{"id":697268,"date":"2026-04-04T05:09:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T05:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/697268\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T05:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T05:09:18","slug":"celtics-start-fast-again-and-roll-to-133-101-blowout-of-the-bucks-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/697268\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtics start fast again and roll to 133-101 blowout of the Bucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"a-term a-term--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/tag\/boston-celtics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBoston Celtics\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tJayson Tatum was an assist shy of his second straight triple-double despite sitting out the entire fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p><img width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Celtics_Bucks_Basketball_25129-69d0793fc64af-768x432.jpg\" class=\"attachment-16:9 size-16:9 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><br \/>\n\tMilwaukee Bucks&#8217; Andre Jackson Jr. (44) drives to the basket between Boston Celtics&#8217; Neemias Queta (88) and Derrick White (9) during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 3, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo\/Aaron Gash) AP\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"m-article-header__author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBy STEVE MEGARGEE, Associated Press\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tApril 3, 2026\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>1 minute to read<\/p>\n<p>MILWAUKEE (AP) \u2014 Jaylen Brown scored 26 points, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/sports\/boston-celtics\/2026\/04\/02\/celtics-jayson-tatum-duke-uconn-elite-eight-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Jayson Tatum<\/a> added 23, and the hot-shooting Boston Celtics capitalized on another fast start in a 133-101 victory over the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>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 over the Miami Heat.<\/p>\n<p>In the Miami game, Boston scored 53 points in the opening period \u2014 its highest first-quarter point total 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<p>That represented the most first-quarter points Milwaukee had allowed all season.<\/p>\n<p>Boston (52-25) remained 2 1\/2 games ahead of the New York Knicks 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.<\/p>\n<p>Neemias Queta had 19 points and 10 rebounds for the Celtics, who shot 56.2% overall and 17 of 37 from 3-point range. Derrick White scored 17, Payton Pritchard 16 and Sam Hauser 13.<\/p>\n<p>Taurean Prince scored 18 points to lead Milwaukee. Pete Nance had 14 points and a career-high 10 rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee\u2019s Giannis Antetokounmpo 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\u2019s healthy and wants to play.<\/p>\n<p>The Bucks also were missing Kevin Porter Jr. (right knee), Bobby Portis (left wrist sprain), Ryan Rollins (right hip strain) and Gary Trent Jr. (left hip pointer).<\/p>\n<p>Boston was without Nikola Vucevic, who last played March 6 as he deals with a fractured right ring finger.<\/p>\n<p>Celtics: Host the Toronto Raptors on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Bucks: Host the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet the latest Boston sports news<\/p>\n<p class=\"m-generic-cta__subtitle\">Receive updates on your favorite Boston teams, straight from our newsroom to your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boston Celtics Jayson Tatum was an assist shy of his second straight triple-double despite sitting out the entire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":697269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3766],"tags":[7,45,75,3798,46,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-697268","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-celtics","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-boston","10":"tag-boston-celtics","11":"tag-bostonceltics","12":"tag-celtics","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116344716147422732","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/697269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}