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Super Bowl commercials are always fun to watch and this year’s ads were no less hilarious. Adding an NBA twist to the commercials, one of the ads featured Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo in a stint that brought back bitter memories from the 2022 Conference Semifinals. The NBA forward’s embarrassing game moment had become the talk of the town much to Antetokounmpo’s dismay. Fortunately, thanks to a ‘miracle’, the Greek Freak was able to erase the visual proof of the unfortunate incident leaving fans amused.

The most-awaited Super Bowl game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles is finally over. Despite a few controversial occurrences in the game, fans rejoiced in the Chiefs’ victory over the Eagles by 38-35. Meanwhile, a certain commercial during the game’s broadcast caught the attention of sports fans across the nation.

Giannis Antetokounmpo features in Google commercial prompting fans to hilarious reactions

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The official Google Pixel ad by the billion-dollar company revolved around the smartphone’s new feature. It enabled its users to remove certain objects and people from the photos and also ‘unblur’ the blurry pictures. The commercial featured Hollywood actress Amy Schumer, singer-songwriter Doja Cat, and NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo. Showcasing the new attributes in Pixel 7 and 7 Pro, the Milwaukee Bucks star erased himself from a pretty embarrassing photo that was taken during the 2022 Conference Semifinals against the Boston Celtics.

In the ad, Antetokounmpo was in a post-game media conference where a reporter asked him about Jaylen Brown’s iconic dunk on the Bucks superstar. The ‘journalist’ asked, ‘Giannis, what about that dunk in the third quarter’. In response, a smug Giannis showed the altered image of the memorable dunk, erasing his image from the poster, and asked, ‘What dunk?

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The 2021 NBA champion might not be able to remove the memory from fans’ minds but at least he now has the option of making certain digital altercations to the pictures of him and Brown. The ad received humorous reactions from the Twitterati as a user expressed that it was the ‘only good super bowl commercial so far’. Take a look at a few of the tweets.

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Jaylen Brown dunked on Giannis

Giannis Antetokounmpo is only one of the many NBA stars who have been posterized by Jaylen Brown. The Milwaukee Bucks played against the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference Semifinals last year and Brown’s dunk on Antetokounmpo took place during the third quarter in Game 1. While the Bucks managed to defeat Jayson Tatum’s Celtics by 101-89, it was the dunk that ended up becoming the highlight of the game.

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Antetokounmpo scored 24 points, 13 rebounds, and 12 assists. Whereas, teammate Jrue Holiday led the team dropping a game-high 25 points, nine rebounds, and five assists. On the other hand, Tatum scored 21 points and six rebounds. Celtics guard Brown added 12 points and nine rebounds.