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If you blinked, you missed two incredible dunks in San Antonio.

Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama went toe-to-toe with the Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo on Thursday night, with the pair treating fans to a real-life game of “NBA Jam” in Milwaukee’s 125-121 win.

Antetokounmpo kicked things off early in the second quarter when he drove toward the basket, spun around the Spurs’ defense and put down a right-handed jam for two of his game-high 44 points.

Seconds later, with San Antonio in possession, Wembanyama, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft took a pass at the 3-point line, made a move to his left before passing the ball to himself off the backboard before slamming down the ball for a self alley-oop.

“Right back, right?” Reggie Miller said on the TNT broadcast to an almost-stunned play-by-play man Kevin Harlan. “Didn’t I say there was going to be plays where you and I were going to be shaking our head[s] — back-to-back plays.”

“[Wembanyama] pulled the rabbit out of his head right there,” Harlan responded.


  Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo dunks during the first half of the team’s NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs. AP Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo dunks during the first half of the team’s NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs. AP

  Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs goes up for a dunk Getty Images Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs goes up for a dunk Getty Images

Not long after, both traded blocks on both ends of the floor as the two continued to entertain the Frost Bank Center crowd.

The pair put up some video game numbers, with Antetokounmpo adding 14 rebounds, seven assists and two blocks to his totals on the night.

It marked the eighth straight game the Greek Freak led Milwaukee in scoring, and sixth in a row he paced the team in rebounds.

“He’s an unbelievable talent,” Antetokounmpo said of Wembanyama after the game, per the Associated Press. “Can score any time he wants. Plays the right way. Plays to win. It was great playing against him.”

“I’m a competitor, so I want to go at everyone and be the bad guy on the court,” Wembanyama added of the game, according to the AP. “It was a great matchup.”

Wembanyama finished with 27 points, 9 rebounds and five blocks in the losing effort.

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