Giannis Antetokounmpo finished one assist short of a triple-double in Miami’s 144-128 win over Brooklyn: 20 points, 15 rebounds, nine assists in 24 minutes.

“I want the regular season to start. That’s when I get my dopamine hit. That’s where I feel like I’ll be myself,” he said after his third Heat preseason game.

“I feel energized. I feel alive,” Antetokounmpo said of Heat crowds that spent years watching him from the other bench. “Now we’re on the same side.”

On Davion Mitchell: “He goes so fast.” When Mitchell sits, “our pace slows down.” Antetokounmpo added: “People don’t want to come in this gym and play with that pace.”

Bobby Portis scored 12 off the bench. “You’ve got to pick your poison,” Antetokounmpo said of defenses loading up on him — and leaving Portis open.

Miami has Friday at Orlando left. “I need as many games as I can get… The more I play with them, the more comfortable I get,” he said of Hardaway Jr., Mitchell, Bam and the rest.

Giannis Antetokounmpo attacks the Nets in Miami. Photo credit: NBA / X video still.

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