NBA Finals Suns-Bucks: Giannis Antetokounmpo Just Joined An NBA Finals History List With Only LeBron James And SHAQ

Giannis Antetokounmpo has scored 40+ points in back-to-back NBA Finals games.

The Milwaukee Bucks won 120-100 to win their first game of the NBA Finals series against the Phoenix Suns on Sunday evening.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 41 points, 13 rebounds and six assists (he also had 42 points and 12 rebounds in Game 2). 

Scoring 40 points and grabbing ten rebounds in back-to-back Finals games had only been done by Shaquille O'Neal and LeBron James prior to Sunday night when Antetokounmpo did it. 

The Tweet with the history can be seen in a post below from Bleacher Report.

WOW. pic.twitter.com/zv977UcYFN

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) July 12, 2021

UPDATE: According to StatMuse (Tweet below), it's actually only Shaquille O'Neal that Giannis Antetokounmpo is now on the list with. 

PSA: LeBron didn’t do it, he had 41/16 in Game 5 and 41/8 in Game 6 in 2016.

ESPN got it wrong.https://t.co/RL0xXQ74Qr

— StatMuse (@statmuse) July 12, 2021

Only two players in NBA history had 40+ points and 10+ rebounds in back-to-back Finals games.

Shaq and Giannis. pic.twitter.com/IO4pZJEbDO

— StatMuse (@statmuse) July 12, 2021

The Milwaukee Bucks were 4.5-point favorites in Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the Phoenix Suns on Sunday night, according to FanDuel.

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