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Watch: A Furious Russell Westbrook Starts A Countdown For Giannis Antetokounmpo At The Free Throw Line

Russell Westbrook was furious after Giannis Antetokounmpo was awarded a re-do at the free throw line and started a countdown for the retake.

Gautam Varier
Dec 3, 2022
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Giannis Antetokounmpo is off to a dominant start to the 2022-23 NBA season as he and the Bucks look to return to the NBA Finals. He is having arguably the best season of his career, but there is one chink in his armor at the moment.

Heading into their game against the Los Angeles Lakers, Giannis is averaging a career-high 31.3 points per game but at the same time, he is averaging a career-worst 60.8% shooting from the free throw line. One of his ugliest games at the line came against the Philadelphia 76ers as he went 4-15, which eventually led to the big incident with the ladder after the game. As he struggles from the line, Giannis has started taking way too long to shoot his free throws and his opponents aren’t happy about it.


Russell Westbrook Starts A Countdown For Giannis Antetokounmpo

We famously saw teams as well as fans start a countdown for Giannis at the line back in the 2021 playoffs and while it seemed to bother him at first, he dealt with it fairly well as time went on. We haven’t seen it in a while though but as he was taking too long to shoot his free throws in the game against the Lakers, Russell Westbrook got irritated. When Giannis got a re-do because of Westbrook’s actions during his attempt, he started yelling out the countdown to the referee.

amazing sequence here.

Giannis is awarded a re-do because of Westbrook’s actions during the attempt. Russ then decides to start screaming a count to ten at the same ref when Giannis steps to line.https://t.co/GCxZumDUAY pic.twitter.com/WzayRSw8Dv

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) December 3, 2022

The NBA really needs to get Giannis to speed up, as it isn’t right for them to make an exception for him in this case. The Lakers bench had also joined in on the countdown and you can expect more of his opponents to do this in the future.

Free throws aside, there is a lot to like about Giannis’ play on the court this season. Luka Doncic called him the best player in the world and while the likes of Jayson Tatum and Stephen Curry are having amazing seasons, it is hard to argue with that assessment from Luka.

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Gautam Varier is a staff writer and columnist for Fadeaway World from Mumbai, India. He graduated from Symbiosis International University with a Master of Business specializing in Sports Management in 2020. This educational achievement enables Gautam to apply sophisticated analytical techniques to his incisive coverage of basketball, blending business acumen with sports knowledge.Before joining Fadeaway World in 2022, Gautam honed his journalistic skills at Sportskeeda and SportsKPI, where he covered a range of sports topics with an emphasis on basketball. His passion for the sport was ignited after witnessing the high-octane offense of the Steve Nash-led Phoenix Suns. Among the Suns, Shawn Marion stood out to Gautam as an all-time underrated NBA player. Marion’s versatility as a defender and his rebounding prowess, despite being just 6’7”, impressed Gautam immensely. He admired Marion’s finishing ability at the rim and his shooting, despite an unconventional jump shot, believing that Marion’s skill set would have been even more appreciated in today’s NBA.This transformative experience not only deepened his love for basketball but also shaped his approach to sports writing, enabling him to connect with readers through vivid storytelling and insightful analysis.
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