Giannis Antetokounmpo ya jagoranci Milwaukee Bucks zuwa nasara mai girma da ci 121-105 a kan Victor Wembanyama da San Antonio Spurs a ranar Laraba, 8 ga Janairu, 2025, a Fiserv Forum. Wasan ya kasance fafatawa tsakanin ‘yan wasa biyu masu hazaka, inda Antetokounmpo ya zira kwallaye 25, ya dauki rebounds 16, kuma ya ba da taimako 8.
Bucks sun fara wasan da kyau, inda suka ci Spurs da ci 31-27 a kwata na farko. Antetokounmpo ya zira kwallaye 11 a cikin wannan kwata, yayin da Wembanyama ya ba da gudummawar kwallaye 7. A kwata na biyu, Bucks sun ci gaba da rinjayen, inda suka ci Spurs da ci 34-19, kuma Antetokounmpo ya kara kwallaye 4.
Ko da yake Spurs sun yi kokarin dawo da wasan a kwata na uku, Bucks sun ci gaba da rike rinjayen, inda suka kare wasan da nasara mai girma. Damian Lillard ya taimaka wa Bucks da kwallaye 26, yayin da Brook Lopez ya zira kwallaye 22. A gefen Spurs, Keldon Johnson ya zira kwallaye 24, yayin da Chris Paul ya ba da gudummawar kwallaye 18.
Victor Wembanyama, wanda aka yi wa lakabi da “Alien” saboda gwanintarsa, ya sami kwallaye 10 kawai a cikin harbi 10, amma ya kara da rebounds 10. A cikin wata hira da aka yi da shi a watan Agusta, Antetokounmpo ya bayyana cewa Wembanyama yana da damar zama mafi kyawun dan wasan kwallon kwando na kowane lokaci.
“Yana da damar zama mafi kyawu. Ba a shekarunsa ba, ba a Turai ba… amma daya daga cikin mafi kyawun da suka taba buga wannan wasan,” in ji Antetokounmpo. A cikin jerin MVP na NBA, Antetokounmpo yana matsayi na 3, yayin da Wembanyama yana matsayi na 5.
