There is still a gap between Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo and Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Antetokounmpo is an NBA champion, two-time MVP and one of the league’s top five players. What Adebayo has done this season is moved himself closer to joining the league’s elite players.
Adebayo and Antetokounmpo enter today’s Heat vs. Bucks game among the only four players averaging at least 20 points, 10 rebounds and shooting 50 percent. The other two are Anthony Davis (Los Angeles Lakers) and Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets).
That puts Adebayo in company with three players who have been in MVP consideration at some point this season. Antetokounmpo and Jokic, another two-time MVP, will remain in the discussion while Davis was there before being slowed by injury.
This marks the 16th time Antetokounmpo and Adebayo have faced each other.
Here’s how they have fared:
Antetokounmpo: 21.1 points, 11.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists
Adebayo: 13.2 points, 9.4 rebounds, 4.7 assists
Antetokounmpo holds edge in wins with a 12-11 record, including 5-3 in the playoffs.
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