With Khris Middleton sitting and Giannis Antetokounmpo leaving with a sprained wrist, the Milwaukee Bucks needed a big game from someone to extend their win streak to 12 games with a win over the Chicago Bulls. That big game came from Brook Lopez.
The almost-35-year-old Lopez (he will be 35 on April 1… no joke) led the Bucks with 33 points in the team’s 112-100 win over the Bulls. The win extended their season-high win streak to 12 games in the last contest before the All-Star Game.
Lopez added four blocked shots, was three-for-six from beyond the arc and added seven rebounds.
It was the fourth game in Lopez’s career where he had 30 points with three three-pointers and three or more blocks. He became the 17th player in NBA history to have four career 30-point, three blocked shots, three three-pointers game in a career.
Brook Lopez is 17th NBA player to have four career games with these stats
Here are those 17 players and the number of career games with 30+ points, three-plus blocks, and three or more three-pointers made:
22 games: Kevin Durant
11 games: LeBron James, James Harden
10 games: Vince Carter
9 games: Dirk Nowitzki
8 games: Kristaps Porzingis
7 games: DeMarcus Cousins
6 games: Tracy McGrady, Joel Embiid
5 games: Shawn Marion, Anthony Davis
4 games: Scottie Pippen, Raef LaFrentz, Danny Granger, Dwyane Wade, Brook Lopez, Karl-Anthony Towns
If we look at the exact numbers from Lopez’s game: 33 points, seven rebounds, four blocked shots and three three-pointers made, Lopez’s game is just as impressive. He became the 20th player in NBA history to reach these numbers… 33 points, seven rebounds, four blocks and three threes-made in a game. It has been done only 30 times in league history by 20 different players.
Lopez became 17th NBA player to reach these numbers
Lopez became the third player to reach these numbers this season (Jaylen Brown and Kyrie Irving both did it earlier this season).
One other interesting fact about this group of 30 players who reached these numbers: Lopez is only one of four of these players to reach the 33 points, seven rebounds, four blocks and three threes made in a game without a turnover. Lopez had zero turnovers in 33 minutes played in the contest. The other three players to have these stats with no turnovers in that game were Jaylen Brown (December 4, 2022), Kristaps Porzingis (March 4, 2020) and Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Giannis had 45 points, 13 rebounds, five blocked shots and three three-pointers made… and no turnovers… in a win over Philadelphia on April 4, 2019.
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