Giannis Antetokounmpo Has Been Stealing The Spotlights.

I’ve never understood the adage that an NBA playoff series “doesn’t start until the road team wins a game.”

It doesn’t start because, over 82 percent of the time, it’s already over once the higher seed goes up 2-0. Only four times in history has a team lost the first two games of an NBA Finals and come back to win: The 2016 Cavaliers, 2006 Heat, 1977 Blazers and 1969 Celtics.

Instead, look to the Game 2 dominance of Giannis Antetokounmpo, who put up 42 points, 12 rebounds, four assists and three blocks on Tuesday.