Last Wednesday (13), in the Milwaukee Bucks’ match against Indiana Pacers, Giannis Antetokounmpo scored his first record after scoring 64 points in a single game and, in this way, managed to make history for his team, being one of the highest scores ever achieved. by an athlete.
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In the entire match, in addition to the points, Giannis Antetokounmpo had 14 rebounds and three assists, helping the team with stealing balls and dominating the game with 40 hits in a bottle. The numbers scored by the athlete exceed the mark of 17 thousand points throughout his professional basketball career.
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However, the basketball game had its uncertain moments with confusion and discussion starting when the Indiana Pacers players decided to take the game ball, which left the athlete angry leading to arguments and going to the locker rooms in an attempt to recover the object.
According to journalists who were watching the match, Oscar Tshiebwe was the athlete who decided to take the match ball for having scored the first point for the Indiana Pacers and in the NBA. The team’s coach, Rick Carlise, assessed the commotion as unnecessary since Chad Buchanan was elbowed in the ribs.
Giannis Antetokounmpo’s outrage over the object is part of a tradition carried out by members of the National Basketball Association (NBA) that suggests that players who have played important roles keep the game ball. As it has been performed other times in different matches.