Giannis Antetokounmpo was waiting for a revenge on Bruno Caboclo. Giannis Antetokounmpo is currently the leader in the race for the MVP of 2019-20 season! His consistency and the good performance of the Milwaukee Bucks this season put the Greek as the favorite candidate for the MVP recognition.

And incredible as it may seem, Giannis likes some extra dose of motivation and challenge to keep recording his monstrous stats. And yesterday, against the Memphis Grizzlies an especial match against Brazilian Bruno Caboclo sparked a desire for revenge. Result: The Memphis’ forward was posterized by the Greek Freak at the end of the game!

For those who have not followed the battle between them at the World Cup of Basketball in China this year, this may seem like another spectacular move from Giannis in the NBA. But in the World Cup, the Brazilian player gave a hard time for the last season’s MVP with great defensive performance. Motivated to make the Brazilian pay for that game, the Greek marked on the agenda when it would be his chance to return the frustration of the World Cup, according to journalist Eric Nehm of The Athletic.

“Oh, yeah. I marked this game,” Antetokounmpo said. “When we lost to Brazil, (Papagiannis) told me he’s playing for Memphis. And I was like, ‘OK, cool. Watch the game.’”

The currently MVP was bothered by the final moments of Greece’s elimination against the Brazilian squad, and especially by Bruno Caboclo’s stare at him after effectively blocking the alley-oop of the greeks. Before the World Cup the Greek team was considered one of the favorites to the title. After this game, Bruno even earned a new nickname “CaBlock” in reference to how hard he outplayed Antetokoumpo in the game.

1. An alley-oop for the tie with 6.8 seconds left might not be the best idea. 2. It was late and low. pic.twitter.com/MUGWWGf6HN — Eric Nehm (@eric_nehm) September 3, 2019

So when Antetokounmpo had a chance to revenge of the Brazilian rival, the 6-foot-11 didn’t miss the chance. Look:

Giannis posterized him then got T’d up for chirping at him 😅 pic.twitter.com/dEYlzKQypl — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) December 14, 2019

Giannis after the play began to trash-talk Bruno to the point that the referee gave a technical foul to the Greek.

“On your f***ng head!” Antetokounmpo yelled at Caboclo on the way down the floor.

After the game the Bucks star relieved this rivalry a bit by stating that competitors use anything to motivate themselves on the court:

“Every time I saw him, I remembered the Brazil game,” Antetokounmpo said. “If you’re a real competitor, it brings the heart out of you. And (Caboclo) knew it, too.”

The Milwaukee Bucks beat Memphis Grizzlies 127 to 114 with another great performance by the Greek who scored 37 points and 11 rebounds in just 27 minutes. Bruno Caboclo coming from the bench had a modest night with 4 rebounds, 2 points in 14 minutes.