12/22 FG (55%)
12/16 FT (75%)
16 REB (4 OFF 12 DEF)
7 AST
3 STL
1 BLK
Giannis dominated the Hawks without Dame and even held down the defense when Brook was on the bench with Doc playing a Giannis-anchored defense.
[Box Score](https://www.nba.com/game/mil-vs-atl-0022301076/box-score)
by Zhugo
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Best player in the world back on his bullshit!
Held to the highest standard itl
MVP
The NBA has been officially saved from the Trae-less Hawks. The East can sleep easy tonight.
curious why he isn’t in mvp talks
Great performance and IMO probably the most underrated part of Giannis’s game is how much impact he has on the boards
Hawks are generally a very strong offensive rebounding team but he was mostly able to completely shut that aspect of their game down
With all that said downvoted for u/Zhugo though lol
Took way too many unnecessary jumpers and still ends it on 55% lol
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I don’t really watch the bucks. Can any fan tell me why their record has gotten worse under doc? I heard that their defense got better but why are they losing?
In a few years people are going to look at this season Giannis is having and be completely baffled how he finished so low in the MVP race.
Dominated!
2x MVP in full effect
Cult of Giannis back in the comments
Giannis has been incredible. I can’t figure out how he’s basically considered out of the MVP race.
People talk about the Bucks under performing but Dame has been below average all year, Middleton has been in and out with injuries, they had a coaching change.
The fact that Giannis is doing what he’s doing despite that and the Bucks are still 2nd in the East and have the 5th best record in the nba should be seen as a positive for him, but for some reason it’s a negative.
You could’ve posted this before the game since we were missing Okongwu and Jalen lol
In all seriousness he’s so damn good, it’s crazy
Mbp
Celtics beat Bucks, Hawks beat Celtics, Bucks beat Hawks. Perfectly balanced.
He had 8 assists. Don’t sell my man short.
Without dame is a good thing or bad thing now?
For the life of me I can’t figure out why Shai is consensus over him in MVP talks.
No one cares
Should be MVP
Top 5 player in the league, but this is their first win this year without Lillard (now 1-5). Beating the Dejounte Murray Hawks doesn’t mean he should magically appear at the top of the MVP ladder, yet here we have recency bias littered in this thread
And still has a 1% chance to win MVP, according to those calculations 😂
I still think Jrue is better fit with the Bucks than Dame. I don’t think Dame’s higher offensive contribution makes up for his defensive liability when compare to what Jrue brings on the end of the floor.
Small Sample Size but he’s having 33.5/10.2/7.0 on +4.8%rTS without Lillard