The Celtics today won 116-108 on the road to the Bucks, and the series score came to 2-2, and the two sides will fight the king mountain battle.
It is worth mentioning that at the end of the third quarter, the Celtics also trailed by 7 points 73-80, but they played a 43-28 score in the fourth quarter, a net win of 15 points, and finally turned a defeat into a win, equalizing the big score and not letting the Bucks get the match point. In the fourth quarter, the Celtics shot 84 percent from the field, 80 percent from three-point range, and 100 percent from the free throws.
In the fourth quarter, Howard and Tatum performed well, contributing 28 points together, as many as the Bucks scored in the fourth quarter. Horford played 11 minutes and scored 16 points on 6-of-6 shooting, Tatum played 12 minutes and scored 12 points on 5-of-6 shooting.
After cutting down 22 points, 16 rebounds and five assists in the previous game, Horford played 41 minutes today, shooting 11-of-14, including 5-of-7 three-pointers and 3-of-4 free throws, and had 30 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists. Horford thus became the oldest player in Celtics history to score 30 points in a single playoff game since Havlicek. In the second game against the 76ers in the 1977 Eastern Conference semifinals, Havlicek scored 30 points.
In addition, this is also the first time in Horford's playoff career to get 30+. Prior to that, Horford had played 131 playoff games, but had never scored a 30+, with a single-game maximum of 26 points. In the past two games, Horford has had 52 points and 24 rebounds, acting as if howard was at his peak.
You know, Horford is almost 36 years old, and it is really old and strong to have such a performance. For Celtic, this is also a home with an old age, such as a treasure. Some netizens joked that Horford returned to the Celtics, originally prepared for the pension, but did not expect to be "chewed old". The Celtics are centered on double probing, but in fact, Horford is also from tanhua, but he is a tanhua in 2007, much earlier than Tatum and Brown entered the league.
Tatum's poor performance today was also good, playing 41 minutes, shooting 11 of 24, including 3 of 10 three-pointers and 5 of 6 from the free throw line, with 30 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists. Jaylen Brown played 32 minutes today and had 18 points and three rebounds on 5-of-11 shooting. Smart played 42 minutes, shooting 8-of-13 and finishing with 18 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 blocks.
On the Bucks side, Alphabet Brother played 41 minutes, shooting 14-of-32, including 0-of-4 three-pointers, 6-of-11 free throws, and 34 points, 18 rebounds and 5 assists. It is worth mentioning that so far in the playoffs this season, Alphabet Brother has conceded a total of 36 free throws, while the Celtics have only conceded 31 free throws for the whole team.
Holliday played 40 minutes and shot 5-of-22, including 1-of-6 from three-point range and 5-of-5 from the free throw line, with 16 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals.