Wemba did not play in Milwaukee last season. In San Antonio he had 27/9 but was limited to 26 minutes because of foul trouble. Giannis went off for 44/14/7/2 in that game (Bucks won 125-121). That was a great game. Wemba blocked a Giannis dunk late. Fun.
“He’s an unbelievable talent,” Antetokounmpo said. “Can score any time he wants. Plays the right way. Plays to win. It was great playing against him.”
The 7-footers dueled in the final minutes with both hitting clutch 3-pointers and making critical plays defensively.
Antetokounmpo drew a charge on Wembanyama after hitting a 3-pointer for a tie at 118 with three minutes remaining. The Greek star hit his second 3-pointer of the game 34 seconds later to give the Bucks a 121-118 lead.
Wembanyama responded by blocking Damian Lillard’s layup and making a 3-pointer to tie it with 53 seconds left.
Wembanyama blocked an attempted dunk by Antetokounmpo to set up a potential tying shot. Wembanyama passed up a contested 3-pointer to give the ball to Tre Jones, but the guard missed a 3-pointer from the right corner.
Lillard finished with 25 points and 10 assists.
Wembanyama said Antetokounmpo is one of the players he has studied the most because the 7-footer from Greece is aggressive and “scary for his opponents.”
“I’m a competitor, so I want to go at everyone and be the bad guy on the court,” Wembanyama said. “It was a great matchup.”
As always please keep the discussion on the game itself. Trade talk in the team thread. THX.
