Kobe challenged the Greek Freak before the start of the season to win the league's MVP.
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On Thursday (AEDT) Giannis Antetokounmpo began his quest to fulfill the Mamba's request.
Giannis finished with a monster double-double of 37 points and 13 rebounds in Milwaukee's 108-100 win over the Boston Celtics.
The. Greek. Freak. @Giannis_An34 puts up 37 PTS, 13 REB & 3 STL in his first game of '17-18 for a 61.1 FPT performance! #NBAFantasy pic.twitter.com/Jwk105JhXa
— NBA Fantasy (@NBAFantasy) October 19, 2017
He did it all in Beantown including a nasty poster dunk on Aron Baynes - like really nasty.
Dunks like this give Giannis & the @Bucks their 1st win of the season!
— NBA (@NBA) October 19, 2017
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Message to the rest of the league, please stay out of the way.
Click the player above to see the dunk.