After five matches in this conference semi-final, Giannis Antetokounmpo posted an ugly 6/25 at 3-pts (24% success). The two-time MVP wanted to hurt the Nets in this area, but it was clearly missed.
In this Game 6 where defeat was prohibited for Milwaukee, the Greek therefore changed his mind. He retained his aggressiveness, his desire to break through the defense of Brooklyn, but without trying his luck from afar. Result: 30 points to 12/20 in the shoot, and 17 rebounds.
“I didn’t shoot from behind the arc, but I tried to be aggressive”, he explains to ESPN. “Go to the circle, make the right choice. There were probably one or two actions where I was alone at 3-pts, and I could have shot. But I’m happy when I’m aggressive, when I can go for the basket, involve my teammates and play with my strength. This is where I have the most fun. “
Of the twelve shots he scored, Giannis Antetokounmpo scored eleven in the racket, including ten near the circle. There is then only a small shot at the head of the racket. For the rest, therefore, he continually drove the point home. And early in the game, with seven points in the 18-5 that launched the Bucks in the first quarter.
“Giannis was good”, constate Mike Budenholzer. “You just have to push him to attack, to create for his teammates and for himself. “
It took the Bucks back to the wall for Giannis Antetokounmpo to clean up his game of his 3-point shoots, quite useless since he has been clumsy since the start of the playoffs (17% success in this area …), and uses above all his strength to outflank the Nets.
“We had only one option for this match: to win”, he concludes. “If we lost, the season was over. We talked about it several times in the locker room. I have said it several times during the season, we are built for these moments. No one said it would be easy, but we can do it. “
| Giannis Antetokounmpo | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Tirs | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2013-14 | ONE THOUSAND | 77 | 25 | 41.4 | 34.7 | 68.3 | 1.0 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| 2014-15 | ONE THOUSAND | 81 | 31 | 49.1 | 15.9 | 74.1 | 1.2 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 12.7 |
| 2015-16 | ONE THOUSAND | 80 | 35 | 50.6 | 25.7 | 72.4 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 7.7 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 16.9 |
| 2016-17 | ONE THOUSAND | 80 | 36 | 52.1 | 27.2 | 77.0 | 1.8 | 7.0 | 8.8 | 5.4 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 22.9 |
| 2017-18 | ONE THOUSAND | 75 | 37 | 52.9 | 30.7 | 76.0 | 2.1 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 26.9 |
| 2018-19 ★ | ONE THOUSAND | 72 | 33 | 57.8 | 25.6 | 72.9 | 2.2 | 10.3 | 12.5 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 27.7 |
| 2019-20 ★ | ONE THOUSAND | 63 | 30 | 55.3 | 30.4 | 63.3 | 2.2 | 11.4 | 13.6 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 29.5 |
| 2020-21 | ONE THOUSAND | 61 | 33 | 56.9 | 30.3 | 68.5 | 1.6 | 9.4 | 11.0 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 1.2 | 28.2 |
| Total | 589 | 33 | 53.2 | 28.7 | 71.7 | 1.7 | 7.5 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 20.9 | |
