Giannis Antetokounmpo Joins NBA Historical past With Lakers Legend vs Pelicans

The Milwaukee Bucks beat the New Orleans Pélicans 136-111 Thursday night to win their sixth consecutive victory. Milwaukee is now tied for the longest sequence of present NBA victories and is on a rabbit earlier than the playoffs. Bucks star, Giannis Antetokounmpo, skilled one other strong efficiency, marking 28 factors and placing 11 rebounds.

Giannis broke his sequence of three consecutive video games with a triple-double however joined an unique firm with its efficiency. He joined the NBA Nice Wilt Chamberlain as solely gamers within the historical past of the NBA to have 10 consecutive video games of 20 factors and extra on a 60% + shot on the sphere.

Antetokounmpo has all the time been dominant in opposition to the Pélicans, having scored at the very least 30 factors in its earlier eight video games in opposition to New Orleans. The double MVP didn’t attain 30 factors on Thursday however didn’t play the fourth quarter of the group’s victory.

Milwaukee can have the fifth seeded throughout this 12 months’s qualifying sequence and can face the Indiana Pacers within the first spherical.

Indiana has concluded house land within the first spherical of the playoffs in what can be a revenge on final 12 months’s qualifiers. The Bucks hope to get better the star goalkeeper Damian Lillard after the 9 instances All-Star have missed the final 11 video games with a blood clot in his calf. Milwaukee hopes that he’ll be capable of return earlier than the beginning of the playoffs subsequent week.

Antetokounmpo and Lillard make a dynamic duo when they’re each wholesome, and the Bucks hope that they’ll depend on their expertise and expertise to make noise within the eliminations of the Japanese Convention.

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