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Giannis Antetokounmpo puts the Pelicans in the spin cycle, finishes with slam

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Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is doing some bad, bad things to the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night. The Bucks’ second year star has 25 points and the third quarter isn’t even over yet. That combination of agility and length is downright impossible to defend when he gets cooking. Not bad for a 20-year-old.

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