On May 4, Beijing time, the second game of the Celtic Bucks series, the green shirts who fell behind 0-1 at home have no way to retreat, although Smart is absent due to injury, but in the first half of the competition, the Celtics fully control the initiative to take a 25-point lead.
As soon as the game came up, the Greenshirts held their breath to blast a fantastic 15-3 start to stop the defending champion, after the timeout, the Celtics continued to extend the lead, Jaylen Brown was in hot form, hit the long range in succession, and scored 17 points efficiently on 6 of 7 three-pointers in the first quarter. It is worth mentioning that Brown's 17 points set a new personal playoff single-quarter scoring record, and six goals and 17 points in a single quarter also exceeded Brown's personal G1 full-game stats. In the first quarter, the Green shirts took an 11-point lead, and the alphabet brother felt cold, scoring only 2 points in 1 of 7 in a single quarter.
Entering the second quarter, Pregart hit a three-pointer, Horford attacked and defended to switch to a layup, Gwei broke through, Brown's corner received three-pointers and then scored, and the Celtics once again exploded a 10-4 start to lead to 17 points to make Budenholzer shout to stop again. On his return, Horford scored five straight three-pointers and layups, Tatum, Pu richard and Gwei hit three-pointers in quick succession, Brown scored five more points from mid-range and long range, and at halftime, the Celtics took a 25-point lead 65-40.
Throughout the first half, Holliday had 11 points and five assists, and Alphabet Brother had only 5 points and 4 assists on 2-of-12 shooting. On the Celtic side, Tatum had 10 points and 3 assists, Horford had 9 points, 6 boards, 3 assists and 3 breaks, and Jaylen Brown was 9-of-10 with 25 points, 2 boards, 2 assists, 2 breaks and 1 cap to fill the data field.