It might just be preseason, but whenever the best players square off against the best, they seem to kick their games into a higher gear. For both Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Giannis Antetokounmpo , this was certainly the case on Tuesday night as the Oklahoma City Thunder squared off against the Milwaukee Bucks in preseason action.

With a little under nine minutes to go in the first quarter, Gilgeous-Alexander found himself isolated against Antetokounmpo after the Bucks star picked up the reigning MVP in semi-transition. Antetokounmpo never takes plays off, so he locked in when he realized he was guarding the Thunder star. Gilgeous-Alexander typically makes defenders look silly, but Antetokounmpo, the 2019 and 2020 NBA MVP, got into a defensive stance and tracked the Thunder star al

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