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Milwaukee Bucks vs. Boston Celtics

March 2, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Celtics beat the Bucks 108-81 on 2026-03-02 on the road against the Bucks. The Bucks started Giannis Antetokounmpo, Myles Turner, Kevin Porter Jr., Ousmane Dieng, and AJ Green. The Celtics started Nikola Vučević, Derrick White, Sam Hauser, Baylor Scheierman, and Hugo González. Derrick White (Celtics) scored 10 points (4/10) in his matchups, with Ousmane Dieng as his primary defender. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks) scored 7 points (3/8) in his matchups, with Hugo González as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks 81

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kevin Porter Jr. GS 30:59 8 4 2 3 0 3 3 3-6 1-1 1-2 -8
Ousmane Dieng GS 29:33 13 1 2 0 0 1 1 5-10 3-7 0-0 -8
Giannis Antetokounmpo GS 25:29 19 11 2 0 1 3 1 7-18 0-2 5-7 -16
Myles Turner GS 18:36 5 4 3 0 1 1 2 1-6 1-6 2-2 -6
AJ Green GS 18:25 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-3 0-3 0-0 -4
Ryan Rollins 23:41 5 3 2 2 0 2 4 2-11 1-5 0-0 -23
Bobby Portis 23:19 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 4-7 3-4 1-2 -21
Jericho Sims 22:19 3 6 2 0 0 1 0 1-1 0-0 1-2 -13
Pete Nance 15:06 6 3 0 0 0 2 1 2-2 2-2 0-0 -4
Gary Harris 12:39 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 2-4 2-4 0-0 -15
Cam Thomas 11:23 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0-3 0-0 2-2 -18
Andre Jackson Jr. 4:47 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0-2 0-1 0-0 +3
Thanasis Antetokounmpo 1:52 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1
Gary Trent Jr. 1:52 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 2-2 -1
Totals 81 41 18 7 3 16 13 27-74 13-36 14-19

Did not play: Kyle Kuzma (DNP - Coach's Decision)

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 108

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Hugo González GS 35:20 18 16 1 3 2 1 2 7-15 3-8 1-3 +27
Derrick White GS 33:48 18 1 9 1 0 2 0 5-18 4-12 4-4 +31
Sam Hauser GS 29:01 14 4 1 1 1 1 1 5-9 4-8 0-0 +16
Nikola Vučević GS 26:17 10 5 7 0 1 0 4 5-12 0-4 0-0 +25
Baylor Scheierman GS 24:33 10 6 1 1 0 1 2 4-8 2-5 0-0 +6
Payton Pritchard 33:59 25 4 9 0 0 1 1 10-23 5-10 0-0 +15
Luka Garza 19:51 7 10 1 0 0 2 2 3-6 0-0 1-2 +1
Jordan Walsh 16:12 0 7 1 0 0 0 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 +8
Ron Harper Jr. 15:23 6 1 0 1 2 1 1 2-3 2-3 0-0 +3
John Tonje 1:52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +1
Max Shulga 1:52 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 +1
Amari Williams 1:52 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +1
Totals 108 54 31 7 6 10 16 41-95 20-50 6-9

Did not play: Neemias Queta (DND - Rest)

Lineups

MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Bucks defense

Defender Guarded most
Kevin Porter Jr. Baylor Scheierman: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Derrick White: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Ousmane Dieng Derrick White: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Payton Pritchard: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Giannis Antetokounmpo Hugo González: 19 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Nikola Vučević: 12 poss., 10 pts (4/8)
Bobby Portis Jr. Hugo González: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nikola Vučević: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Ryan Rollins Ron Harper Jr.: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Payton Pritchard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Myles Turner Nikola Vučević: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Hugo González: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
AJ Green Sam Hauser: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Derrick White: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jericho Sims Luka Garza: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Hugo González: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Gary Harris Payton Pritchard: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Sam Hauser: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pete Nance Hugo González: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ron Harper Jr.: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Cam Thomas Payton Pritchard: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Hugo González: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Andre Jackson Jr. Ron Harper Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Tonje: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gary Trent Jr. Max Shulga: 2 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Ron Harper Jr.: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thanasis Antetokounmpo Amari Williams: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · John Tonje: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Celtics defense

Defender Guarded most
Derrick White Kevin Porter Jr.: 15 poss., 5 pts (1/1) · Ousmane Dieng: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Hugo González Giannis Antetokounmpo: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Ousmane Dieng: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Payton Pritchard Ousmane Dieng: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Ryan Rollins: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Sam Hauser AJ Green: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/2) · Kevin Porter Jr.: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Nikola Vučević Myles Turner: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Giannis Antetokounmpo: 10 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Baylor Scheierman Giannis Antetokounmpo: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · AJ Green: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza Jericho Sims: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Ron Harper Jr. Pete Nance: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Ryan Rollins: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Walsh Bobby Portis Jr.: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pete Nance: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Max Shulga Gary Trent Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Gary Harris: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Amari Williams Thanasis Antetokounmpo: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Andre Jackson Jr.: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
John Tonje Andre Jackson Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Thanasis Antetokounmpo: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)