Celtics coast to 107-79 win over Bucks

BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown had 30 factors and 13 rebounds, Anfernee Simons scored 27 factors off the bench and the Boston Celtics coasted to a 107-79 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday.

Derrick White added 17 factors, eight assists and 7 rebounds, and Neemias Queta had 14 factors and eight boards because the Celtics gained their second straight recreation after alternating wins and losses of their earlier 4. It was Brown’s third double-double this season.

Ryan Rollins led Milwaukee with 25 factors and Kyle Kuzma scored 16.

With commerce rumors swirling round their sidelined star Giannis Antetokoumpo, the Bucks didn’t miss a shot within the opening 2½ minutes (5 for five) and pulled forward 12-0 earlier than Boston despatched them to their fifth straight loss.

Antetokoumpo strained his proper calf on Jan. 23 and there’s no timeline for his return.

The Celtics led 56-42 at halftime and Brown, who missed their straightforward win over Sacramento Friday with left hamstring tightness and a bruised proper knee, scored 10 of their preliminary 12 factors to start out the second half, pushing them forward 68-47.

Boston’s lead ballooned to 27 factors on Brown’s 3-pointer halfway into the ultimate quarter earlier than coach Joe Mazzulla pulled his starters.

Simons gave the Celtics a jolt offensively within the opening half, scoring 14 factors — 11 within the opening quarter — that included consecutive 3-pointers within the closing minute of the primary.

The sport was the inaugural NBA Pioneers Traditional, honoring the seventy fifth anniversary of the debut seasons of league’s first Black gamers: Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nathaniel “Sweetwater” Clifton.

Boston groups wore commemorative jersey patches and warmup shirts. The gamers have been honored on the primary day of Black Historical past Month.

Brown addressed the gang pregame, saying: “Who will likely be this technology’s pioneers?”

Bucks: Host Chicago on Tuesday.

Celtics: At Dallas on Tuesday.