Giannis Antetokounmpo, the MVP of the past NBA Finals, continues to write pages in the NBA history books. The Bucks star led his team’s landslide win against the Warriors (118-99). In a game that was already sentenced at halftime (77-38) the Greek achieved his third triple-double of the season and the 28th of his career by signing 30 points, 11 assists and 12 rebounds.
But that statistical spreadsheet, stratospheric by itself, took on a historical relevance since I converted to Giannis Antetokounmpo the first NBA player to in the last 40 years he has accumulated more than one triple-double with at least 30 points in 30 minutes or less, exactly the time the Greek was on the pitch against the Warriors.
Giannis Antetokounmpo tries to get rid of Kevon Looney’s defense.
The first time I accomplished something similar was the Oct 24, 2019, when I signed 30 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists in 28 minutes on the field against Houston Rockets. In the NBA Russell Westbrook has the record of most triple-doubles in 30 minutes or less with 14, although he does not have two of them with more than 30 points. Y James Harden has the record of most points in a triple-double in less than 30 minutes, with 43 points. But he hasn’t recorded one in that time with more than 30 points.
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