After a hot start from the Milwaukee Bucks and Giannis Antetokounmpo, Boston took things over and cruised to a 124-109 win at TD Garden.
The Greek Freak was feeling it early for the Bucks. And a lackluster defense from Boston didn’t help matters. After Giannis scored 11 points, many uncontested, in the first 4 minutes, Brad Stevens called a quick timeout. Whatever he said may have helped temporarily, but Milwaukee still ended up scoring 35 first quarter points on a blistering 65% shooting. The Freak and Jabari Parker combined for 27 of them. Boston dropped 30 of their own, but would need to turn up the defensive intensity if they wanted to get a win.
The Celtics scored 35 points of their own in quarter no. two, and looked great on offense. Evan Turner and Marcus Smart did a great job keeping things uptempo, and the C’s rolled off 14 fastbreak points. Tyler Zeller had himself a fantastic quarter, scoring 9 points, to go with 2 blocks & 2 assists in just 8 minutes. The C’s were up 65-58 at the half and never looked back. By the end of the 3rd, the Celts already had 103 points on the board! In that crucial 3rd quarter, Boston shot 58% and held Milwaukee to 33% shooting.
The reserves were the big story tonight. Boston’s bench outscored Milwaukee’s 60-37 and Tyler Zeller tied career-highs with 26 points & 4 blocks. Some more numbers from the second unit: 24 assists, 22 boards and 7 blocks. Just an outstanding job from them tonight.
The C’s now head to Atlanta for a huge game with the Hawks tomorrow night at 7:30pm.
The Green:
- Zeller obviously, with his 26 point, 4 block performance
- Kelly Olynyk had 16 points on 5 of 5 shooting & 7 rebounds in 22 minutes
- IT dropped 20 points, and now has scored 20+ in 18 straight
- Team had 35 assists on 44 made hoops and 70 points in the paint..SEVENTY.
The Gross:
- I have no complaints folks
The Greenlights:
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The Grid: (quick stats)
- Celts were 30 of 38 from FT line
- Rebounds: BOS 35 MIL 38
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