{"id":552150,"date":"2026-03-20T05:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T05:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/552150\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T05:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T05:32:14","slug":"josh-giddey-makes-australian-nba-history-with-19-assists-against-cavaliers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/552150\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Giddey makes Australian NBA history with 19 assists against Cavaliers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the midst of a historic month, Josh Giddey has broke yet another record, dishing out 19 assists against the Cleveland Cavaliers &#8211; the most by an Australian NBA player ever. <\/p>\n<p>Giddey broke his own record of 17, which he held alongside former All Star Ben Simmons, in a five-point loss in the Chicago Bulls loss to the Eastern Conference heavyweights. <\/p>\n<p>The Aussie also became just the fourth Bulls player to reach this mark, and the first since 1985, joining Ennis Whatley, Guy Rodgers and Clem Haskins. <\/p>\n<p>Giddey also joins Haskins for seventh most assists by a Bulls player in a single game &#8211; a record Rodgers holds with 24.<\/p>\n<p>This latest feat comes in the same week that Giddey racked up his 30th career triple-double, moving passing Michael Jordan and Grant Hill to sit nineteenth all-time in NBA history.<\/p>\n<p>He recorded nine points, six rebounds, and two blocks during the game.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH EVERY ASSIST FROM GIDDEY\u2019S HISTORIC GAME:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/df2ec0b5ed4a55280f9f55ff99fa507d.jpeg\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"Every assist from Josh Giddey's record night\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the midst of a historic month, Josh Giddey has broke yet another record, dishing out 19 assists&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,174696,2066,17603,273119,273121,273118,273122,1385,590,273120,273123,85],"class_list":["post-552150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-career-triple-double","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-erin-hooley","tag-grant-hill","tag-guy-rodgers","tag-historic-game","tag-michael-jordan","tag-nba","tag-record-nightsee","tag-record-breaking-game","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}