SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Giannis Antetokounmpo ya jagoranci Milwaukee Bucks zuwa nasara mai ban sha’awa a kan San Antonio Spurs da ci 112-105 a ranar 31 ga Janairu, 2025. Antetokounmpo ya zura kwallaye 35, ya kuma taimaka wa Bucks su ci gaba da rike matsayinsu a gasar NBA.
Bucks sun fara wasan da kyau, inda suka kai hari mai tsanani a farkon kwata. Antetokounmpo ya yi amfani da gwanintarsa ta cikin layi don zura kwallaye da yawa, yayin da Damian Lillard da Khris Middleton suka ba da taimako masu mahimmanci. A gefe guda, Spurs sun yi ƙoƙari su daidaita wasan, amma rashin nasarar su na kai hari ya sa suka rasa damar cin nasara.
Victor Wembanyama, wanda aka sa ran zai zama babban abokin hamayya a cikin wasan, ya yi ƙoƙari ya jagoranci Spurs, inda ya zura kwallaye 22 da kuma samun rebounds 10. Duk da haka, ƙarfin Bucks ya kasance mai ƙarfi, musamman a cikin kwata na huɗu inda suka yi amfani da ƙwarewar su don kare nasarar.
“Giannis ya kasance babban jagora a yau,” in ji Bucks coach Doc Rivers. “Ya nuna dalilin da ya sa shi ne É—aya daga cikin Æ™wararrun Æ´an wasa a duniya. Ya kasance mai Æ™arfi a kan dandali kuma ya ba da taimako mai mahimmanci.”
A gefen Spurs, coach Gregg Popovich ya bayyana rashin jin daÉ—insa da rashin nasarar da suka yi. “Mun yi Æ™oÆ™ari, amma Bucks sun kasance sun fi mu Æ™arfi a yau. Muna buÆ™atar yin gyare-gyare da sauri kafin wasan na gaba,” in ji Popovich.
Bucks sun ci gaba da riƙe matsayinsu a cikin Eastern Conference, yayin da Spurs ke ƙoƙarin dawo da tsarin su bayan rashin nasara da yawa a kakar wasan.