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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
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