The bolded is the thread-starter's point. His regular season self has won MVP two of the past three seasons, and he's done so with numbers that aren't ho-hum. People are looking past that. He may be limited offensively but he is not ordinary.
It didn't matter if Giannis was going for 30 and 12 every game against the Nets. The story pushed was can KD drag the Nets to the next round. I saw hardly any mention about the Bucks mollywhopping Miami in round one.
Now, everybody is wondering if Trae Young can move this scrappy Hawks team past the Bucks like they are some sort of juggernaut. No one is really talking about how steadily excellent Giannis' numbers have been.
Well, I was kinda being generous because I don't really mind Giannis getting his ring. But actually his numbers are down almost across the board compared to his regular season stats.
He increased his number of 3PT FGAs a little but the already poor percentage fell off a cliff to 19%. His already sub-par FT% dropped significantly to a number so poor that Middleton almost makes as many free throws as he does on four fewer attempts. His scoring went up by only 1 point even though his FGAs increased by 4 (!). So his 3PT%, his FG% and his FT% all went down (although admittedly his 2PT% only by a slight margin, which is the point you were alluding to). His assists, steals and blocks have gone down even though his minutes have gone up by 5.5. He does grab 2 rebounds more but that is expected because of the minutes. His TOs have stayed the same which is decent given the minute increase.
Basically, he scores six points more than Middleton on three more field goal attempts. He's a good rebounder but his defense has been overrated. It's definitely not on a DPOY level. As many people have pointed out, he also hasn't really improved on the infamous holes in his game. He's actually gotten worse as some of the above numbers show.
His real strength has been his durability for which he will be rewarded with a very good chance at a ring.
I've always thought Shaq's dominance is somewhat overstated but Shaq at least showed out in the Finals. Let's see what Giannis does there before putting their numbers side by side.
Agreed Giannis has been having a great post season this year 
