For the second time this season, Giannis Antetokounmpo scored less than 20 points in a game. He tallied only 16 in the Bucks’ 97-92 loss to the Houston Rockets in Houston Sunday night. The other game this year when he scored less than 20 points was on November 16 against Cleveland in Milwaukee’s win over the Cavs. He also had 16 points in that contest.
A problem for Giannis against Houston?
What’s interesting is that in the last 12 games where Giannis has scored less than 20 points, three of those games came against the Rockets. It happened twice at the end of the 2020-21 season. He had one point in a game versus the Rockets on April 29 (more on that game later) and then had 17 points against Houston about 10 days later.
Let’s take a deeper look at Giannis’ games where he scored less than 20 points. Let’s go back to his third year in the league (2015-16) and see how many games since that season he tallied less than 20 points in a game.
Since 2015-16, Giannis had under 20 points 130 times. The Bucks were 62-68 in those games with 73 of those games occurring on the road and 57 at home.
Most games with under 20 points for Giannis since 2015-16
Of those 130 games where he scored under 20 points, Giannis had 10 of those games against the Miami Heat, most against any one team. Here’s a look at which teams Giannis had under 20 points the most since 2015-16.
10-Miami
8-Detroit
7-Indiana, Orlando, Toronto
6-Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston
5-Boston, Brooklyn, Philadelphia
4-Cleveland, Denver, LA Clippers, Minnesota, Portland, Sacramento, Washington
3-Chicago, Dallas, Golden State, Memphis, New Orleans, NY Knicks, Phoenix, San Antonio, Utah
2-LA Lakers
1-Oklahoma City
As mentioned above, 73 of those 130 games were on the road. Seven times Giannis had fewer than 20 points on the road in Miami, tops in that stat.
Last time Giannis scored under 10 points in a game
One final stat, since 2015-16, Giannis has scored less than 10 points on 20 occasions. The Bucks were 5-15 in those games. The last time Giannis had under 10 points was April 29, 2021, in Houston. In that game he scored one point. He suffered an ankle sprain and left that game just 46 seconds into the contest.
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