Giannis Antetokounmpo Records First Heat Triple-Double

By Elena Marika Konstantinou

October 27, 2026

Four games in, and Giannis Antetokounmpo already has his first triple-double in a Miami Heat jersey. He finished Monday night's game against the Dallas Mavericks at Kaseya Center with 29 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists in 39 minutes, the Miami Herald reported.

The bad news? Miami still lost, 113-109, and dropped to 0-4, according to the Associated Press. The Heat are still waiting on the first win of the Giannis era, and the Miami Herald noted it is the team's worst start to a season in nearly two decades.

Back home, tip-off landed at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday Greek time, so anyone up late in Athens got a real show. He nearly had the triple-double before halftime and locked it in a few minutes into the third quarter, NBC Sports noted, with a poster dunk over Daniel Gafford and a couple of pull-up threes along the way.

It was the 57th regular-season triple-double of his career and his first since April 11, 2025, per the Miami Herald. It also came right after a quiet 14-point night in Saturday's loss to Charlotte, so call it a serious bounce-back.

Dallas had its own star, though. Nineteen-year-old Cooper Flagg matched him with 29 points and 11 assists, blocked an Andrew Wiggins corner three with 31 seconds left, then drove past Wiggins for the clinching layup over Giannis with 10 seconds to go, the AP and the Miami Herald reported.

After the game, Giannis sounded more steady than stressed. "I feel like sometimes you want something so bad that you kind of freeze in the moment," he told reporters, adding that the fix is to "take a breath, relax and just play basketball."

"You cannot press the panic button and panic," he said, per the Miami Herald. "The moment we turn this around, I'm always going to remember this feeling, and I'm going to try not to get back to this feeling." That is very much the same guy who told his brother Thanasis he still does every normal thing, no superstar bubble required.

It has been a busy first week for him in Miami, starting with the 35 points he dropped in his Heat debut. Next up is a Wednesday trip to Atlanta to face the Hawks, and a first win would look very good on him.