The NBA Showtime

Historic closeout performance for Giannis!

50 points on 16-25 FG, 17-19 FT

14 rebounds

5 blocks

35-13-5 averages for the series.

Jrue, Giannis, and Kris in Game 5  🔥 🔥 🔥 

88 points

20 rebounds

24 assists

3 steals

38/66 FG (.575)

Historic block by Giannis to aid Middleton’s offensive outburst, outscoring the Suns 10 to 4 in the final 2:15.

Giannis Finals stats, 1 week after hyperextending his knee: 

34.3 ppg

14.0 rpg 

4.7 apg

1.3 spg 

1.3 bpg

This is how close KD (48-9-6) came to winning it at the end of regulation. 

Bucks and Giannis (40-13-5) on to the next one, and their road to the title looks wide open now.

All-time great performance:

49 points (16/23 FG)

17 rebounds

10 assists

3 steals

2 blocks

48 minutes

Only 6 non-American players have won the NBA MVP award:

🏆 Hakeem Olajuwon 🇳🇬 *

🏆 🏆 Tim Duncan 🇻🇮 *

🏆 🏆 Steve Nash 🇨🇦 

🏆 Dirk Nowitzki 🇩🇪 

🏆 🏆 Giannis Antetokounmpo 🇬🇷 🇳🇬 

🏆 Nikola Jokic 🇷🇸 

And that’s a wrap on Round 1.

The last NBA Title for the 8 remaining teams:

Sixers - 1983

Bucks - 1971

Hawks - 1958

Nets - Never

Jazz - Never

Suns - Never

Clippers - Never

I would love to see the Play-In Tournament continue after this season, that was a lot of fun.