Boston Celtics 121, Milwaukee Bucks 127 — Recap

April 7, 2022 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 121, Milwaukee Bucks 127. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 29-36 MIL; Q2 BOS 30-33 MIL; Q3 BOS 38-33 MIL; Q4 BOS 24-25 MIL.

Top performers (box score): Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) 29 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists on 11-of-21 shooting; Jrue Holiday (MIL) 29 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Marcus Smart (BOS) 29 points, 1 rebounds, 7 assists, 7 threes on 10-of-16 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 22 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 threes on 8-of-20 shooting; Khris Middleton (MIL) 22 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-18 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIL

Giannis Antetokounmpo

29 PTS, 11 REB, 5 AST · 11-21 FG

Scoring · MIL

Jrue Holiday

29 PTS, 8 REB, 8 AST, 4 3PM · 10-19 FG

Scoring · BOS

Marcus Smart

29 PTS, 1 REB, 7 AST, 7 3PM · 10-16 FG

Season highs

Marcus Smart · Season-high 29 pointsMarcus Smart · Season-high 7 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
BOS	29	30	38	24		121
MIL	36	33	33	25		127

🧮 How They Scored

BOSMIL

34Points in the paint58

9Fast-break points19

6Second-chance points14

11Points off turnovers22

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.5%Effective FG%57.7%

14.4%Turnover %9.4%

19.0%Offensive rebound %28.0%

0.218Free-throw rate0.216

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Derrick White G	39	19	7	3	0	0	3	6-13	4-8	3-3	-11
Jaylen Brown G	37	22	10	11	1	1	4	8-20	2-8	4-7	+3
Grant Williams F	37	4	8	2	2	2	2	2-7	0-4	0-0	+2
Daniel Theis F	32	22	5	3	0	0	1	8-12	3-3	3-5	-5
Marcus Smart G	30	29	1	7	2	0	3	10-16	7-12	2-2	-7
Payton Pritchard G	19	12	4	2	2	1	1	5-10	2-7	0-0	+2
Sam Hauser F	18	11	4	1	0	0	0	4-5	3-4	0-0	0
Luke Kornet F-C	16	2	5	1	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	2-2	-1
Aaron Nesmith G-F	12	0	0	0	1	0	2	0-3	0-3	0-0	-13

Milwaukee Bucks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jrue Holiday G	39	29	8	8	3	1	3	10-19	4-9	5-8	+10
Khris Middleton F	39	22	8	9	2	1	3	9-18	3-8	1-1	+10
Giannis Antetokounmpo F	38	29	11	5	2	1	4	11-21	0-4	7-10	-1
Bobby Portis F	27	17	7	1	1	0	0	7-11	3-4	0-0	+28
Wesley Matthews G-F	27	7	1	1	1	1	0	2-4	1-3	2-2	+6
Brook Lopez C	24	15	7	0	0	1	0	7-16	1-4	0-0	-8
Pat Connaughton G	21	6	3	1	2	0	1	2-6	2-5	0-0	-12
George Hill G	14	2	2	2	2	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	+5
Jevon Carter G	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-8

🔬 Advanced Stats

Boston CelticsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Marcus Smart	Bench	30	29	85.9	27.0	-12.0	17.6
Jaylen Brown	Bench	37	22	47.7	30.3	+3.7	10.8
Daniel Theis	Bench	32	22	77.5	19.5	-8.7	12.2
Derrick White	Bench	39	19	66.3	18.7	-13.4	9.0
Payton Pritchard	Bench	19	12	60.0	25.0	+5.0	15.3
Sam Hauser	Bench	18	11	110.0	12.2	+2.8	15.3
Grant Williams	Bench	37	4	28.6	10.3	+0.9	3.2
Luke Kornet	Bench	16	2	53.2	5.7	+3.8	6.6
Aaron Nesmith	Bench	12	0	0.0	17.9	-44.7	-7.6

Milwaukee BucksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Giannis Antetokounmpo	Bench	38	29	57.1	30.5	-2.8	12.8
Jrue Holiday	Bench	39	29	64.4	27.1	+10.6	15.5
Khris Middleton	Bench	39	22	59.7	21.0	+7.6	14.5
Bobby Portis	Bench	27	17	77.3	15.9	+49.1	15.2
Brook Lopez	Bench	24	15	46.9	27.1	-14.8	8.8
Wesley Matthews	Bench	27	7	71.7	7.4	+13.6	2.7
Pat Connaughton	Bench	21	6	50.0	13.7	-30.5	5.8
George Hill	Bench	14	2	50.0	5.3	+11.1	3.8
Jevon Carter	Bench	11	0	0.0	0.0	-42.4	0.0