Los Bucks punctured the balloon Celtics. The optimism with which he arrived Boston to this first game of the series, product of the great final of the Regular League and its tie with the Netssuddenly vanished because of a team that defended much better and a Greek who martyred the local team. Milwaukee took the first point against the Celtics89-101 and incidentally turned the field factor around, which they have recovered.
The current champions know very well how to play these matches. Knowing their superiority in the paint, they set up an excellent defense around the outside game of Boston and they managed to deactivate the tro Jayson Tatum, Marcus Smart y Jaylen Brown. Tatum stayed at 21 points when his average against the Nets was almost 30, Smart had to drag physical problems and Brown, well, it will be difficult for him to play a worse game than this in the series. Among the three, 43 points and 13 of 42 in field goals.
The leading role of the party fell on a Gannis Antetokounmpo which was huge. Falln in the shot of two, more for the merit in the defense of Al Hortford, but devastating under boards. sign the second triple-doble of his career in the Playoffs with 24 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists and conditioned the entire defense of the Celtics.
But much of the credit for Milwaukee’s victory went to Jrue Holiday25 points and 10 rebounds and, above all, a freezer every time the Celtics got close and the Garden lit up.
Milwaukee He dominated the tempo of the game and with it, the scoreboard, but it was in the last 10 minutes of the game when the Celtics collapsed before the rival defense and had no solutions to stop the Bucks’ onslaught. Portis contributed 15 points and Allen other 11. Plus players like Mathews, Carter o Connaughton They showed that they are going to play a lot of minutes in this series, especially because of their defensive commitment, and they are going to be important for the champions.
