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Giannis Antetokounmpo dominates again and everything else that happened in the NBA on Monday

Draymond Green trash-talked the Mavericks, Jordan Bell threw himself an alley-oop, and both the Suns and Sixers got their first Ws.

Charlotte Hornets v Milwaukee Bucks Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images

Giannis Antetokounmpo’s incredible start to the season continued Monday, but The Greek Freak wasn’t the only impressive player on a stacked basketball night.

Here’s what you missed if you didn’t tune in.

Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid should scare you

Here’s Ben Simmons:

Here’s Joel Embiid:

And here’s what Philadelphia’s future looks like with them working together:

Simmons finished the night with 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists to give Philly its first win of the season. He joined Oscar Robertson and Hambone Williams as the only players in NBA history to record a triple-double in one of the first four games of their careers.

And he does it without shooting jump shots because he doesn’t have to.

That’s nuts.

Draymond Green is disrespectful

First, Green stopped Dennis Smith Jr. at the rim — although he fouled him to do it — before turning around and calling him a baby:

Then, when Mavs rookie Gian Clavell checked into the game, Green was legitimately trying to figure out who he was:

Move over Patrick Beverley, there’s a new bully in town.

The Grizzlies defense is very good

First, Memphis beat the defending champions by 10. Then on Monday night, the Grizzlies held the high-powered Houston Rockets offense to only 90 points, including just 33 points in the second half and 14 in the final quarter.

The Grizzlies are now one of only four undefeated teams in the NBA, and they’ve had the toughest teams on their schedule during opening week.

Take that for data.

LaMarcus Aldridge shoved Serge Ibaka, then fouled him out

After a little jostling back and forth apparently went too far, LaMarcus Aldridge and Serge Ibaka got into a shoving match in the fourth quarter of the San Antonio Spurs’ matchup against the Toronto Raptors on Sunday.

They were assessed double technical fouls and play continued, but the two big men went at each other late in the fourth quarter. And after Aldridge came up with all glass on one end, and a nice pass by Ibaka led to a missed three on the other, the Spurs’ star sealed the deal with a bucket that put the game on ice:

The Spurs went on to win, 101-97. How they’ve beaten the Timberwolves, Bulls and now Raptors without Kawhi Leonard is something I will continue scratching my head at. (Hi, Pop.)

Skal Labissiere dunked on his teammate

I mean, this is just a crime:

Jordan Bell left Kevin Durant speechless

With the Warriors up 25, Bell did what any person trolling his opponent in NBA 2K18 would do and threw himself an alley-oop off the backboard:

Just look at Durant’s face:

Giannis keeps Giannis-ing

OK, “Giannis-ing” isn’t a thing and never will be. That’s fair. I’ll accept that.

But after getting off to the best three-game start in Bucks history since Ray Allen, Giannis Antetokounmpo just kept going. He had 32 points, 14 rebounds, and six assists in Milwaukee’s 103-94 win over Charlotte on Monday.

And he made everyone look like an infant along the way:

Antetokounmpo’s monstrous Monday night gave him a total of 147 points, 43 rebounds, and 21 assists through the first four games. No one in NBA history has that stat line through four games, according to NBA.com stats, and his 147 points surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s mark of 146 points set with the Bucks in 1970:

Abdul-Jabbar is also known as the man who’s scored more points in NBA history than anyone else, ever, in life. And if Giannis is already checking Kareem off his to-do list, the league should be scared.

The Suns finally won a game

After losing their first three games by a combined 92 points — including two 40-point losses and the worst opening night defeat in NBA history — then firing their head coach, who was the least of their worries, the Phoenix Suns beat the Sacramento Kings by two.

In related news, here’s Phoenix’s upcoming schedule:

2-14, anyone?

Monday’s NBA scores

76ers 97, Pistons 86

Heat 104, Hawks 93

Grizzlies 98, Rockets 90

Bucks 103, Hornets 94

Spurs 101, Raptors 97

Warriors 133, Mavericks 103

Wizards 109, Nuggets 104

Suns 117, Kings 115