Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown help Celtics dismantle Bucks

Jayson Tatum posted his fifth straight 30-point sport, main the Boston Celtics with 41 en path to a 139-118 Christmas Day win over the visiting Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday evening.

Tatum and Jaylen Brown (29 factors) mixed for 70 factors in a sport for the eighth time of their careers. Tatum added seven rebounds, 5 assists and three steals as Boston gained back-to-back video games.

Derrick White, Grant Williams and Al Horford additionally scored in double figures, serving to Boston shoot 19 of 39 from 3-point vary.

Marcus Smart handed out eight assists.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had a team-high 27 factors, whereas Jrue Holiday completed with 23, Brook Lopez scored 16 and Massachusetts native Pat Connaughton added 15 on 4 3-pointers in Milwaukee’s third straight loss.

Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis every pulled in 9 rebounds, and Holiday additionally dished out seven assists.

After Boston led by only one at halftime, Tatum posted a 20-point third quarter to assist the Celtics construct a 14-point lead.

Tatum and Horford hit from downtown because the Celtics opened the second half on an 8-2 run. Following a Bucks timeout, Tatum hit three of the hosts’ 5 straight area objectives to assist enhance the rating to 87-78. Connaughton had eight straight Milwaukee factors within the midst.

The total Bucks crew solely outscored Tatum by 5 within the quarter, and it was a 100-86 sport getting into the ultimate body after a Grant Williams nook trey.

Joe Ingles hit a working 3-pointer as Milwaukee closed to 9 early within the fourth, however Williams bookended a 10-0 Celtics run with 3-pointers to make it 110-91. Brown later scored 10 straight factors to assist put the sport out of attain.

The Celtics shot 7 of 9 over the primary 4:03. Tatum and Brown hit back-to-back triples to cap an 8-0 run, turning a 12-11 deficit right into a 19-12 lead and forcing Milwaukee to name a timeout.

Milwaukee used a 10-3 run to get inside 30-28 late within the first. Brown adopted with a pullup 3-pointer and Hauser banked in a deep triple on the buzzer, extending Boston’s result in 36-28.

Shortly after an 8-0 Milwaukee run, Tatum responded with a hammer dunk over Antetokounmpo with 5:07 left earlier than halftime.

Boston’s lead was simply 62-61 on the break, as Lopez hit a fadeaway with 2.8 seconds left earlier than Brown missed three foul pictures.

–Field Level Media/Reuters