MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kyle Kuzma scored a season-high 31 factors and Bobby Portis added 27 factors and 10 rebounds because the Milwaukee Bucks rallied within the second half to defeat the Boston Celtics 116-101 on Thursday night time with out injured star Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Portis hit a pair of 3-pointers from the left nook as Milwaukee opened the fourth quarter with an 8-2 run to go in entrance 95-82. One other 3 by Portis put the Bucks up 106-89 with 6:49 remaining.
Portis hit 11 of 13 pictures, together with 5 of 6 past the arc, in 26 minutes. Kevin Porter Jr. had 18 factors, 10 rebounds and 13 assists.
Jaylen Brown scored 30 factors and Jordan Walsh added 20 for the Celtics, whose five-game successful streak ended.
Milwaukee improved to 2-7 this season with out Antetokounmpo, who missed his third consecutive sport with a strained proper calf. Antetokounmpo, who’s averaging 28.9 factors and 10.1 rebounds, is predicted to overlook two to 4 weeks.
Boston led 67-60 on the half. Kuzma scored 9 factors to gasoline an 11-0 spurt that introduced the Bucks even at 71-all halfway by the third quarter.
Milwaukee, which trailed by 10 within the first quarter, pulled inside 30-29, however the Celtics responded with a 23-9 run, getting into entrance 52-38 on Payton Pritchard’s 3-pointer with slightly below seven minutes left within the half.
Pritchard and Walsh every hit three 3-pointers within the first half. Nevertheless, the Celtics went chilly from 3-point vary, ending 14 of 49 (28.6%).
Up subsequent
Celtics: Host the Detroit Pistons on Monday.
Bucks: Go to the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday.
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