Who's a child now?
On Wednesday night, eight-time All-NBA Milwaukee Bucks power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo may have singlehandedly turned his team's fortunes around with a 59-point, 14-rebound, seven-assist masterpiece in a 127-120 overtime victory over J.B. Bickerstaff's newly frisky Detroit Pistons.
The 6-foot-11 superstar — along with 36-year-old center Brook Lopez, the team's only other healthy normal starter — helped resuscitate a 2024-25 Bucks season that had previously been on life support. Milwaukee had been 2-8 on the year prior to Tuesday, when the team went on its first two-game win streak of the season to improve to a more respectable 4-8 record.Antetotokounmpo hasn't exactly been the problem this year.
The biggest issue plaguing the Bucks is the club's perimeter defense. Head coach Doc Rivers has already demoted former starting shooting guard Gary Trent Jr. to a bench role and elevated little-used second-year swingman Andre Jackson Jr. to the starting role alongside eight-time All-Star point guard Damian Lillard. Jackson is already hurt, while Lillard missed his second consecutive game Wednesday with concussion symptoms.
Antetokounmpo is the star of the show, and if he can keep averaging 33.3 points and 12.1 rebounds a night, this team may yet be able to stay above water. He has been irritating some of his fellow All-Stars with his play thus far this year. After offering up 2024 Finals MVP Boston Celtics swingman Jaylen Brown a handshake and then quickly faking him out during a play, Brown called him out for being a "child.
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