Game ID: 22301148
Boston Celtics @ Milwaukee Bucks
Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 7:30 PM ET
Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, WI
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
MIL 37 26 15 26 104BOS 21 22 24 24 91
BOS @ MIL ScoutingBOS @ MIL Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
MIL availability going into 4/02 · 2 days' restOUT Beauchamp missed 3 since 3/26, out tonight
OUT Jackson Jr. missed 3 since 3/26, out tonight
BACK Antetokounmpo back 3/21 after 2, 38 min since (109% of 35)
NEW Middleton 28 to 34 min over the last 4
MIL availability going into 4/03 · back-to-backOUT Lillard missed 2 since 3/30, out tonight
OUT Beauchamp missed 4 since 3/26, out tonight
OUT Jackson Jr. missed 4 since 3/26, returns tonight: 7 min (73% of 10)
MIL availability going into 4/05 · 1 day's restOUT Lillard missed 3 since 3/30, returns tonight: 38 min (107% of 36)
OUT Beauchamp missed 5 since 3/26, out tonight
BACK Jackson Jr. back 4/03 after 4, 7 min since (73% of 10)
NEW Beasley 29 to 35 min over the last 5
NEW Middleton 28 to 35 min over the last 4
MIL availability going into 4/07 · 1 day's restOUT Beverley missed 2 since 4/03, out tonight
OUT Beauchamp missed 6 since 3/26, out tonight
BACK Lillard back 4/05 after 3, 38 min since (107% of 36)
BACK Jackson Jr. back 4/03 after 4, 12 min since (116% of 10)
NEW Middleton 28 to 33 min over the last 4
NEW Connaughton 22 to 27 min over the last 5
MIL availability going into 4/09 · 1 day's restOUT Beverley missed 3 since 4/03, returns tonight: 26 min (111% of 24)
OUT Beauchamp missed 7 since 3/26, out tonight
BACK Lillard back 4/05 after 3, 38 min since (108% of 36)
BACK Jackson Jr. back 4/03 after 4, 9 min since (91% of 10)
NEW Connaughton 22 to 29 min over the last 5
NEW Green 11 to 16 min over the last 5
MIL availability going into 4/10 · back-to-backOUT Beauchamp missed 8 since 3/26, out tonight
BACK Lillard back 4/05 after 3, 38 min since (106% of 36)
BACK Beverley back 4/09 after 3, 26 min since (111% of 24)
BACK Jackson Jr. back 4/03 after 4, 7 min since (70% of 10)
NEW Connaughton 22 to 30 min over the last 5
NEW Green 11 to 18 min over the last 5
MIL availability going into 4/12 · 1 day's restOUT Beauchamp missed 9 since 3/26, returns tonight: 8 min (64% of 12)
BACK Lillard back 4/05 after 3, 37 min since (103% of 36)
BACK Beverley back 4/09 after 3, 28 min since (119% of 24)
BACK Jackson Jr. back 4/03 after 4, 8 min since (76% of 10)
NEW Connaughton 22 to 29 min over the last 5
NEW Green 11 to 18 min over the last 5
MIL availability going into 4/14 · 1 day's restBACK Lillard back 4/05 after 3, 37 min since (103% of 36)
BACK Beverley back 4/09 after 3, 27 min since (114% of 24)
BACK Beauchamp back 4/12 after 9, 8 min since (64% of 12)
NEW Green 11 to 18 min over the last 4
MIL availability going into 4/21 · 6 days' restOUT Green missed 2 since 4/12, returns tonight: 6 min (50% of 11)
BACK Beverley back 4/09 after 3, 27 min since (113% of 24)
BACK Beauchamp back 4/12 after 9, 7 min since (62% of 12)
BOS availability going into 4/01 · 1 day's restOUT Queta missed 4 since 3/23, out tonight
OUT Brissett missed 2 since 3/28, returns tonight: 13 min (126% of 10)
BACK Holiday back 3/28 after 5, 36 min since (106% of 34)
BACK Hauser back 3/22 after 2, 24 min since (115% of 21)
NEW Pritchard 22 to 27 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 4/03 · 1 day's restOUT Queta missed 5 since 3/23, out tonight
BACK Holiday back 3/28 after 5, 34 min since (100% of 34)
BACK Brissett back 4/01 after 2, 13 min since (126% of 10)
NEW Porziņģis 29 to 34 min over the last 4
BOS availability going into 4/05 · 1 day's restOUT Queta missed 6 since 3/23, out tonight
BACK Holiday back 3/28 after 5, 33 min since (99% of 34)
BACK Brissett back 4/01 after 2, 8 min since (80% of 10)
BOS availability going into 4/07 · 1 day's restOUT Queta missed 7 since 3/23, out tonight
BACK Holiday back 3/28 after 5, 33 min since (97% of 34)
BACK Brissett back 4/01 after 2, 8 min since (74% of 10)
BOS availability going into 4/09 · 1 day's restOUT Queta missed 8 since 3/23, out tonight
BACK Brissett back 4/01 after 2, 8 min since (77% of 10)
BOS availability going into 4/11 · 1 day's restOUT Queta missed 9 since 3/23, out tonight
BACK Brissett back 4/01 after 2, 8 min since (74% of 10)
NEW Pritchard 22 to 28 min over the last 5
NEW Hauser 21 to 27 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 4/12 · back-to-backOUT Queta missed 10 since 3/23, returns tonight: 18 min (160% of 11)
NEW Hauser 21 to 27 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 4/14 · 1 day's restBACK Queta back 4/12 after 10, 18 min since (160% of 11)
NEW Pritchard 22 to 27 min over the last 5
NEW Hauser 21 to 29 min over the last 5
BOS availability going into 4/21 · 6 days' restOUT Tatum missed 2 since 4/12, returns tonight: 41 min (112% of 37)
OUT Brown missed 2 since 4/12, returns tonight: 34 min (100% of 34)
OUT Holiday missed 2 since 4/12, returns tonight: 34 min (99% of 34)
OUT White missed 2 since 4/12, returns tonight: 34 min (101% of 33)
OUT Porziņģis missed 2 since 4/12, returns tonight: 34 min (118% of 29)
OUT Horford missed 2 since 4/12, returns tonight: 26 min (93% of 28)
BACK Queta back 4/12 after 10, 19 min since (167% of 11)
NEW Pritchard 22 to 29 min over the last 5
NEW Hauser 21 to 29 min over the last 5
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Milwaukee comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 116, shooting 45 percent and 31 from three, 24 free throws a game; Antetokounmpo at 30 and Middleton at 18 a game. That is 4 straight losses. Without Beverley (3 straight). One day's rest. Boston comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 101, shooting 50 percent and 37 from three, 16 free throws a game; Tatum at 22 and Brown at 22 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 4 a night. One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 101 a night to Milwaukee's 116 and the line, where Milwaukee takes 24 free throws a game to Boston's 16. Call it Boston 117, Milwaukee 111.
4/02 @ WAS 113-117 — MIL notes
MIL lost 113-117. MIL took 10 more shots (103 to 93), fed by 18 offensive rebounds, but shot 44% to WAS's 51%, 11 of 48 from three. The glass went 57-44 for them. Antetokounmpo led with 35 (15 of 21, 5 of 9 at the line); Middleton added 24, Connaughton 15. Q1 was theirs, 28-27, but the other 3 periods went 90-85 against them. Middleton's -14 in 31 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/03 vs MEM 101-111 — MIL notes
MIL lost 101-111. MIL shot 40% (38 of 95) to MEM's 51%, 18 of 44 from three. The glass went 44-54 against them. Lopez led with 25 (9 of 14, 5 of 7 from three); Antetokounmpo added 21, Portis 19. Q3 was theirs, 29-26, the deficit cut from 4 to 1, but the other 3 periods went 85-72 against them. They led by as many as 10.
4/05 vs TOR 111-117 — MIL notes
MIL lost 111-117. MIL took 15 more shots (94 to 79), fed by 12 offensive rebounds, but shot 44% to TOR's 46%, 12 of 42 from three, and got to the line 21 times to TOR's 36. Lillard led with 36 (10 of 24, 4 of 12 from three, 12 of 14 at the line); Middleton added 21, Portis 19. Q1 was theirs, 27-21, but the other 3 periods went 96-84 against them. They led by as many as 10. Lopez's -16 in 20 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/07 vs NYK 109-122 — MIL notes
MIL lost 109-122. MIL shot 47% (35 of 75) to NYK's 49%, 12 of 34 from three, and went to the line 32 times to NYK's 22 — 27 points from the stripe to their 18. MIL turned it over 14 times to NYK's 5, and NYK turned those into 9 steals. G. Antetokounmpo led with 28 (10 of 20, 8 of 11 at the line); Portis added 24, Lillard 23. Q1 was theirs, 31-25, but the other 3 periods went 97-78 against them. They led by as many as 11. Connaughton's -11 in 31 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/09 vs BOS 104-91 — MIL notes
MIL won 104-91. MIL shot 53% (43 of 81) to BOS's 40%, 17 of 36 from three. The glass went 49-38 for them. Beverley led with 20 (8 of 13, 4 of 8 from three); Antetokounmpo added 15, Lopez 15. The hinge was Q1, 37-21: from level to 16 ahead, and the lead reached 24. Antetokounmpo was the night's best plus/minus at +17.
4/10 vs ORL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Milwaukee comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 112, shooting 45 percent and 34 from three, 17 free throws a game; Antetokounmpo at 25 and Lillard at 24 a game. Second night of a back-to-back. Orlando comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 110, shooting 47 percent and 32 from three, 25 free throws a game; Banchero at 25 and F. Wagner at 20 a game. Second night of a back-to-back.
So: Milwaukee wins, and the game turns on the line, where Orlando takes 25 free throws a game to Milwaukee's 17. Call it Milwaukee 113, Orlando 111, Orlando keeping it close.
4/12 @ OKC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 115, shooting 48 percent and 37 from three, 24 free throws a game; Dort at 17 and Giddey at 15 a game. That is 3 straight wins. One day's rest. Milwaukee comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 108, shooting 47 percent and 38 from three, 17 free throws a game; Lillard at 25 and Portis at 21 a game. One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, and the game turns on the line, where OKC takes 24 free throws a game to Milwaukee's 17 and the defense, Milwaukee allowing 108 a night to OKC's 115. Call it OKC 116, Milwaukee 113, Milwaukee keeping it close.
4/14 @ ORL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Orlando comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 116, shooting 46 percent and 30 from three, 23 free throws a game; Banchero at 24 and F. Wagner at 21 a game. That is 3 straight losses. One day's rest. Milwaukee comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 110 a night and allowing 111, shooting 49 percent and 37 from three, 18 free throws a game; Lillard at 25 and Portis at 18 a game. One day's rest.
So: Orlando wins, and the game turns on the arc, Milwaukee at 37 percent from three to Orlando's 30 and the line, where Orlando takes 23 free throws a game to Milwaukee's 18. Call it Orlando 113, Milwaukee 112, Milwaukee keeping it close.
4/21 vs IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Milwaukee comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 105 a night and allowing 110, shooting 48 percent and 37 from three, 18 free throws a game; Lillard at 20 and Portis at 18 a game. 6 days' rest. Indiana comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 132 a night and allowing 119, shooting 55 percent and 38 from three, 19 free throws a game; Siakam at 20 and Turner at 20 a game. 6 days' rest.
So: Indiana wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Milwaukee allowing 110 a night to Indiana's 119 and the turnovers, Milwaukee giving it away 15 times a game to Indiana's 12. Call it Indiana 119, Milwaukee 117, Milwaukee keeping it close.
4/01 @ CHA 118-104 — BOS notes
BOS won 118-104. BOS shot 48% (43 of 89) to CHA's 45%, 19 of 53 from three. The glass went 51-40 for them. Tatum led with 25 (9 of 19, 4 of 10 from three); Hauser added 25, Porziņģis 20. The hinge was Q3, 36-26: a lead of 6 became 16, and the lead reached 19. Tatum was the night's best plus/minus at +14.
4/03 vs OKC 135-100 — BOS notes
BOS won 135-100. BOS shot 54% (50 of 92) to OKC's 43%, 17 of 40 from three, and got to the line 19 times to OKC's 28. The glass went 46-31 for them. Porziņģis led with 27 (11 of 14, 3 of 3 from three); Tatum added 24, Brown 23. The hinge was Q4, 42-17: a lead of 10 became 35. Horford was the night's best plus/minus at +32.
4/05 vs SAC 101-100 — BOS notes
BOS won 101-100. BOS shot 43% (38 of 89) to SAC's 38%, 12 of 44 from three. Pritchard led with 21 (8 of 16, 5 of 10 from three); Porziņģis added 20, Tatum 17. The hinge was Q1, 27-15: from level to 12 ahead, and the lead reached 19.
4/07 vs POR 124-107 — BOS notes
BOS won 124-107. BOS shot 56% (49 of 87) to POR's 39%, 16 of 38 from three. The glass went 40-53 against them. Brown led with 26 (10 of 17, 3 of 5 from three); Pritchard added 20, White 15. The hinge was Q4, 31-22: a lead of 8 became 17. Pritchard was the night's best plus/minus at +19.
4/09 @ MIL 91-104 — BOS notes
BOS lost 91-104. BOS took 12 more shots (93 to 81), fed by 12 offensive rebounds, but shot 40% to MIL's 53%, 17 of 52 from three. The glass went 38-49 against them. Tatum led with 22 (9 of 19, 4 of 9 from three); Brown added 14, Holiday 12. Q3 was theirs, 24-15, the deficit cut from 20 to 11, but the other 3 periods went 89-67 against them. Tillman's -15 in 18 minutes was the worst on the floor.
4/11 vs NYK — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 103, shooting 48 percent and 36 from three, 13 free throws a game; Tatum at 22 and Brown at 21 a game. One day's rest. New York comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 110, shooting 50 percent and 42 from three, 23 free throws a game; Brunson at 36 and DiVincenzo at 22 a game. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the line, where New York takes 23 free throws a game to Boston's 13 and the arc, New York at 42 percent from three to Boston's 36. Call it Boston 114, New York 109.
4/12 vs CHA — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 106, shooting 48 percent and 36 from three, 13 free throws a game; Tatum at 20 and Brown at 20 a game. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Second night of a back-to-back. Charlotte comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 109 a night and allowing 114, shooting 50 percent and 36 from three, 20 free throws a game; Miller at 23 and Bridges at 20 a game. It has lost the glass by 8 a night. One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the line, where Charlotte takes 20 free throws a game to Boston's 13 and the defense, Boston allowing 106 a night to Charlotte's 114. Call it Boston 116, Charlotte 107.
4/14 vs WAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 105, shooting 47 percent and 35 from three, 12 free throws a game; Tatum at 19 and Pritchard at 19 a game. It has lost the glass by 5 a night. One day's rest. Washington comes in 0-5 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 124, shooting 48 percent and 38 from three, 24 free throws a game; Poole at 26 and Avdija at 20 a game. That is 5 straight losses. It has lost the glass by 9 a night. Without Jones (15 straight), Holmes (8 straight). One day's rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the defense, Boston allowing 105 a night to Washington's 124 and the line, where Washington takes 24 free throws a game to Boston's 12. Call it Boston 121, Washington 110, Boston by 11.
4/21 vs MIA — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Boston comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 110, shooting 50 percent and 39 from three, 13 free throws a game; Pritchard at 22 and Brown at 18 a game. Without Tatum (2 straight), Brown (2 straight), Holiday (2 straight). 6 days' rest. Miami comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 113 a night and allowing 109, shooting 48 percent and 36 from three, 22 free throws a game; Herro at 22 and Butler III at 19 a game. Without Rozier (4 straight), Robinson (4 straight), Richardson (29 straight). 6 days' rest.
So: Boston wins, and the game turns on the line, where Miami takes 22 free throws a game to Boston's 13. Call it Boston 115, Miami 109.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
MILAG A. Green
BL B. Lopez
BP B. Portis
DL D. Lillard
GA G. Antetokounmpo
KM K. Middleton
MB M. Beasley
PB P. Beverley
PC P. Connaughton
BOSDW D. White
JB J. Brown
JH J. Holiday
JT J. Tatum
LK L. Kornet
OB O. Brissett
PP P. Pritchard
SH S. Hauser
SM S. Mykhailiuk
XT X. Tillman
MIL/BOS the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Bucks withstand Antetokounmpo's injury to beat Celtics 104-91. Teams combined for record-low 2 FTs
MILWAUKEE -- — On the night they finally snapped their four-game skid, the Milwaukee Bucks encountered an entirely different reason for worry.
Their two-time MVP is hurt.
Giannis Antetokounmpo strained his left calf late Tuesday in the third quarter of the Bucks' 104-91 victory over the Boston Celtics , who became the first team in NBA history to not shoot a free throw on a night the teams combined for a record-low two attempts.
Bucks coach Doc Rivers said after the game that Antetokounmpo was undergoing an MRI on his calf and also would have his Achilles tendon tested. Rivers was asked about his concern level.
“High, I would say that,” Rivers said. “He's Giannis. I think everyone probably feels the same way as I do right now. We're just going to hope for the best.”
Patrick Beverley had 20 points and 10 rebounds after the Bucks shook up their lineup by having the veteran guard start ahead of Malik Beasley , who came off the bench for the first time all season.
But that lineup change was overshadowed by Antetokounmpo's situation.
Antetokounmpo was heading up the court late in the third quarter after a Celtics basket when he grabbed his left calf and took a seat. He was helped off the floor, and cameras showed him heading to the locker room under his own power.
The Bucks said Antetokounmpo had a left soleus strain. The soleus is a muscle in the calf.
“Any time you see one of your teammates go down, it’s I think a real level of concern,” Bucks guard Damian Lillard said. “We spend a lot of time around each other, more than we would our families. I think that was the No. 1 thing. And then for it to be your best player, the most important part of our team, at this point in the season, it was like an, ‘Oh, (damn)’ moment, especially because there was nobody else around.”
Antetokounmpo had 15 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and he also attempted the game's only free throws. He went 1 of 2 from the line in the first quarter.
The previous record for fewest combined attempts in a game was 11.
“I didn't realize that until they told me just before I walked in,” Bucks center Brook Lopez said during his postgame availability. “It is weird, after the fact. I honestly didn't really catch it throughout the game. I didn't notice it.”
Milwaukee withstood Antetokounmpo's injury thanks to a blazing start that enabled the Bucks to take a 24-point lead in the first half.
“That was the first time where like the game wasn't going our way since I don't remember when, you know what I mean?” Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said. “To me, that's a good opportunity, to play through that, find different ways to create runs, find different ways to just build stuff on either end of the floor. I thought it was a good situation for us to be in because we hadn't seen it in a while.”
Lopez and Bobby Portis scored 15 points apiece, and Lillard and Khris Middleton added 12 apiece. Portis also had 10 rebounds.
The Celtics, who already have clinched the NBA’s best regular-season record and No. 1 overall playoff seed, were playing without Al Horford and Kristaps Porzingis . Horford was unavailable due to a sprained left big toe, and the Celtics are managing Porzingis’ workload after he missed five games last month with a sprained right hamstring.
Jayson Tatum scored 22 points to lead the Celtics. Jaylen Brown had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Jrue Holiday had 12 points.
Lopez went 4 of 5 on 3-point attempts in the opening six minutes to set the tone for a first quarter in which the Bucks shot 14 of 18 overall and 8 of 10 from 3-point range.