{"id":563949,"date":"2026-04-04T10:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T10:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/563949\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T10:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T10:51:10","slug":"celtics-133-101-bucks-4-apr-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/563949\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics 133-101 Bucks (4 Apr, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

MILWAUKEE — \u2014 Jaylen Brown<\/a> scored 26 points, Jayson Tatum<\/a> added 23, and the hot-shooting Boston Celtics<\/a> capitalized on another fast start in a 133-101 victory over the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Tatum was an assist shy of his second straight triple-double despite sitting out the entire fourth quarter of a game the Celtics never trailed. He had 11 rebounds and nine assists Friday after collecting 25 points, 18 rebounds and 11 assists Wednesday in a 147-129 triumph<\/a> over the Miami Heat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the Miami game, Boston scored 53 points in the opening period \u2014 its highest first-quarter point total<\/a> in franchise history. The Celtics didn\u2019t quite match that Friday, but they made eight of their first nine 3-point attempts and led 43-26 after the opening period.<\/p>\n

That represented the most first-quarter points Milwaukee had allowed all season.<\/p>\n

Boston (52-25) remained 2 1\/2 games ahead of the New York Knicks<\/a> in the competition for the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. The Celtics are four games behind the Eastern Conference-leading Detroit Pistons<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Neemias Queta<\/a> had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Celtics, who shot 56.2% overall and 17 of 37 from 3-point range. Derrick White<\/a> scored 17, Payton Pritchard<\/a> 16 and Sam Hauser<\/a> 13.<\/p>\n

Taurean Prince<\/a> scored 18 points to lead Milwaukee. Pete Nance<\/a> had 14 points and a career-high 10 rebounds.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> missed a 10th straight game due to what the Bucks have described as hyperextension in his left knee and a bone bruise. He told The Athletic and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel before the game that he’s healthy<\/a> and wants to play.<\/p>\n

The Bucks also were missing Kevin Porter Jr<\/a>. (right knee), Bobby Portis<\/a> (left wrist sprain), Ryan Rollins<\/a> (right hip strain) and Gary Trent<\/a> Jr. (left hip pointer).<\/p>\n

Boston was without Nikola Vucevic<\/a>, who last played March 6 as he deals with a fractured right ring finger.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Celtics: Host the Toronto Raptors<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Bucks: Host the Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILWAUKEE — \u2014 Jaylen Brown scored 26 points, Jayson Tatum added 23, and the hot-shooting Boston Celtics capitalized…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-563949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-nba","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}