From a few weeks back. https://theathletic.com/3578111/2022/09/09/giannis-antetokounmpo-eurobasket-2022/ Copy-paste of paywalled preview.
By Eric Nehm
Sep 9, 2022
With a little more than a minute left in the first quarter of the final game of Group C action of EuroBasket 2022, Greece opted to let Giannis Antetokounmpo bring the ball up the floor as its point guard, even with Nick Calathes on the floor. Antetokounmpo already had 11 points, so Estonia decided to try something different. They pressured Antetokounmpo the length of the floor as the two-time NBA MVP brought the ball up the floor.
It did not go well.
Antetokounmpo’s ridiculous one-handed dunk in traffic from just inside the free-throw line was not a surprise though; it was simply the most recent highlight play from a dominant run thus far at EuroBasket 2022. In group play, Antetokounmpo averaged 29.5 points per game, the highest per-game average in the tournament, as well as 9.0 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, as he led Greece to a perfect 5-0 record in Group C.
The Milwaukee Bucks star has been unstoppable thus far in the tournament. The only players capable of matching his output up to this point is reigning back-to-back NBA MVP Nikola Jokić with Serbia and Mavericks star Luka Dončić with Slovenia and even Dončić is betting on Antetokounmpo putting up the biggest numbers.
For Bucks fans though, the tough part of watching Antetokounmpo dominate EuroBasket 2022 competition is knowing that it does carry some risk, which was at least partially realized against Estonia on Thursday.
Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo and Sandro Mamukelashvili star at EuroBasket 2022
By Eric Nehm
Sep 9, 2022
With a little more than a minute left in the first quarter of the final game of Group C action of EuroBasket 2022, Greece opted to let Giannis Antetokounmpo bring the ball up the floor as its point guard, even with Nick Calathes on the floor. Antetokounmpo already had 11 points, so Estonia decided to try something different. They pressured Antetokounmpo the length of the floor as the two-time NBA MVP brought the ball up the floor.
It did not go well.
Antetokounmpo’s ridiculous one-handed dunk in traffic from just inside the free-throw line was not a surprise though; it was simply the most recent highlight play from a dominant run thus far at EuroBasket 2022. In group play, Antetokounmpo averaged 29.5 points per game, the highest per-game average in the tournament, as well as 9.0 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, as he led Greece to a perfect 5-0 record in Group C.
The Milwaukee Bucks star has been unstoppable thus far in the tournament. The only players capable of matching his output up to this point is reigning back-to-back NBA MVP Nikola Jokić with Serbia and Mavericks star Luka Dončić with Slovenia and even Dončić is betting on Antetokounmpo putting up the biggest numbers.
For Bucks fans though, the tough part of watching Antetokounmpo dominate EuroBasket 2022 competition is knowing that it does carry some risk, which was at least partially realized against Estonia on Thursday.
