Four years ago on an early-February night in Milwaukee, the Bucks had lost 15 of 16 games and were about to tip off against the Knicks in front of a crowd of 11,147. As the story goes, among those in the stands, watching their first NBA game together in person, was the family of Giannis.
Modest box score numbers (15 points and seven rebounds) belie the blue-fire glow of Giannis that night. This was his original you-had-to-be-there game. His family was.
Giannis did not hit the game-winner (Brandon Knight did), but he was unequivocally the story.