Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo made NBA history with a triple-double over the Kings

The Milwaukee Bucks they were desperate for some sort of consistency; the The Bucks are playing .500 basketball since winning the NBA Cup in 2024.and this is not the level they want to play at given their lofty championship ambitions. On Tuesday night, the Bucks hosted a surging team in the Sacramento Kings, and this game could have easily gone sideways for a Milwaukee team still searching for answers. But thanks in large part Giannis AntetokounmpoWith the dominance, the Bucks went ahead and took the victory 130-115, which was not as close as the final score would suggest.

The Kings simply had no answers for Antetokounmpo; The Bucks star enjoyed Sacramento’s soft interior defense and put them in the game, while also recording his fifth triple-double of the season. he recorded 33 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists. And in doing so, Antetokounmpo broke into an exclusive club of which only 12 players in NBA history are a part.

According to the official NBA account on X (formerly Twitter), the Bucks star became only the 12th player in NBA history to record 50 or more triple-doubles in a career.

Among active players, Antetokounmpo is tied for seventh in career triple-doubles with his 50th coming against the Kings on Tuesday night. He is behind the likes of Russell Westbrook (202)Nikola Jokic (145), LeBron James (120), Luka Doncic (80), James Harden (78) and Domantas Sabonis (63), although the Bucks star has a long way to go before catching up with any of them. considering those players haven’t finished filling out their stat sheets yet.

Antetokounmpo is one of the most dominant forces the league has ever seen, and this just goes to show how far his game has gone beyond his running and dunk excellence. The Bucks better take advantage of his brilliance before it’s too late.

Giannis Antetokounmpo’s MVP-caliber season gets lost in the shuffle of the Bucks’ middling 2024-25 campaign.

Giannis Antetokounmpo played at an MVP level for the Bucks all season; after his dominance against the Kings on Tuesday night, he is now on average 31.5 points, 11.9 rebounds and 6.2 assists per contest this season – numbers that should put him in contention for the MVP award.

Unfortunately, the Bucks haven’t played good enough basketball as a team for Antetokounmpo to warrant such consideration in this regard. If anything, Antetokounmpo will be overshadowed by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander or Nikola Jokic, as their teams actually do better than the Bucks.