Bucks beat Wizards: Giannis Antetokounmpo drops 3rd straight triple-double

Bucks beat Wizards: Giannis Antetokounmpo drops 3rd straight triple-double

Giannis Antetokounmpo

The reigning MVP, Giannis Antetokounmpo seems to have find his prime yet again in the 2020-21 season as he dropped his 3rd straight triple-double to lead the Milwaukee Bucks past the Washington Wizards yet again. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 31 points, 10 assists and 15 rebounds registered against his name. 

Antetokounmpo combined for 64 points, 26 rebounds and 21 assists in the two-game series at Washington that Milwaukee swept. He also had 24 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists in the first triple-double of this run against the top Western Conference team New York Knicks previously. 

Giannis Antetokounmpo leads Milwaukee Bucks past Washington Wizards with another triple-double

The Greek Freak became the third player this season with a triple-double in three games in a row, joining Washington’s Russell Westbrook, who did it twice, and Miami’s Jimmy Butler. His seventh career 30-point triple-double passed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most in team history, and he’s the first Bucks player to have three triple-doubles in a row. 

Talking about the other Milwaukee Bucks players, Kris Middelton rebounded from a 1 for 5 start to score 23 points. Brook Lopez added 22. Whereas F Axel Toupane was inactive the day after signing a two-way contract. 

Talking about Wizards’ players in particular, Bradley Beal led the Wizards with 37 points after sitting out Saturday to rest a sore left knee. Russell Westbrook had 23 points and a season-high 17 assists. Washington has lost four in a row. The Bucks kept pace with Eastern Conference-leading Philadelphia and are now two games back with Brooklyn in between. 

To speak on a lighter note for the Wizards, asked if he saw a little of himself in Raul Neto, Wizards coach Scott Brooks joked, “He’s definitely a poor man’s me: very poor, but he tries.” 

“I’m sure when he was growing up in Brazil that I was his favorite player,” Brooks added before getting serious. “I like guys that battle. When you play a normal season, 82 games, if you don’t have scrappers and grinders, January and February become very difficult, and you need guys like him.” 

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