Giannis Antetokounmpo’s career night and 10 other things that happened Saturday night

While you were out pouring Henny and D’usse shots left and right on Saturday night, 11 NBA games were played. Here’s a hint as to how that went: both the defending champs and the runners-up took bad losses.

Here’s what you missed:

Antetokounmpo scored a career-high 44 points on a ridiculous 17-of-23 shooting night to lead the Bucks to a 113-110 win over the Trail Blazers. In the fourth quarter, he scored 17 points on seven-of-eight shooting — that’s 87.5 percent, guys — including a steal and slam via C.J. McCollum and the game-saving block on Jusuf Nurkic.

Antetokounmpo became the first Bucks player since Ray Allen in 2001 to open a Milwaukee season with three straight 30-point games. And if you’re ever in the same company as Jesus Shuttlesworth, you’re doing something right.

This one doesn’t really need much of an explanation.

Without arguably their second-best player in Aaron Gordon, Orlando bludgeoned Cleveland, 114-93. The Magic led by as many as 37 — I repeat, thirty-seven — in the fourth quarter up 106-69.

No.

Derrick Rose didn’t play. Isaiah Thomas won’t play for awhile. The Cavs were playing the second game of a back-to-back after a tough matchup against Milwaukee, and even though the Magic were coming off of a loss against the Nets, they had six players score in double digits, including 19 points from Jonathon Simmons.

Cleveland doesn’t play for the regular season. They play for the championship, and a measly October loss doesn’t faze The King. Moving on.

In a game where one team has two All-Stars and the other has two championship rings in the last three seasons, you’d probably put your money on the team with some serious jewelry, right?

Wrong.

Stephen Curry had four fouls in the first two quarters and didn’t get a whistle blown on this rack attack, so he did what most sane, frustrated pro basketball players do and threw his mouthpiece at the ref.

But you know a brotherhood is tight when your teammate and Finals MVP has your back. In this case, Kevin Durant’s version of having Curry’s back was giving someone the third of his five fingers.

Memphis has Golden State’s number for the second season in a row, and credit head coach David Fizdale for having a game plan that’s successfully stopped the most potent offense and defense in the NBA.

Nope. Golden State lost to Houston in the opener, then beat New Orleans before dropping Saturday night’s game to Memphis. Even still, they’re far and away the best team in the league on multiple fronts.

Here’s an adequate representation of how you should feel:

It’s unclear what the severity of Teodosic’s injury is, but the Clippers ruled him out for Saturday night’s game against the Suns.

After literally breaking his teammate’s face and was levied an eight-game suspension, Bulls forward Bobby Portis issued a public statement lamenting his actions.

We already knew Fultz’s free throw was a regular season problem. But my oh my, did things devolve on Saturday night.

It doesn’t help that the 76ers got blown out by 34 to drop to an 0-3 start to the season. It’s OK, though. When you trust the process, this is your reaction to everything.

And they all looked a little something like this:

Must be nice.

Player development is a thing in Utah, right?

New year, same Knicks, I guess.

Jazz 96, Thunder 87

Bucks 113, Trail Blazers 110

Grizzlies 111, Warriors 101

Rockets 107, Mavericks 91

Spurs 87, Bulls 77

Pistons 111, Knicks 107

Heat 112, Pacers 108

Magic 114, Cavaliers 93

Raptors 128, 76ers 94

Clippers 130, Suns 88

Nuggets 96, Kings 79