Jaylen Brown was a game-changer for the Celtics on Tuesday night. At 12 points at 4/13 in Game 1, won 101-89 by the Bucks, he scored 30 points this time – including 25 at 9/10 and 5/5 at 3-points in the 1st half – at 11/ 18 (5 rebounds, 6 assists) in the win 109-86 his.
Boston therefore equalizes at 1-1 in this series of the 2022 Eastern Conference semi-finals. Jayson Tatum finished with 19 points at 10/20, 8 assists and 3 steals, Grant Williams 21 stitches and Al Horford 14 points and 11 rebounds. The team hit 20 of 43 long-range attempts in the game and scored 24 points on Milwaukee’s 16 strays. As in Game 1, Boston took good care of Giannis Antetokounmpoauthor of 28 points (9 rebounds, 7 assists) but 11/27 on shots. Jrue Holiday sign him 19 points and 7 assists and Bobby Portis 13 points and 8 rebounds.
Boston scored the first 7 points of the game before quickly leading 18-3, forcing a first time-out. Antetokounmpo missed his first 6 shots before opening his counter on a dunk less than a minute from the end of the 1st quarter. With 17 points from Brown (a career high in a quarter for him), Boston finished the period ahead 32-21, then 65-40 at the break. The gap grew to 26 points and it took an 18-point Giannis and a 10-0 Bucks to come back to 72-56 late in the third. Milwaukee came back at best to 94-82 on 2 shots from Giannis but Tatum answered him at 3-pointers
The match was played without Marcus Smart (thigh) on one side and without Khris Middleton (knee) on the other. Game 3 will be played Saturday in Milwaukee.
