“I wish I could come in and score 42 every game, but it's hard.
“Unstoppable,” Bucks coach Adrian Griffin said. I think it's harder to guard, harder for them to load up.”Īntetokounmpo shot 87.0% from the field, the highest mark in a game by a player with at least 20 attempts since Mike Woodson of the Kansas City Kings went 22 of 24 (91.7%) in a 48-point effort against the Houston Rockets on Feb. “Roll, pop - just play random basketball. “Left block, right block, transition, rim run, off the dribble,” said Antetokounmpo, who also had 13 rebounds and eight assists. Almost all of Antetokounmpo's field goals came from close to the rim on the type of shooting night the NBA hadn't seen in over 40 years. WASHINGTON - Giannis Antetokounmpo described it as “random basketball” - which is ironic since so many of his points came from the same area of the court.Īntetokounmpo scored 42 points on 20-of-23 shooting, and the Milwaukee Bucks won their fifth consecutive game, 142-129 over the Washington Wizards on Monday night.
Antetokounmpo scores 42 on 20-of-23 shooting, leading the Bucks to a 142-129 win over the Wizards