Milwaukee Bucks 121, Boston Celtics 122 — Recap

December 23, 2020 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Milwaukee Bucks 121, Boston Celtics 122. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIL 34-31 BOS; Q2 MIL 25-33 BOS; Q3 MIL 25-37 BOS; Q4 MIL 37-21 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) 35 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 13-of-26 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 33 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 13-of-24 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 30 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-28 shooting; Khris Middleton (MIL) 27 points, 14 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-20 shooting; Jrue Holiday (MIL) 25 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 10-of-16 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIL

Giannis Antetokounmpo

35 PTS, 13 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 13-26 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jaylen Brown

33 PTS, 5 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 13-24 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

30 PTS, 7 REB, 2 AST, 6 3PM · 12-28 FG

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
MIL	34	25	25	37		121
BOS	31	33	37	21		122

🧮 How They Scored

MILBOS

50Points in the paint40

18Fast-break points5

19Second-chance points10

8Points off turnovers19

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

58.9%Effective FG%56.4%

14.0%Turnover %5.4%

28.9%Offensive rebound %19.6%

0.200Free-throw rate0.109

Box Score

Milwaukee Bucks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Khris Middleton F	38	27	14	8	0	0	2	10-20	3-8	4-4	+7
Jrue Holiday G	38	25	6	3	2	1	3	10-16	1-4	4-4	-5
Giannis Antetokounmpo F	36	35	13	2	0	2	7	13-26	3-8	6-8	-1
Brook Lopez C	29	7	3	0	0	2	0	3-4	1-2	0-0	+22
Donte DiVincenzo G	27	15	5	3	2	0	1	6-11	3-4	0-0	+5
Pat Connaughton G	23	6	1	1	0	0	1	2-3	2-3	0-0	-15
Bobby Portis F	16	3	4	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-0	1-2	-16
Bryn Forbes G	14	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-5	1-4	0-0	+4
D.J. Wilson F	13	0	5	1	0	1	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	-6
Sam Merrill G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown G	38	33	5	4	2	1	0	13-24	3-8	4-4	+8
Marcus Smart G	38	3	1	7	0	2	2	0-3	0-2	3-4	0
Jayson Tatum F	33	30	7	2	2	1	2	12-28	6-13	0-0	-6
Jeff Teague G	25	19	3	4	2	1	0	7-15	4-4	1-2	+7
Daniel Theis F	25	10	3	3	0	0	0	4-8	2-6	0-0	+7
Tristan Thompson C-F	22	12	8	1	0	0	0	6-10	0-0	0-0	-5
Semi Ojeleye F	19	5	4	1	0	0	0	2-2	1-1	0-1	+20
Grant Williams F	15	3	1	1	1	0	1	1-5	1-4	0-0	-19
Payton Pritchard G	13	3	1	0	1	0	0	1-4	1-2	0-0	-2
Robert Williams III C-F	12	4	4	0	0	1	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	-5

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Giannis Antetokounmpo	Bench	36	35	59.3	40.4	-2.9	13.6
Khris Middleton	Bench	38	27	62.0	25.6	+9.0	20.9
Jrue Holiday	Bench	38	25	70.4	22.6	-6.2	13.4
Donte DiVincenzo	Bench	27	15	68.2	17.9	+0.8	12.0
Brook Lopez	Bench	29	7	87.5	5.7	+33.9	5.0
Pat Connaughton	Bench	23	6	100.0	6.7	-30.1	4.6
Bobby Portis	Bench	16	3	38.7	12.2	-47.1	4.2
Bryn Forbes	Bench	14	3	30.0	15.2	+9.7	-1.5
Sam Merrill	Bench	5	0	0.0	0.0	+7.7	0.0
D.J. Wilson	Bench	13	0	0.0	9.4	-16.8	2.7

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jaylen Brown	Bench	38	33	64.1	28.4	+10.1	17.6
Jayson Tatum	Bench	33	30	53.6	39.0	-6.8	14.1
Jeff Teague	Bench	25	19	59.8	25.8	+14.5	15.3
Tristan Thompson	Bench	22	12	60.0	17.9	-7.5	12.1
Daniel Theis	Bench	25	10	62.5	14.8	+15.7	9.2
Semi Ojeleye	Bench	19	5	102.5	4.7	+48.7	8.5
Robert Williams III	Bench	12	4	100.0	9.4	-18.5	8.5
Marcus Smart	Bench	38	3	31.5	7.8	0.0	2.3
Grant Williams	Bench	15	3	30.0	15.8	-65.9	-1.7
Payton Pritchard	Bench	13	3	37.5	11.8	-7.1	1.9