The season might be over (at last), but that doesn\u2019t mean your interest wanes\u2014or the coverage stops. With this in mind, we present to you our end-of-season player pop quizzes. Each quiz focuses on a single Buck, posing three \u201ctotals\u201d based questions, two \u201cadvanced stats\u201d based questions, and one \u201cobscure\u201d question about their 2025-26 campaign. Six questions, total. For the culture. So, are you truly the Bucks sicko you think you are? Dip your feet in the water with Milwaukee\u2019s all-time best player, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and find out.<\/p>\n
Giannis made noise this year, mostly for all the wrong reasons. On the court, he was his typical dominant self. But, for the first time in his career, he was off the court more often than he was on it thanks to a litany of lower limb injuries\u2014groin strains<\/a>, calf strains<\/a> turning to soleus strains<\/a>, ankle injuries, and hyperextensions<\/a>. The result: a career-low 36 games after playing at least 61 games in each of his previous 12 seasons\u2014and investigations into the Bucks\u2019 decision to \u201ctell [him] to not play<\/a>.\u201d Unlucky number 13, huh?<\/p>\n (1) \u201cPoint-Giannis\u201d garnered much attention prior to the season. How many times did he have double-digit assists?<\/p>\n Click to reveal answer (2) Giannis had 40+ points just twice this season, both in the first nine games. Which teams were these against?<\/p>\n Click to reveal answer (3) True or false: Giannis had more games with zero blocks than he did games with one or more blocks?<\/p>\n Click to reveal answer (1) True or false: Giannis\u2019 PER this year was a career high?<\/p>\n Click to reveal answer (2) True or false: Giannis had a career-high usage percentage this year?<\/p>\n Click to reveal answer (1) Which other Buck did Giannis pair up with to form his best two-man lineup (with a +8.5 net rating)?<\/p>\n Click to reveal answer How did you fare? Share your score in the comments and don\u2019t forget to drop your thoughts along with it\u2014which stat stands out?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The season might be over (at last), but that doesn\u2019t mean your interest wanes\u2014or the coverage stops. With…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":712492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3775],"tags":[7,103,38351,102,121,3871,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-712491","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-milwaukee-bucks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bucks","10":"tag-bucks-features","11":"tag-milwaukee","12":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","13":"tag-milwaukeebucks","14":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116420507313072794","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Twice, vs. Charlotte (18) and Denver (11).<\/p>\n
\n Cleveland (40) and Chicago (41).<\/p>\n
\n True, 19 games of zero vs. 17 games with one or more. <\/p>\n
\n True, 32.6 this year vs. 32.1 in 2021\u201322.<\/p>\n
\n False, 37.0% this season vs 38.8% in 2022\u201323.<\/p>\n
\n Cole Anthony.<\/p>\n