Plowing the obvious stats, Giannis Antetokounmpo lost a triple-double due to being whistled by the NBA

In the Milwaukee Bucks' win over the Washington Wizards on Monday (March 6), Giannis Antetokounmpo pocketed his 35th career triple–double. It wouldn't be worth discussing if the way Giannis completed this 10-10-10 set of stats didn't stir up netizens.

When the fourth half of the match had only a few seconds left, "Demigod" had 23 points, 13 assists and 9 rebounds.With exactly 1 rebound missing, Giannis sent the ball over the opponent's court, deliberately missed the shot. then take the rebound yourself to complete the triple-double.

It sounds hard to believe, but this obvious stat plow is real. Here is a video of Giannis Antetokounmpo's self-reinforcement and self-rebound phase:

After the match, Giannis Antetokounmpo said he had no intention of scoring because the result was arranged. However, he had a "different purpose" when sending the ball across the opponent's court.

“Of course it was unwise to score at that time, so I kept the ball. But then I tried to handle it a bit smart and 'stealed' a rebound," Giannis told reporters after having his fourth triple-double this season.

Unfortunately for the Milwaukee Bucks star, this triple-double lasted less than a day. According to ESPN's Zach Lowe, the NBA's supervisory board decided to cancel the last rebound and deprive Giannis of his triple-double against the Washington Wizards.

The explanation from the NBA is that “rebound is only available when the player finishes. And when it comes to a shot, the player must have the intention to score to count.” Giannis Antetokounmpo purposely shot to get a rebound, so the league withdrew this stat.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is not the first person to be stripped of a triple-double by the NBA for being too revealing. The tournament history has witnessed two similar cases, appearing 20 years ago.

At the time, Atlanta Hawks player Bob Sura did the same thing as Giannis, intentionally slipping on the basket to get a rebound. The NBA said: "Sura's shot does not count because it was not intended to score, so the recovery of the ball does not count as a rebound."

Another somewhat funnier example comes from Cleveland Cavaliers defender Ricky Davis. The video of this situation is as follows:

After receiving the ball from the touchline, instead of sending the ball to the opponent's basket like Sura or Giannis, Ricky Davis led the ball home and then threw the ball into his own basket to get a rebound, marking the first triple-double in his career. .

Of course, a home throw does not count as FGA, so there is no rebound in this situation by default.