Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo throws down a lefty slam in monster matchup vs. Thunder

A pair of MVPs and champions met at Fiserv Forum on Wednesday, as Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks hosted Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The highly anticipated matchup, however, became a one-sided affair, as the Thunder manhandled the Bucks, 122-102. Oklahoma City outscored Milwaukee, 38-18, in the first quarter and never looked back.

The Bucks tried to rally in the fourth quarter, highlighted by Antetokounmpo’s nasty dunk over Chet Holmgren.

Giannis Antetokounmpo RATTLES the rim with a thunderous left-handed slam pic.twitter.com/91iyCIPIPB

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The Thunder, however, refused to budge, rolling to their seventh win in eight games.

Antetokounmpo logged 19 points, 14 rebounds, and seven assists.

Gilgeous-Alexander, meanwhile, had 40 points, seven rebounds, and 11 assists.

The 31-year-old Antetokounmpo has continued to show up despite being at the center of trade rumors. Almost every single squad is being linked to the two-time MVP, who remains under contract with the Bucks for three seasons.

The 10-time All-Star has maintained that he is tuning out the outside noise, even encouraging his teammates to do the same, as he tries to pump life into the Bucks’ flatlining campaign.

But even against the Thunder’s shorthanded lineup—playing without Jalen Williams, Alex Caruso, and Isaiah Hartenstein, among others—the Bucks still failed to grab the win.

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