Giannis Antetokounmpo passes Dwight Howard in all-time scoring
Eric Nehm: Per Bucks PR, Giannis Antetokounmpo has passed Dwight Howard (19,485) to move up to No. 56 on the NBA’s all-time scoring list.
Source: Twitter @eric_nehm
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Half: Bucks 75, Kings 54
- Antetokounmpo 19pts/6reb/5ast
- Lillard 12pts/3reb/4ast
- Lopez 10pts/2reb
- Portis 8pts/6reb
- Green 8pts/3reb
The Bucks' 75 points is the second-most they've scored in a first half this season. (Scored 78 in their 128-107 win vs. Detroit on 12/3.) - 9:05 PM
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has his 23rd 30 point game of the season.
SGA is #1 in the NBA in 30 point games. Giannis is #2 with 20. - 8:57 PM
After one quarter, the Bucks lead, 47-26.
That is the most points the Bucks have scored in a quarter this season.
Giannis Antetokounmpo leads with 15pts/4reb/4ast.
Damian Lillard has 10pts/2ast.
And the Bucks have knocked down 7-of-13 from deep. - 8:36 PM
Per Bucks PR, Giannis Antetokounmpo has passed Dwight Howard (19,485) to move up to No. 56 on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. - 8:31 PM
That's such an absurd finish from Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Hits the Kings with a crossover they did not expect at halfcourt and then sprints all the way to the rim to finish with a one-handed lefty finger roll.
Bucks up, 31-17, with 4:40 left in the first quarter. 14-2 run. - 8:26 PM
With a pull-up jumper on the Bucks' second possession, Giannis Antetokounmpo scores the first basket of the night.
And away we go in Milwaukee... - 8:12 PM
Bucks injury report for Tuesday’s game vs. the Kings:
Out:
Johnson, Livingston, Smith (G League)
Middleton (Bilateral Ankle Injury Management)
Questionable:
Rollins (Non-Covid Illness)
Trent Jr. (Left Hip Flexor Strain)
Probable:
Antetokounmpo (Right Patella Tendinopathy) - 6:12 PM
Random but interesting… Since moving to Brooklyn in 2012, the Nets have had 6 former No. 1 overall picks on the team — 5 of 6 during Sean Marks era:
- Ben Simmons
- Anthony Bennett
- Kyrie Irving
- Blake Griffin
- Andre Bargnani
- Dwight Howard (never played) - 5:45 PM
NBA 2024-25 midseason MVP: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic are in a coin-flip race with a couple of others within striking distance, including Jayson Tatum and Giannis Antetokounmpo.
nbcsports.com/nba/news/nba-2… - 3:27 PM
The Bucks are now 0-8 against the top three teams in the Eastern Conference.
"We’ve gotta get our stuff together, simple as that...Those are the top three teams and we played horrible against them." - Giannis Antetokounmpo
What 0-8 means, at @TheAthletic:nytimes.com/athletic/60567… - 11:51 AM
Giannis Antetokounmpo continues the rise on the all-time scoring list, passes Tony Parker #NBA
Currently 57th, he is projected to enter the 🔝5⃣0⃣ by the end of the season
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/17… - 8:03 AM
Giannis Antetokounmpo moved past Tony Parker and Terry Cummings to become No. 57 all-time in scoring.
Klay Thompson moved ahead of Derek Harper, Rasheed Wallace and Amare Stoudemire for No. 123.
Also: Devin Booker (28) is now ahead of Shawn Kemp, Jimmy Butler and Sam Perkins. - 4:02 AM
Antetokounmpo, Tatum, and Wembanyama star in first promo for NBA's return to NBC (and Peacock)
For more, also follow the new @NBAonNBC
nbcsports.com/nba/news/antet… - 12:46 AM
🇷🇸 Nikola Jokic nears a triple-double as the Nuggets rally past the Doncic-less Mavericks
🇬🇷 Giannis Antetokounmpo sits on the wrong end of one-way traffic in the Madison Square Garden
eurohoops.net/en/nba-news/17… - 5:30 PM
FINAL: Knicks 140, Bucks 106
- Antetokounmpo 24pts/13reb/2ast
- Lillard 22pts/3reb/5ast
- Middleton 16pts/5ast
The Bucks are now 20-17 on the season. They play next on Tuesday at home vs. the Kings. - 5:27 PM
Halftime: Knicks 75, Bucks 62
New York looks very happy to not be playing against OKC's defense today. The Knicks shot 56.5% in the first half, including 10-25 from 3, while the Bucks were 4-16.
Jalen Brunson had 27 on 9-15 for NYK while Dame & Giannis combined for 29 for MKE. - 4:10 PM
Half: Knicks 75, Bucks 62
- Lillard 15pts/4reb/4ast
- Antetokounmpo 14pts/6reb
- Middleton 9pts/3ast
Jalen Brunson has 27 points at halftime. Knicks are 10-25 from 3, while the Bucks are only 4-of-16 from deep. - 4:10 PM
After one quarter, the Knicks lead, 36-33.
Giannis Antetokounmpo with 13 points and five rebounds in the first quarter. Damian Lillard added nine points, three rebounds and two assists.
Jalen Brunson with 23 points in the first quarter for the Knicks. - 3:41 PM
"The only way I really know how to go about it is just to try and be myself as best I can." @OrlandoMagic's Paolo Banchero
According to Giannis, that's as "a great player...who can operate at all 3 levels." Or as Doc Rivers put it, he "was unbelievable."
nba.com/magic/news/orl… - 11:52 AM
It hasn't been smooth, exactly, but the #Bucks have come a long way since a 22-point loss at MSG on Nov. 8.
Giannis Antetokounmpo called out his team's competitiveness that night - a look back at how the team found its identity after that. jsonline.com/story/sports/n… - 11:21 AM
More on this storyline
“I tweeted Free Palestine,” Howard said during a recent appearance on The Gauds Show podcast. “Less than 10 minutes (later), I get a call from the commissioner of the NBA, agents, people working with my foundation at the time … [telling me] ‘you have to erase this tweet, you have to take it down’.” Howard and his media rep didn’t immediately respond for comment when contacted on Wednesday. -via Sportico / January 8, 2025
Dwight Howard isn’t telling the truth, at least according to the NBA. The eight-time NBA All Star recently said he was told to delete a 2014 tweet supporting Palestine during a call with league commissioner Adam Silver. That claim is “categorically false” and Silver did not contact the former Orlando Magic star, NBA spokesman Mike Bass said in an email on Wednesday. Howard, who was a member of the Houston Rockets at the time, said the tweet jeopardized his playing career. -via Sportico / January 8, 2025
"I know you care. Cuz yo insecure ass been hating and talking shit for 20 years," Howard replied. "You too big to be this insecure. I hope you don't bring my name up again. 52 years old tweeting me. And still hating. Now all this time you was joking. You always been jealous." "Jealous of Kobe, penny, dwayde. You jealous of Charles too. Go move around big lazy insecure ass. I still have that long 5 Paragraph direct message you sent me a couple years ago telling me that I'm not that great to hate. And you still doing it. It's 2025 grow the hell up. and move on," Howard added. -via BasketNews / January 7, 2025
Sean Cunningham: Kings in Milwaukee tomorrow looking to sweep the 3 game trip but Malik Monk is questionable to play with right groin soreness. Bucks list Khris Middleton out for injury management. Giannis Antetokounmpo is probable with right patella tendinopathy. Gary Trent Jr. is questionable -via Twitter @SeanCunningham / January 13, 2025
NBA Communications: Other nominees … West: Devin Booker and Kevin Durant (PHX), DeMar DeRozan and Malik Monk (SAC), Anthony Edwards (MIN), Jaren Jackson Jr. (MEM), Alperen Sengun (HOU) and Russell Westbrook (DEN). East: Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL), Cade Cunningham (DET), Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam (IND), Zach LaVine (CHI), Evan Mobley (CLE) and Kristaps Porziņģis and Jayson Tatum (BOS). -via Twitter / January 13, 2025
Viewers of “Sunday Night Football” are slated to see a promo in the middle of Sunday night’s game in which actor Jack McBrayer reprises his popular “30 Rock” character Kenneth the Page while surrounded by popular NBA players Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jayson Tatum, and Victor Wembanyama. The purpose of the pitch is to tell viewers that NBA games are coming to NBC and its Peacock streaming service in the fall. -via Variety.com / January 13, 2025
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