{"id":489109,"date":"2024-12-18T03:49:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T07:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=489109"},"modified":"2024-12-18T03:49:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T07:49:46","slug":"giannis-clinches-the-nba-cup-for-bucks-with-tripe-double-vs-thunder","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/giannis-clinches-the-nba-cup-for-bucks-with-tripe-double-vs-thunder\/","title":{"rendered":"Giannis clinches the NBA Cup for Bucks with tripe-double vs Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\">Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a><\/a> delivered a dominant performance with 26 points, 19 rebounds, and 10 assists to lead the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/milwaukee-bucks\/\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> to a 97-81 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Cup Final in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>His triple-double earned him the NBA Cup MVP as the Bucks finished the league\u2019s inaugural in-season tournament with a perfect 7-0 record.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">MILWAUKEE BUCKS: NBA CUP CHAMPS \ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ovBzcCUKGN\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ovBzcCUKGN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1869234206955778554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Damian Lillard added 23 points for Milwaukee, while Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led OKC with 21 points.<\/p>\n<p>Isaiah Hartenstein contributed 16 points and 12 rebounds, but the Thunder struggled with their shooting, hitting just 5-of-32 from three-point range and being outscored 47-31 in the second half.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">League&#8217;s best duo. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9iKwuQWEVk\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/9iKwuQWEVk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bucks\/status\/1869236681192386932?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Thunder started strong, building an 18-11 lead behind Hartenstein\u2019s early dominance. However, Milwaukee responded with an 11-2 run and took control after a competitive first half. Tensions flared in the second and third quarters, with technical fouls issued to Hartenstein, Andre Jackson, and Lu Dort during heated moments.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BUCKS GOT A PAYDAY \ud83e\udd11 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q9zZIph3Do\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/q9zZIph3Do<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNNBA\/status\/1869238900020973684?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Bucks pulled away in the second half, with Brook Lopez hitting two key three-pointers in the fourth quarter to extend Milwaukee\u2019s lead to 20 points, sealing the game. The Thunder\u2019s offense faltered, and coach Mark Daigneault emptied the bench with under three minutes remaining as the Bucks cruised to victory.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UwRsGj8Hppg?si=DRRUzVVUyUT4goa9\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giannis Antetokounmpo delivered a dominant performance with 26 points, 19 rebounds, and 10 assists to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 97-81 victory [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":489110,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16728,16726,23381,16786],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[17843,17841,23382,17840],"acf":{"announce":"Damian Lillard added 23 points for Milwaukee, while Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led OKC with 21 points","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\/489109"}],"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=489109"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/489109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":489113,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/489109\/revisions\/489113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489109"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=489109"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=489109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}