Milwaukee Bucks crowned as 2020-21 NBA Champions on Tuesday, July 20th after defeating Phoenix Suns 4-2 in seven game series.
Bucks lost their first two games in the series and won next four in a row to win their second NBA Championship in franchise history. Their super star Giannis Antetokounmpo dominated the Suns in the finals, especially in the championship clinching game 6 with a 50 point performance.
The Greek Freak not only named as 2021 NBA Finals MVP, he broke and created so many records along with the award.
Here is the few key facts we collated for you
- Giannis Antetokounmpo is the only player over the last 50 seasons to have multiple 20+ point quarters in an NBA Finals series (20 in 3rd quarter of Game 2 and Game 6).
- Giannis Antetokounmpo averaged 35.2 PPG, 13.2 RPG and 5.0 APG in the Finals. He is the second player in NBA history to average 35+ points, 10+ rebounds and 5+ assists in a Finals series, joining LeBron James (35.8 PPG, 13.3 RPG, 8.8 APG) in 2015.
- Giannis Antetokounmpo is the 1st player in NBA history with 40+ PTS, 10+ REB and 5+ BLK in a Finals game (Since blocks have officially been tracked in 1973-1974). The last time a player had 50-10-5 in a regular season game was Anthony Davis in 2018.
- Giannis Antetokounmpo is the 2nd player in NBA history to record 3 games of 40+ points and 10+ rebounds in the an NBA Finals series, joining Shaquille O’Neal in 2000.
- Giannis Antetokounmpo is the 1st player in NBA Finals history to average 30+ points, 10+ rebounds and 5+ assists on at least 60% shooting.
- 35.2 PPG
- 13.2 RPG
- 5.0 APG
- 61.8 FG%
- Giannis Antetokounmpo joins Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon as the only players NBA history to win a regular season MVP Award, a Finals MVP Award and a Defensive Player of the Year Award.
- The Bucks are the first team to go down 0-2 and win the next 4 games in an NBA Finals since the Miami Heat in 2006.
- Giannis’ 50 points are tied with Bob Pettit for the most in a Finals-clinching win in NBA History. The Bucks won 16 games this postseason. In Giannis’ rookie season, the Bucks won 15 games total.
- Giannis is the 9th player to win multiple MVPs and a Finals MVP in his career. The only players to do this at the age of 26 or younger are Tim Duncan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
- Giannis is the only player in NBA history with… 5 All-Star selections, 5 All-NBA selections, multiple MVPs, 1 Finals MVP and 1 DPOY before his 27th birthday.
- According to Elias Sports over the last 50 years, only 2 players have scored 33 points in a half of a Finals game: Giannis and Michael Jordan.
- Giannis scored 47.6% of the Bucks’ points tonight. That is the 4th-highest in a Finals game in the shot-clock era. The only players with a higher percentage during that span? Michael Jordan and Elgin Baylor.
- Giannis is the 7th player in NBA history to have 50 points in the Finals. The last two? LeBron James in 2018 and Michael Jordan in 1993.
- According to Elias Sports Giannis is the first player to record multiple 30-point halves in a single NBA Finals over the last 40 years
- Giannis is the first player with 40 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 blocks in ANY playoff game since Shaq in 2001.
- Prior to Giannis scoring 20 points in a quarter twice in this series, the last player with 20 points in a Finals quarter was Michael Jordan in 1993.
- Giannis gets his 12th game this postseason with 30 points & 10 rebounds. That’s tied with Elgin Baylor for 2nd-most in a single postseason of NBA History. Only Shaq (13) has more.
- Jrue Holiday shot 1-11 (9.1%) in the 1st half, the 2nd-worst field goal percentage in the 1st half of an NBA Finals game over the last 25 years (min. 10 FGA). Dirk Nowitzki shot 8.3% (1-12) in the 1st half of Game 6 of the 2011 NBA Finals at the Heat.
