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Giannis Is Playing Like An MVP Against MVP Contenders So Far This Year (Anthony Davis Visits Milwaukee This Week)

In his first possession playing in Cleveland since LeBron went West, Giannis had the look of someone who would get to the line 21 times when he was not dunking it eight times, because the defense had a Cedi Osman instead of an answer. He looked like someone who was about to put up, oh, say, 44/14/8, giving Cavaliers fans the closest approximation to what they once had.

(Technically, Matthew Dellavedova was the closest approximation to what the Cavaliers once had, and they did have him, but he was Matthew Dellavedova.)

By the start of the fourth quarter, Giannis appeared to be playing against much younger brothers (nephews?