Nuggets with a spectacular comeback
Raving Antetokounmpo beats NBA prodigy
January 5, 2024, 8:03 a.m
For the first time, two top NBA stars meet: Giannis Antetokounmpo wins with his Bucks and worsens the Spurs’ crisis. But the Greek has nothing but praise for super talent Victor Wembanyama. Meanwhile, Denver is making an impressive comeback with star player Nikola Jokić.
NBA top star Giannis Antetokounmpo won the highly publicized duel with super talent Victor Wembanyama. With 44 points and 14 rebounds, the Greek led the Milwaukee Bucks to a 125:121 win against the San Antonio Spurs in the North American Professional Basketball League. Although he ruined Wembanyama’s 20th birthday, he still had warm words ready after the first meeting between the two exceptional players.
“He’s incredible, an incredible talent,” said the 2.11 meter tall Antetokounmpo about the 2.24 meter tall young star, who only played 26 minutes on the field after an ankle injury, but scored a strong 27 points: “He can score at will, whenever he wants. He plays the right way, he plays to win. It was good to play against him.”
For the Spurs it was the fourth defeat in a row, the team from San Antonio remains at the bottom of the Western Conference. Antetokounmpo’s Bucks, on the other hand, improved their record to 25:10.
In the hard-fought second game of the night, the Denver Nuggets prevailed over the Golden State Warriors 130-127. With a triple-double, star player Nikola Jokić was the outstanding man; the Serb scored 34 points as well as ten assists and rebounds – and he also scored in the last second to win.
After a strong third quarter, Golden State took the lead in the duel between the last two champions. But in the last two minutes, star player Stephen Curry’s team couldn’t score any more points, and Denver took the last ten points of the game. Curry scored 30 points, but missed his last two throws and lost the game-winning turnover four seconds before the end.