Milwaukee Bucks wingman Pat Connaughton wasted no time in declaring Giannis Antetokounmpo’s block of Deandre Ayton in Game 4 of the NBA Finals Wednesday night at Fiserv Forum the greatest of all-time – much to the sly delight of teammate Khris Middleton to his right on the dais.

“Obviously, we're a little biased and you can talk about the LeBron (James) block (against Golden State in Game 7 in 2016) as well,” Connaughton said. “But as far as a block where he was covering the pick-and-roll, he had to judge where the pass was, where Ayton was catching it and trying to dunk it, above the box, it's about as impressive as you can get.”

Let’s take a by-the numbers look at just went into the meeting of giants near the rim in the Bucks’ 109-103 victory over the Phoenix Suns.

4-1

Feet and inches away the restricted area is painted on the court. Antetokounmpo took off with the heel of his size 16 shoe on the inside of that line.

Antetokounmpo read Devin Booker curling around P.J. Tucker following a screen from Ayton. Antetokounmpo shuffled to his left before turning to contest.

“Once I saw him put it in his one hand, he was too far for a layup,” Antetokounmpo said of Booker. “So I knew he was trying to lob, and I committed so much. You risk it. You kind of feel it. I felt (Ayton) rolling to the rim behind me, so I knew the only chance to get a stop is just jump toward the rim and try to cover that angle for him to score.”

6-11

The listed heights for Antetokounmpo and Ayton.

Bucks guard Jrue Holiday, who stands 6-3, saw Booker lob the ball up to Ayton, too. He was on the opposite side of the rim.

“What can I do about it?” Holiday said matter-of-factly. “Ayton's 7 feet.”

8

Days from when Antetokounmpo was upgraded from doubtful to questionable to starting Game 1 against the Suns after a wince-inducing hyperextended left knee sidelined him in the Eastern Conference Finals.

9-2

Standing reach, in feet and inches, of Antetokounmpo.

9-3

The standing reach of Ayton.

43.5

Vertical leap, in inches, of Ayton.

“It was one of those oh, s— moments,” Middleton said of when the ball went up.

12-2

Feet and inches of Antetokounmpo’s vertical reach (maximum jump reach height above the ground).

“I was late,” Antetokounmpo admitted. “Usually a play like that, if I was on the opposite side, it's a dunk. But as I said, I didn't jump to block the ball. I jumped toward the rim. I feel like that's what kind of helped me put me in position to get the block. The rim was right here, so I jumped right here. So he could shoot the ball. If he shot the ball to the backboard, it's probably a goaltending. He tried to dunk it, and I was right there earlier than him.”

The block prevented the Suns from tying the game with 1 minute 14 seconds left in the game, and the Bucks were able to extend the lead to four with 27.2 seconds left.

“Giannis just made a spectacular block, spectacular play,” Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer said. “His ability to cover ground and get to that point, get to the top. That's an NBA Finals special moment right there, and we're going to need more of them. His impact on the game on both ends of the court – it's a big-time block. That's what he's capable of.”

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