Giannis Antetokounmpo will never be forgotten after this

Put this on the shelf. The big one. The top one. It belongs there. Let it be known, for now and forever, that Giannis Antetokounmpo, with his team and his city begging for a conqueror, turned in one of the greatest performances the NBA has ever seen in a title-clinching game.

He was that good. He was that remarkable. He was 50 points and 14 rebounds and five blocks. He was — and this is not a typo — 17-for-19 from the foul line. The Suns tried everything. They ran everyone at them. You half expected to see Tom Chambers and Alvan Adams hanging off his arms. Didn’t matter. The Bucks won 105-98. Antetokounmpo was MVP by acclimation. And his performance now goes on that shelf, along with Bill Russell (30 points, 40 rebounds) in Game 7 in 1962, along with Michael Jordan’s 45 points and eternal step-back title winner in Game 6 in 1998, alongside Clyde Frazier’s 36 points and 19 assists in Game 7 in 1970 and alongside what has long been held as the gold standard — Magic Johnson’s 42 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists playing all five positions in Game 6 in 1980.