The Bucks played against the Celtics at home on January 12, Beijing time. At the end of the game, the Bucks successfully defeated the Celtics 135-102. This game has attracted a lot of attention. After all, the Bucks used Holiday as the main bargaining chip in exchange for Lillard in the offseason. Later, the Celtics acquired Holiday from the Trail Blazers in a trade. So far this season, the Bucks have The Celtics are ranked first in the Eastern Conference, and the Bucks are ranked second in the Eastern Conference. However, the Bucks have performed poorly recently. Now they have suffered 2 consecutive losses. The Bucks also once suffered a heavy defeat to the Jazz. Such a thing is obviously detrimental to the Bucks, and if the Bucks can win when the two teams meet now, it will undoubtedly improve the morale of the Bucks, so this game is crucial to the Bucks.
In the first quarter, Lillard and Antetokounmpo helped the Bucks get off to an 11-2 start. At the critical moment, Tatum caused Lillard to foul and make 2 of 2 free throws. Then Porzingis and Holiday attacked the inside to help the Celtics. People were chasing the score, but then Lopez caused damage inside, and later hit a three-pointer, and the Bucks also led by 7 points. After the timeout, the Celtics performed poorly. Portis and Beasley helped the Bucks continue to expand their lead. Originally, Tatum helped the team catch up with the score. Unfortunately, Portis broke out with a three-pointer at the end of the first quarter. At the end, the Bucks led by 18 points. The Bucks went on a 15-0 run in the second quarter, and Holiday finally helped the Celtics score to stop the bleeding. However, due to the Celtics' sluggish three-pointer, the Bucks led by 33 after Lillard hit a three-pointer. point. At the end of the game, the Celtics were unable to stop their decline. Antetokounmpo led the team to continue to take a big lead. At the end of the half, the Celtics trailed by 37 points.
In the third quarter, the Celtics were very decisive and directly replaced substitute players. However, under the leadership of Antetokounmpo, the Bucks still held a big lead. After Mykhailiuk hit a three-pointer, the Celtics were still 35 points behind. After the timeout, Lopez dunked, and then Beasley also hit a three-pointer. In the next game, Mykhailiuk scored to stop the bleeding, but Beasley and Portis continued to hit three-pointers, and Pritchard scored 2+ After 1, the Celtics were still 38 points behind. The next two teams each performed well, and the Bucks led by 41 points at the end of the three quarters. In the fourth quarter of the game, the Bucks also completely replaced their main players. At this time, the Celtics were closing in on the score, but unfortunately they dug too many holes in front of them. In the end, the Celtics defeated the Bucks by 33 points.
The Bucks broke out early in this game, and it was crucial for Lillard to find the three-point form and break out early. Although Lillard was not in good three-point form in the following games, Portis, Lopez and Bice were at this time. Leigh also found a three-pointer, and Antetokounmpo hit the inside and achieved good results, so at this time the Bucks' lead is getting bigger and bigger. At the end of the game, Lillard scored 21 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Antetokounmpo scored 24 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists, Lopez scored 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, and Beasley scored 16 points. With 4 rebounds, Portis scored 28 points and 12 rebounds.
On the other hand, it is unexpected that the Celtics fell behind by a big score early. The reason why this happened has a lot to do with the sluggish state of the Celtics' outside three-pointers. At the end of the game, the Celtics They were already 37 points behind, and under such circumstances the Celtics suffered a humiliating record. According to statistics, falling behind by 37 points at halftime created the largest deficit in the history of the Celtics since 1967. At the same time, surprisingly, the Celtics gave up the game at the end of the half. So far, Tatum has scored 7 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists. Brown has scored 10 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Holiday has scored 10 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Porzingis had 6 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.
