The Milwaukee Bucks (46-18) defeated the Washington Wizards (30-34) Sunday night at Capital One Arena and Giannis Antetokounmpo pulled off one of the greatest stat pad moments of all time to complete his triple-double in the final play of the game.
Antetokounmpo, 28, finished the night with a team-high 23 points, 10 rebounds, 13 assists and three blocks in 36 minutes of action.
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He needed one more board in the final seconds of the 117-111 victory to record his fourth triple-double of the 2022-23 NBA season and did the unthinkable.
The "Greek Freak" missed a layup on purpose to grab his own rebound at the final buzzer of the contest, completing his triple-double.
Some players on the Milwaukee bench, and the broadcast announcers, burst into laughter over Antetokounmpo's antics.
At least Giannis didn't do it on his own rim
The strange ending to the game reminded fans of when Ricky Davis did something similar while playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers against the Utah Jazz circa 2000.
Davis, however, missed the layup on his own basket in the final seconds of the game, leading to the Jazz head coach to ask for a technical.
Officials informed him that the play was not against the rules, but back then, little things like that did not fly. Even the Jazz coach said he would have "knocked him on his a--."
Antetokounmpo will get away with the greatest stat pad moment ever because players are no longer as emotionally invested in the game.
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