At 8:30 a.m. Beijing time on January 12, the NBA regular season matchup is in full swing, with the Milwaukee Bucks sitting at home to face the Boston Celtics. Prior to this game, the Celtics were in first place in the East and first in the league with a 29-8 record, with an 18-0 home record and no loss. In the last 8 games, Tatum has averaged 31.2 points, 8.1 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game, and in the last 3 games, Jaylen Brown has averaged 35.3 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2 assists per game, shooting 62.2%. Commenting on the Green Army's 18-game winning streak at home this season, Brown said:
"It's amazing. Whenever you get a chance to make the all-time list, that's great. For us, we had the best start in our history and it says a lot about what kind of group we have. It's an honor, so let's keep doing it. "On the other side of the Bucks, before this game, with a record of 25 wins and 12 losses, ranked 2nd in the East, although the overall winning rate of the Bucks is also very high, second only to the Celtics in the East, but the recent state of the Bucks, and the Celtics are diametrically opposite, they have entered a bottleneck period, Lillard continues to slump, he has 7 consecutive games, three-point shooting rate is less than 4 percent, Brother Alphabet alone to lead the team is a little difficult to support, this season without Holiday and Allen, the Bucks' outside defense has indeed been weakened a lot.
In this game, the two sides are in the starting lineup, the Bucks sent Lillard, Beasley, Middleton, Antetokounmpo and Big Lopez, and the Celtics sent Holiday , White, Brown, Tatum and Porzingis. At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, Da Lopez jumped to win, the Bucks took the lead in getting the ball, Lillard came up and scored a three-pointer at the top of the arc and scored the first goal of the game. Tatum broke through to make a layup to help the Green Army stop the bleeding in time, and Boshen also scored a goal inside.
Lillard was in good shape, with the Lightning breaking through the layup and dropping two points, and Beasley dummy a dry jumper into the net. In the second half of the first quarter, the Celtics once again collapsed, repeatedly hitting iron outside the three-point line, the Bucks instantly took the initiative and quickly took a double-digit lead, and the first quarter ended, the Bucks led the Celtics by 18 points 41-23. At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Brother Alphabet Golden Rooster independently received the limit of the step-back jumper to help the Bucks take the next city, Portis took a bow and shot an arrow outside the three-point line, Brother Alphabet made a layup in three steps and dunked a ball, Portis drifted mid-distance jumper into the center of the net, Middleton arc top three points burst into the cold arrow, Lopez big hook in the penalty area picked down two points, and the Bucks blasted out a wave of super offensive at the beginning of the second quarter, and the difference has come to more than 30 points.
Jaylen Brown's free-throw line jumper finally helped the Celtics get out of the scoring drought, but after that, the Green Army continued to feel sluggish, hitting only one of the first 16 three-point shots, knowing that they are the most three-point production team in the league. At halftime, the Bucks led the Celtics by 37 points, 75-38. At the beginning of the second half of the game, Yibian fought again, the Celtics all the main players directly clocked out of work in the half, and did not play in the second half, House's small throw in the paint area opened the third quarter of the game, Lillard stepped back and pulled two points into the bag, Brother Alphabet strode meteor and flew to the layup to cause damage, standing on the free throw line and making two free throws, Lopez easily scored a goal in the air relay, Brother Alphabet stepped on the snow without a trace to pick up the offensive rebound, and a strong dunk was also scored, and Pritchard made a three-point shot into the center of the net with the help of blocking and dismantling.
Beasley received the ball and pulled the ball into the net in a dashing manner, and the margin had been hovering around 40 points, and after three quarters, the Bucks led the Green Army by 41 points at 111-70. In the final quarter, both sides were all substitutes, the game entered garbage time early, and the outcome completely lost suspense, and in the end, the Bucks won 135-102 Celtics by 33 points at home, and the Celtics were optimistic before the game. It is worth mentioning that the Green Army lost by 37 points at halftime in this game, setting their worst record since 1967.
In terms of statistics, on the Celtics' side, Payton Pritchard had 21 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Sam Hauser had 15 points and 4 rebounds, Oshae Brissett had 13 points, Jaylen Brown had 10 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Tatum had 7 points, and Svyatoslav Mikhailiuk had 9 points. On the Bucks side, Bobby Portis had 28 points and 12 rebounds, Giannis Antetokounmpo had 24 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists, Damian Lillard had 21 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Malik Beasley had 16 points and 4 rebounds, and Brook Lopez had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.