Our Clients:

Field Level Media - Professional sports content solutions | FLM

May 3, 2022 10:57 pm

Jaylen Brown leads way as Celtics even series with Bucks

Jaylen Brown scored 30 points on 11-for-18 shooting, including 6 of 10 from beyond the arc, and the host Boston Celtics stormed to a 109-86 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night in Game 2 of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Jayson Tatum added 29 points and eight assists for the second-seeded Celtics, who avenged a 12-point loss two days earlier to even the series at 1-1. Grant Williams scored 21 off the bench.

Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 28 points but shot only 11 of 27 from the field, 1 of 4 from 3-point range and 5 of 9 from the free-throw line. Jrue Holiday scored 19 points and Bobby Portis and Pat Connaughton finished with 13 apiece.

The series will shift to Milwaukee for the next two games, starting with Game 3 on Saturday.

The Celtics connected on 20 of 43 (46.5 percent) of their 3-point attempts. By contrast, Milwaukee made only 3 of 18 (16.7 percent) from long distance.

The Bucks, who spent nearly the entire game trying to play catchup, trailed by 18 points early in the fourth quarter. But Milwaukee trimmed the deficit to 12 with 4:30 remaining after Antetokounmpo made two free throws following a foul by Al Horford.

Boston quickly squashed Milwaukee’s comeback attempt. Tatum made a 3-pointer to start a 13-4 run that put the Celtics on top by 21 points with 1:58 left.

Boston sprinted to a 65-40 lead by halftime. Brown led all scorers with 25 points at the break.

The Celtics wasted no time in grabbing a double-digit lead. They seized an 18-3 advantage in the first 6:08 behind a jump shot, two free throws and two 3-pointers by Brown, one 3-pointer apiece by Tatum and Grant Williams, and a jump shot by Horford.

Milwaukee fell behind 27-12 before cutting the deficit to 11 at the end of the first quarter.

The Celtics took command again in the second quarter. Tatum sank two free throws to give Boston a 49-29 lead with 4:38 left in the half, and Brown’s 3-pointer in the final minute increased the advantage to 25 points at the break.

–Field Level Media

You may also like

jalon moore oklahoma
Jun 21, 2025 12:35 pm

F Jalon Moore recovering from Achilles tear suffered in pre-draft workout

Former Oklahoma forward Jalon Moore is recovering from surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon sustained during a pre-draft workout. A projected second-round pick in next week’s 2025 NBA Draft,…

seattle storm
Jun 21, 2025 12:18 am

Storm spoil A’ja Wilson’s return, hand Aces another loss

Nneka Ogwumike racked up 25 points and 12 rebounds, Skylar Diggins netted 24 points, and the Seattle Storm spoiled A’ja Wilson’s return from injury with a 90-83 comeback win over…

wings
Jun 20, 2025 10:10 pm

Paige Bueckers, Wings win at Connecticut for second time

Paige Bueckers scored 21 points — 16 of them in the first half — and dished out seven assists in her second return to her collegiate home as the Dallas…

More Basketball News

jalon moore oklahoma
Jun 21, 2025 12:35 pm

F Jalon Moore recovering from Achilles tear suffered in pre-draft workout

Former Oklahoma forward Jalon Moore is recovering from surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon sustained during a pre-draft workout. A projected second-round pick in next week’s 2025 NBA Draft,…

seattle storm
Jun 21, 2025 12:18 am

Storm spoil A’ja Wilson’s return, hand Aces another loss

wings
Jun 20, 2025 10:10 pm

Paige Bueckers, Wings win at Connecticut for second time

atlanta dream
Jun 20, 2025 10:09 pm

Dream hold off Mystics rally to claim win

napheesa collier
Jun 20, 2025 8:03 pm

Napheesa Collier questionable ahead of Lynx-Sparks game

Read all
fb-post
advertisment
title-icon

Upcoming events

See all odds
[gs-fb-comments]