{"id":487330,"date":"2024-11-23T03:45:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T07:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=487330"},"modified":"2024-12-05T08:39:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T12:39:34","slug":"bucks-goes-2-0-in-nba-cup-after-giannis-show-vs-pacers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/bucks-goes-2-0-in-nba-cup-after-giannis-show-vs-pacers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucks goes 2-0 in NBA Cup after Giannis show vs Pacers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\">Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a> delivered another standout performance with his second triple-double of the season, leading the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/milwaukee-bucks\/\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> to a 129-117 victory over the visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/indiana-pacers\/\">Indiana Pacers<\/a>. Antetokounmpo, the two-time NBA MVP, racked up 37 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists, as the Bucks dominated the game from start to finish.<\/p>\n<p>This win gives Milwaukee a 2-0 record in the NBA Cup.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Can&#8217;t touch this swag \ud83d\udd25\u270b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ivSt3mM1YF\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ivSt3mM1YF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Giannis Antetokounmpo (@Giannis_An34) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Giannis_An34\/status\/1860193113916211448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Damian Lillard supported the effort with 24 points and 13 assists, marking his third consecutive double-double. The Bucks, who have now won five of their last six games, showed significant improvement after a challenging start to the season, which saw them at 2-8. Notably, six Bucks players scored in double figures, and Antetokounmpo&#8217;s triple-double was the 47th of his career.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4b_lsuTCXi0?si=r7gGtb1fFSB3c6jL\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In another game, Jaylen Brown led the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\">Boston Celtics<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a> to a 108-96 victory over the Washington Wizards with 31 points and 11 rebounds. <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/jayson-tatum\/\">Jayson Tatum<\/a> and Jrue Holiday each contributed 16 points, as the Celtics extended their winning streak to three games. The reigning NBA champions are currently 2-1 in the NBA Cup.<\/p>\n<p>James Harden&#8217;s 22 points and nine assists powered the Los Angeles Clippers to a 104-88 triumph against the Sacramento Kings, extending their winning streak to four games. Despite missing their top scorer, Norman Powell, due to a hamstring strain, the Clippers managed to secure a solid 1-1 record in the NBA&#8217;s in-season tournament. This competition will culminate next month with semi-finals and a championship game in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XXbBjgzbEzw?si=MPQQaPeG9GDCEKch\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In Philadelphia, rookie Jared McCain captured attention by declaring himself &#8220;the rookie of the year&#8221; after nailing a three-pointer in the 76ers&#8217; 113-98 win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/brooklyn-nets\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/brooklyn-nets\/\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a><\/a>. The 20-year-old, drafted 16th overall in June, scored an impressive 30 points, helping to snap the Sixers&#8217; five-game losing streak despite the absence of <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/joel-embiid\/\">Joel Embiid<\/a> and Paul George. McCain&#8217;s performance marked his seventh consecutive game with 20 or more points, placing him among Sixers legends like Allen Iverson and Jerry Stackhouse as the only rookies to achieve this feat.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Slt1XX9TOOs?si=zp4qCOHE05rB_Ldw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giannis Antetokounmpo delivered another standout performance with his second triple-double of the season, leading the Milwaukee Bucks to a 129-117 victory over the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":487331,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16890,16720,16728,16971,16726,16840,17235],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[18062,17842,17843,18386,17841,17913,17978],"acf":{"announce":"Antetokounmpo got his second triple-double of the season","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/487330"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487330"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/487330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":488718,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/487330\/revisions\/488718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487330"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=487330"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=487330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}