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How Much Has Miami Heat's Bam Adebayo Closed Gap On Giannis Antetokounmpo?

Adebayo is already in one rare stat group with Antetokounmpo this season
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How Much Has Miami Heat's Bam Adebayo Closed Gap On Giannis Antetokounmpo?
How Much Has Miami Heat's Bam Adebayo Closed Gap On Giannis Antetokounmpo?

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There is still a gap between Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo and Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo. 

Antetokounmpo is an NBA champion, two-time MVP and one of the league's top five players. What Adebayo has done this season is moved himself closer to joining the league's elite players. 

Adebayo and Antetokounmpo enter today's Heat vs. Bucks game among the only four players averaging at least 20 points, 10 rebounds and shooting 50 percent. The other two are Anthony Davis (Los Angeles Lakers) and Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets). 

That puts Adebayo in company with three players who have been in MVP consideration at some point this season. Antetokounmpo and Jokic, another two-time MVP, will remain in the discussion while Davis was there before being slowed by injury. 

This marks the 16th time Antetokounmpo and Adebayo have faced each other. 

Here's how they have fared: 

Antetokounmpo: 21.1 points, 11.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists

Adebayo: 13.2 points, 9.4 rebounds, 4.7 assists

Antetokounmpo holds edge in wins with a 12-11 record, including 5-3 in the playoffs.

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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