Late in the third quarter, the Bucks in the middle of a 17–3 run to close the period that broke the game open and broke Detroit, Reggie Miller started trying to list all the Pistons who took turns trying to guard Giannis, most of them in foul trouble, all of them in real trouble.
“Glenn Robinson, Thon Maker, Blake Griffin, Andre Drummond…”
The camera panned to them, watching Giannis go to the line again. There were at least three or four others who tried guarding Giannis too.
In his first closeout game since losing Game 7 in the first round in Boston last season, Giannis delivered closeout play after closeout play on the way to 41 points and MVP chants.