do it again to join Giannis Antetokounmpo, Wilt Chamberlain and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Here are the details of Antetokounmpo, Chamberlain and Kareem's 40/10/5/85% games:
Giannis Antetokounmpo
- Feb. 8, 2022 - 44 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists on 17-for-20 shooting against the LA Lakers
- Nov. 20, 2023 - 42 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists on 20-for-23 shooting against the Washington Wizards
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Mar. 20, 1970 - 41 points, 15 rebounds and six assists on 16-for-18 shooting against the Philadelphia 76ers
- Jan. 23, 1971 - 44 points, 17 rebounds and seven assists on 20-for-23 shooting against the Portland Trail Blazers
Wilt Chamberlain
- Feb. 14, 1966 - 41 points, 33 rebounds and 13 assists on 16-for-18 shooting against the Detroit Pistons
- Feb. 24, 1967 - 41 points, 15 rebounds and six assists on 6-for-18 shooting against the Baltimore Bullets
- Dec. 20, 1967 - 53 points, 38 rebounds and six assists on 20-for-23 shooting against the Seattle SuperSonics
Bucks coach praises Giannis Antetokounmpo
Milwaukee Bucks coach Adrian Griffin was left in awe after Antetokounmpo's historic performance against the Washington Wizards.
Griffin, in his first year in charge of the Bucks, described how Antetokounmpo dominated at the offensive end:
"He literally is unstoppable," Griffin said. "You couple him with other special talent that we have. It really frees him up to do what he does best.
"You're gonna have to send multiple bodies at him, and that's going to leavessome really good shooters open. He was in his rhythm tonight. He's unstoppable. You can't stop him."
