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The Brooklyn Nets have become one of the hottest teams from around the NBA as of late with the franchise's young core leading the way night-in and night-out. While the Nets continue to string together wins through cohesive team effort, there has been one player that has stood out from the rest since the start of the 2018-19 regular season — center Jarrett Allen.
Although Allen has regularly made highlight reel-type plays on the defensive end en route to blocking shots left and right, it was actually his offensive prowess that created a major headline on Monday evening.
With the Nets taking on the surging first-place Milwaukee Bucks, Allen managed to slam one home on start player Giannis Antetokounmpo. With Allen's jam coming by way of a putback dunk, Antetokounmpo simply did not know what hit him by the time that the Nets' up-and-coming center landed on the court.
And on the other end! 😤@_bigjayy_ | #WeGoBIG pic.twitter.com/Ny6pDUHfnQ
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) February 5, 2019
Did you really think Allen wouldn't follow up on defense, too?
📝GIANNIS x2
GET IT, @_bigjayy_ 🤚 pic.twitter.com/GCvKjxaZBW
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) February 5, 2019
It is not often that “Poor Giannis” becomes the phrase of choice but Allen has been dominant — to say the least — against the Bucks on Monday evening while the Nets big man has been all over “The Greek Freak” on both ends of the floor.
As it stands today, the Bucks sit atop the Eastern Conference standings while the upstart Nets find themselves in a respective sixth place. With Milwaukee entering the team's latest battle with a stellar 38-13 record under its belt, the Nets entered Monday's outing sporting a nearly even 28-26 record of their own.
