It is exhausting to prime hitting all 16 pictures and successful all-star sport MVP, which Giannis Antetokounmpo managed to do in 2021<\/a>. You will not discover a higher efficiency by a Milwaukee Bucks participant within the annual all-star showcase, which is ready for the most recent iteration in Indianapolis over the weekend.
Antetokounmpo’s 25.14 factors per all-star sport ranks as the very best common level whole in all-star sport historical past amongst gamers who’ve performed no less than three video games, narrowly edging Kevin Durant.
It bears mentioning, although, {that a} banged-up Antetokounmpo scored solely two factors in 20 seconds of the 2023 all-star sport. He has made seven appearances general.
He’ll make an eighth when he and Damian Lillard will begin for the Japanese Convention on Sunday in a return to the normal East vs. West format.
Listed here are the opposite prime 9 performances from a Bucks participant in an all-star sport after Antetokounmpo’s good 2021 displaying.
You’ll be able to see the situation the place Antetokounmpo might have been all-star sport MVP right here, too \u2026 if his staff had gained the sport. However Group Giannis suffered a 178-164 defeat, and the award went to Durant as an alternative. Giannis completed with 37 factors on 17-of-23 capturing, simply main all scorers within the sport. He additionally completed with 11 rebounds and 5 assists. It wasn’t a foul displaying for Khris Middleton, both; he had 20 factors with 6-of-10 capturing from three-point vary, plus 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
Did we point out Antetokounmpo additionally had an otherworldly dunk off a bounce-pass help from Steph Curry?
The Greek Freak dropped 30 factors on 15-of-21 capturing, plus 12 rebounds and 6 assists as his staff gained, 163-160. Antetokounmpo additionally confirmed his aggressive facet by no means rests, even for good mates and teammates, when he blocked a shot from Middleton.<\/a>
Within the second of his 5 all-star video games, Moncrief scored 20 factors off the bench, making eight of 14 pictures, with 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 6 steals because the East landed a 132-123 win. Moncrief would go on to win the league’s first defensive participant of the 12 months award that season, however his scoring stood out on this sport, the place he scored eight of the East’s 10 factors after the West had pulled to inside six factors within the last 5 minutes.
For one rating, Moncrief chased his personal rebound and bought credit score for the basket when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s try and faucet the rebound bounced off Moncrief’s head and into the ring. Coach Billy Cunningham mentioned it was “Moncrief’s impersonation of Pele\u0301.”
Within the 12 months the Bucks gained the championship, Abdul-Jabbar had his greatest all-star sport efficiency whereas a member of the Bucks, ending with 19 factors and 14 rebounds and hitting eight of 16 pictures. His West beat the East, 108-107, and Lenny Wilkens gained MVP, however votes for the consideration had been collected earlier than Abdul-Jabbar closed the sport on an enormous run. He scored his staff’s last seven factors to tip the scales, together with a three-point play that broke a 105-105 tie with 48 seconds to play. Oscar Robertson’s free throw was the one different level the West scored within the last 3\u00bd minutes. Abdul-Jabbar additionally shocked the group with a behind-the-back dribble within the third quarter. The West was coached by Bucks coach Larry Costello.
He scored 30 factors to steer the Japanese Convention on 14-of-17 capturing, with six rebounds and three steals, although the West gained and Anthony Davis (who had an all-star report 52 factors) was the simple selection for MVP. It was the primary all-star sport for Antetokounmpo, although he had competed within the dunk contest in 2015.
Giannis also had some fun dunking over Steph Curry<\/a> a pair instances on this sport.
Ho-hum, Antetokounmpo had 25 factors, 11 rebounds and 4 assists to steer his staff, although Group Giannis took a 157-155 loss. The game was an emotional one<\/a>, performed within the weeks after Kobe Bryant’s demise, and Group LeBron gained on a Davis free throw to hit the required rating prescribed by the Elam Ending.
After he was restricted to eight mixed factors over the earlier two all-star video games, Baker’s third all-star sport was a high quality displaying, when he hit eight of 12 pictures and completed with a double-double (19 factors and 12 rebounds) in 24 minutes, and the East beat the West, 132-120.
The spotlight was Allen successful the three-point competitors, the one Bucks participant to ever obtain that feat. The sport itself wasn’t as spectacular for Allen, who hit simply certainly one of seven from three-point vary and completed with 15 factors, although he was nonetheless the third-leading scorer on the staff. Glenn Robinson had eight factors that 12 months.
The rookie was a big-ticket merchandise within the NBA, and he completed with a double-double in his first all-star sport (10 factors, 11 rebounds, plus 4 assists on 4-of-8 capturing). His East staff gained, 142-135.
It isn’t as if Dandridge did something particular for the West (5-for-10 capturing, six rebounds, 10 factors), however there was a variety of intrigue within the beginning 5, which featured two Bucks gamers (Dandridge and Brian Winters) and a former Bucks participant (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) for whom Winters had been traded. That is to not point out reserve Fred Brown of Seattle (14 factors), a Milwaukee native in his first all-star sport. Tiny Archibald \u2014 a future Buck \u2014 was additionally within the beginning 5. Rick Barry, the final starter, by no means performed for the Bucks, however his son Jon later did, from 1992 to 1995.
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