Bucks (119) vs Celtics (122) · Mar 20, 2024

FINAL

Mar 20, 2024

Game Recap

Boston hangs on despite being outscored 36-21 in Q4, to defeat the Bucks, 122-119 and have officially clinched the Atlantic Division. Jayson Tatum led Boston with 31 points, eight rebounds, and four assists while Derrick White (23 points, five rebounds, eight assists) and Jaylen Brown (21 points, eight rebounds) totaled 44 points. Damian Lillard totaled 32 points, four rebounds, and six assists as Bobby Portis (14 of 24 points in final frame, 15 rebounds) and Khris Middleton (22 points, six rebounds, six assists) totaled 46 points with Giannis Antetokounmpo out. Boston improves to 55-14 as the Bucks move to 44-25.

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	T
MIL	28	28	27	36	119
BOS	33	36	32	21	122

BUCKS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
22Khris MiddletonSF	32	8-11	2-3	4-5	6	6	1	1	4	5	22	-9
99Jae CrowderPF	14	3-5	1-3	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	4	7	+3
11Brook LopezC	21	2-5	2-4	2-2	2	4	0	2	2	4	8	-7
5Malik BeasleySG	28	2-8	2-7	0-0	6	0	0	0	0	2	6	-2
0Damian LillardPG	36	11-21	6-10	4-4	4	6	1	1	4	1	32	+1
9Bobby Portis	33	11-20	2-3	0-1	15	0	0	1	2	3	24	-5
24Pat Connaughton	24	3-4	1-1	0-0	5	1	0	0	1	3	7	+11
21Patrick Beverley	22	3-5	1-2	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	-13
12Danilo Gallinari	18	2-3	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	1	0	1	4	-8
20AJ Green	8	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	+14
43Thanasis Antetokounmpo	— did not play —												— did not play —
3MarJon Beauchamp	— did not play —												— did not play —
44Andre Jackson Jr.	— did not play —												— did not play —
TOTAL	-	45-8453.6%	17-3548.6%	12-1485.7%	41	20	3	6	14	25	119	-

CELTICS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS	+/-
0Jayson TatumSF	39	9-19	4-7	9-10	8	4	3	2	2	2	31	+2
42Al HorfordPF	38	3-3	2-2	0-0	4	4	1	1	2	2	8	+15
8Kristaps PorzingisC	27	6-16	0-5	5-6	3	2	0	0	2	3	17	-8
7Jaylen BrownSG	37	6-15	2-4	7-10	8	2	1	0	1	3	21	-2
9Derrick WhitePG	37	8-17	4-11	3-3	5	8	0	2	0	5	23	-7
11Payton Pritchard	31	7-11	5-8	0-0	6	3	0	0	1	2	19	+2
26Xavier Tillman	14	0-2	0-2	0-0	3	2	1	0	1	1	0	-4
40Luke Kornet	9	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+7
50Svi Mykhailiuk	5	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	+10
12Oshae Brissett	— did not play —												— did not play —
13Drew Peterson	— did not play —												— did not play —
44Jaden Springer	— did not play —												— did not play —

TOTAL	-	40-8547.1%	18-4045%	24-2982.8%	37	25	6	5	9	18	122	-

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st quartermilbos

(11:57) Jump Ball Porzingis vs. Lopez: Tip to Horford
(11:38) MISS Tatum 14' Turnaround Jump Shot
(11:36) Beasley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(11:24) MISS Lillard 5' Driving Layup
(11:23) Horford REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (11:18) White 2' Running Finger Roll Layup (2 PTS)
02
+2 (10:57) Crowder 17' Step Back Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Middleton 1 AST)
22
+3 (10:48) Brown 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (White 1 AST)
25
+2 (10:26) Lillard 22' Pullup Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Crowder 1 AST)
45
(10:12) MISS Brown 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(10:11) Beasley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+3 (10:03) Lopez 26' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Middleton 2 AST)
75
+3 (9:50) Tatum 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS) (White 2 AST)
78
(9:38) MISS Lillard 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot
(9:37) Tatum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+2 (9:23) Porzingis 18' Step Back Jump Shot (2 PTS) (White 3 AST)
710
+3 (9:07) Middleton 27' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (3 PTS)
1010
(8:49) MISS Porzingis 18' Turnaround Fadeaway Shot
(8:48) Crowder REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(8:39) MISS Lopez 29' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:37) Tatum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (8:27) Tatum 1' Driving Layup (5 PTS) (White 4 AST)
1012
(8:16) MISS Lillard 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(8:14) Tatum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
+3 (8:02) Tatum 26' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Porzingis 1 AST)
1015
(8:01) Bucks Timeout: Regular (Reg.1 Short 0)
(8:01) Crowder Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
(7:59) Middleton S.FOUL (P1.T1) (P.Fraher)
+1 (7:59) Tatum Free Throw 1 of 2 (9 PTS)
1016
+1 (7:59) Tatum Free Throw 2 of 2 (10 PTS)
1017
+2 (7:46) Crowder 3' Cutting Layup Shot (4 PTS) (Middleton 3 AST)
1217
(7:31) MISS Brown 7' Layup
(7:31) Lopez BLOCK (1 BLK)
(7:29) Beasley REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(7:23) Lillard Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T2)
(7:23) Horford STEAL (1 STL)
(7:19) Tatum Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T1)
(7:07) MISS Crowder 3PT Jump Shot
(7:06) Tatum REBOUND (Off:0 Def:4)
+2 (6:49) Porzingis 15' Turnaround Jump Shot (4 PTS)
1219
(6:39) MISS Lillard 6' Driving Layup
(6:38) Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(6:33) Crowder S.FOUL (P1.T2) (S.Foster)
+1 (6:33) Brown Free Throw 1 of 2 (4 PTS)
1220
+1 (6:33) Brown Free Throw 2 of 2 (5 PTS)
1221
(6:17) Middleton Bad Pass Turnover (P1.T3)
(6:17) Tillman STEAL (1 STL)
+2 (6:14) White 1' Running Dunk (4 PTS) (Tillman 1 AST)
1223
+2 (5:59) Middleton 6' Driving Finger Roll Layup (5 PTS)
1423
(5:42) MISS White 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(5:40) Porzingis REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
(5:39) MISS Porzingis 2' Putback Layup
(5:39) Lopez BLOCK (2 BLK)
(5:38) Lopez REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (5:24) Middleton 26' 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (Lopez 1 AST)
1723
+3 (5:06) White 26' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Porzingis 2 AST)
1726
(4:43) MISS Beasley 11' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
(4:42) Tillman REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(4:35) MISS Porzingis 28' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:32) Bucks Rebound
(4:19) MISS Crowder 25' 3PT Jump Shot
(4:18) Connaughton REBOUND (Off:1 Def:0)
+2 (4:18) Connaughton Tip Layup Shot (2 PTS)
1926
(4:00) MISS Tillman 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:57) CELTICS Rebound
(3:49) Brown Out of Bounds - Bad Pass Turnover Turnover (P1.T2)
(3:42) White S.FOUL (P1.T1) (S.Foster)
+1 (3:42) Beverley Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
2026
+1 (3:42) Beverley Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
2126
(3:31) Portis S.FOUL (P1.T3) (S.Foster)
+1 (3:31) White Free Throw 1 of 2 (8 PTS)
2127
+1 (3:31) White Free Throw 2 of 2 (9 PTS)
2128
(3:12) MISS Beverley 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(3:10) Brown REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(2:58) MISS Brown 11' Driving Floating Bank Jump Shot
(2:55) Portis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
+3 (2:50) Beverley 26' 3PT Jump Shot (5 PTS) (Crowder 2 AST)
2428
(2:48) CELTICS Timeout: Regular (Full 1 Short 0)
+2 (2:31) White 20' Pullup Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Tillman 2 AST)
2430
+2 (2:14) Portis 21' Jump Shot (2 PTS) (Lillard 1 AST)
2630
(2:02) MISS White 26' 3PT Jump Shot
(2:01) Portis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
+2 (1:52) Lillard 14' Driving Floating Jump Shot (4 PTS)
2830
(1:34) MISS Tatum 13' Driving Layup
(1:34) Lillard BLOCK (1 BLK)
(1:33) CELTICS Rebound
+3 (1:30) Pritchard 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Horford 1 AST)
2833
(1:12) MISS Portis 18' Jump Shot
(1:11) Pritchard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(1:05) MISS Pritchard 27' 3PT Running Pull-Up Jump Shot
(1:04) Portis REBOUND (Off:0 Def:3)
(0:49) MISS Connaughton 8' Driving Finger Roll Layup
(0:47) Portis REBOUND (Off:1 Def:3)
(0:46) MISS Portis 3' Putback Layup
(0:46) White BLOCK (1 BLK)
(0:44) Horford REBOUND (Off:0 Def:2)
(0:35) MISS Tatum 28' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot
(0:33) Lillard REBOUND (Off:0 Def:1)
(0:19) Portis Lost Ball Turnover (P1.T4)
(0:19) Tatum STEAL (1 STL)
(0:12) MISS White 24' 3PT Jump Shot
(0:09) Connaughton REBOUND (Off:1 Def:1)
(0:03) White P.FOUL (P2.T2) (M.Boland)

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4th quarter

Team Stats

MIL

BOS

119Points122

45-84(53.6%)Field Goal(%)40-85(47.1%)

17-35(48.6%)3-Point(%)18-40(45.0%)

12-14(85.7%)Free Throw(%)24-29(82.8%)

41(9)Rebounds(Offensive)37(11)

20Assists25

3Steals6

6Blocks5

14Turnovers9

25Fouls18

38Pts In The Paint28

4Fast Break Pts13

13Pts Off Turnovers16

44Bench Pts22

2Largest Lead21

Game Details

Wednesday, March 20, 2024 · 7:30 PM

TD Garden · Boston, MA

attendance: 19,156 (97.8%)

tv: ESPN