Listen: Bucks radio call of Giannis Antetokounmpo dunk in Game 5 is incredible

The Bucks radio call of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s dagger dunk in Game 5 is absolutely phenomenal

If someone had to pinpoint an exact turning point in the NBA Finals, when momentum officially swung toward the side of the Milwaukee Bucks, it was Giannis Antetokounmpo’s dunk to essentially

Much like how Jrue Holiday snatched the ball away from a stunned Devin Booker to set up the dunk, the Bucks stole all of the momentum from the Phoenix Suns in Game 5 in one sequence.

Giannis thunderously announced that he is the captain of the series now, and it’s officially the Bucks to lose.

After leaping out to a 2-0 series lead, the Suns now face elimination after losing three-straight games. It’s not just that they lost the games, it’s how they lost them. Booker scored 40-points in back-to-back games and the Suns still lost; that’s unthinkable after how the team ran roughshod through the Western Conference playoff bracket.

The Jrue Holiday steal and Giannis dunk will become the stuff of basketball lore in Milwaukee if the Bucks can win the series. As we sit in limbo waiting to see if that’s indeed destiny, we can enjoy just how incredible the moment was for Bucks fans by listening to the radio call from Milwaukee’s side during perhaps the most pivotal moment of the NBA Finals.

Bucks radio call of Giannis dunk is incredible

Watching the play is incredible enough, but to hear the Bucks radio team absolutely lose their mind adds a ton of weight to the moment:

For what it’s worth, the Suns radio call of the dunk was as depressing as you’d expect yet Al McCoy gave Jrue Holiday his flowers for the play.

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The dunk counted as the most crucial points that Giannis scored in Game 5, but they were proceeded by the 30 points he had racked up to help put the Bucks in the position they were in.