Throughout Giannis Antetokounmpo’s careerin the NBA,he has been in a rollercoaster ride.Selected as #15 in the First Round at the 2013 NBA Draft was only the beginning of a huge star that came all the way from Greece.
After winning back-to-back MVP awards for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 NBA seasons,Giannis knew his next goal was theNBA Championship with theMilwaukee Bucks. Alongside Jrue Holiday and Khris Middleton, they were able to compete against bigteams like Miami Heat, Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns to clinch an NBA title.
For 2 straightseasons, Antetokounmpo’s Bucksfinished at the topin the Eastern Conference,but wereeliminated sooner than expected. Once in the Conference Semifinals against Miami Heat and at the Conference Finals against Toronto Raptors.
Antetokounmpo’s NBA Championship record
In the 2020-21 NBA season, Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Milwaukee Bucks to their first NBA title in 50 years. Throughout this season he became the first non-American to receive the All-Star Game MVP Award. The Greek Freakwas merely unstoppable in regular season and postseason.
In a regular season game against Portland, he scored47 pointswith 87% in Field Goals made and became the 3rd player to make 45 points or more with greater than85% in Field Goalds made, alongside Wilt Chamberlain and Mike Woodson.In the NBA playoffs, the Bucks swept out Miami Heat in 4-0 game series for the First Round.
In the Conference Semifinals they won against Brookly Nets in a 4-3 game series. In the Conference Finals they defeated Atlanta Hawks in a 4-2 game series. In the NBA Finals, Milwaukee clinched the title in a 4-2 game series against Phoenix Suns. In the final game,Antetokounmpo scored 50 points to clinch his firstNBA Championship ring.