Author: Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Giannis Antetokounmpo’s two MVP awards make him the 14th player in NBA history to earn the league’s top individual regular-season honor multiple times

After numerous racist posts appeared, the Bucks star’s girlfriend and brother claimed his social media, phone, email and bank accounts were hacked.

Prolonged three-point drought and shaky defense allowed the Indiana Pacers to pull close, but the Milwaukee Bucks returned to form in second half.

A dominant 24-4 run put the Bucks on the path to a blowout 133-86 victory over the Thunder. It was their largest margin of victory of the season.

The Bucks fell in a 12-point hole but fought out of that second-quarter deficit for one of their most impressive road wins of the season in Toronto.

Giannis Antetokounmpo took it to the Sixers in a 119-98 win two days after Joel Embiid referred to himself as “the best player in the world.”

Philadelphia torched Milwaukee’s defense with 21 three-pointers – the team’s season-high – as the Sixers slammed the Bucks 121-109 on Christmas Day.

When Milwaukee faces off against Philadelphia, it will be the first matchup this season between two teams projected to vie for top spot in East.

Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks took down LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the Lakers, but the reigning MVP said “it wasn’t a special game.”