Payton Pritchard scored 25 points, rookie Hugo González had a career-high 18 points and 16 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee 108-81 on Monday night to spoil Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo’s return from a strained right calf muscle.
Derrick White added 18 points for the Celtics, who won their third straight and seventh in their last eight games. White and Pritchard each had nine assists.
Bh. basketball player in Boston jersey Luka Garza recorded seven points, ten rebounds and an assist in a little less than 20 minutes spent on the court.
Antetokounmpo scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in 25 minutes of play in his first appearance since being injured on Jan. 23. The Bucks went 8-7 in his absence. Overall this season, the Bucks are 15-16 with Antetokounmpo on the team and 11-18 without him.
Boston was without five-time All-Star Jaylen Brown due to illness. The Celtics also rested Neemias Queta, who had a career-high 27 points in Sunday night’s 114-98 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.
Boston went on a 24-5 run that started late in the first quarter and continued into the second, turning a 15-14 deficit into a 38-20 lead. The Celtics remained in control until the end of the game. The Celtics had a 22-point lead before going into halftime with a 57-43 lead. Milwaukee cut the deficit to nine points early in the second half, but Boston responded with a run of 15 straight points.
The Los Angeles Clippers recovered from a 17-point deficit and defeated the weakened Golden State Warriors with a score of 114:101.
Kawhi Leonard scored 23 points with eight rebounds and four assists, and Darius Garland scored 12 points in his debut for the Clippers. garland came off the bench and played nearly 23 minutes in his first game since arriving from cleveland at the trade deadline last month in the trade that sent james harden to the cavaliers.
Brandin Podziemski scored 22 points for the Warriors, while Stephen Curry missed his 11th straight game with a right knee injury. Center Kristaps Porzingis missed the fifth game in a row with an illness that coach Steve Kerr called “mysterious.”
– results:
Washington Wizards – Houston Rockets 118:123
Milwaukee Bucks – Boston Celtics 81:108
Utah Jazz – Denver Nuggets 125:128
Golden State Warriors – LA Clippers 101:114
– east:
Detroit Pistons 45 14 76.3
Boston Celtics 41 20 67.2
New York Knicks 39 22 63.9
Cleveland Cavaliers 38 24 61.3
Toronto Raptors 35 25 58.3
Philadelphia 76ers 33 27 55.0
Orlando Magic 31 28 52.5
Miami Heat 32 29 52.5
Atlanta Hawks 31 31 50.0
Charlotte Hornets 30 31 49.2
Milwaukee Bucks 26 34 43.3
Chicago Bulls 25 36 41.0
Washington Wizards 16 44 26.7
Brooklyn Nets 15 45 25.0
Indiana Pacers 15 46 24.6
– west:
Oklahoma City Thunder 47 15 75.8
San Antonio Spurs 43 17 71.7
Houston Rockets 38 22 63.3
Minnesota Timberwolves 38 23 62.3
Denver Nuggets 38 24 61.3
Los Angeles Lakers 36 24 60.0
Phoenix Suns 34 26 56.7
Golden State Warriors 31 30 50.8
LA Clippers 29 31 48.3
Portland Trail Blazers 29 33 46.8
Memphis Grizzlies 23 36 39.0
Dallas Mavericks 21 39 35.0
New Orleans Pelicans 19 43 30.6
Utah Jazz 18 43 29.5
Sacramento Kings 14 48 22.6
(Vijesti.ba/Fena)
