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Antetokounmpo's Record 64-point Game Ends in Locker Room Dispute

Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle reacts during the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

In a fiery spectacle that seemed straight out of a Shakespearean drama, the echoes of the last whistle from the Milwaukee-Indiana NBA saga were drowned out in a bone-rattling hallway confrontation, all over... a basketball? That's right, folks, an innocuous spalding sphere was the nucleus of this basketball brouhaha.

The artist at the center of this melee? None other than Giannis Antetokounmpo. The “Greek Freak,” had taken centre court not with fury, but with an exceptional 64-point performance — a new franchise record. Yet once the audience cheered their adieus, and the post-game curtain call was in action, a thunderous plot twist was unraveled.

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