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Milwaukee Bucks vs. Boston Celtics

November 8, 2026 · 2026-27 season

The Celtics beat the Bucks 117-97 on 2026-11-08 on the road against the Bucks. The Bucks started Myles Turner, Kyle Kuzma, Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., and Brayden Burries. The Celtics started Mike Conley, Paul George, Jayson Tatum, Derrick White, and Neemias Queta. Jayson Tatum (Celtics) scored 10 points (4/9) in his matchups, with Kyle Kuzma as his primary defender. Tyler Herro (Bucks) scored 12 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Mike Conley as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks 97

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Kyle Kuzma GS 31:06 27 4 0 1 2 1 1 10-17 6-13 1-2 -4
Brayden Burries GS 28:38 13 8 4 0 1 1 3 5-11 1-4 2-2 -12
Tyler Herro GS 26:36 13 1 2 0 0 1 0 5-12 1-5 2-2 -3
Myles Turner GS 24:04 3 5 7 0 1 2 1 1-8 0-3 1-1 -3
Jaime Jaquez Jr. GS 22:30 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 1-3 0-2 2-2 -6
Nate Ament 23:23 12 5 1 1 0 1 4 5-9 2-4 0-0 -14
Ryan Rollins 19:47 7 5 6 1 0 3 3 2-4 2-3 1-1 -7
AJ Green 17:44 5 1 1 0 1 1 3 2-6 1-5 0-0 -21
Jericho Sims 14:56 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1-3 0-1 0-0 -2
Ousmane Dieng 14:56 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 3-3 2-2 2-2 -2
Kel'el Ware 9:01 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0-2 0-0 0-0 -15
Kasparas Jakučionis 7:21 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0-1 0-1 1-2 -11
Totals 97 36 24 5 5 14 15 35-79 15-43 12-14

Did not play: Caris LeVert (DNP - Coach's Decision)

BOS
Boston Celtics
Boston Celtics 117

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jayson Tatum GS 28:53 21 4 6 1 1 1 0 6-19 5-11 4-4 +5
Paul George GS 28:06 27 3 1 2 0 2 1 11-18 5-10 0-0 +16
Derrick White GS 27:25 9 3 7 2 2 1 3 4-10 1-5 0-0 +7
Neemias Queta GS 21:36 13 9 4 0 0 1 1 6-11 0-0 1-2 0
Mike Conley GS 10:26 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 1-2 1-2 0-0 -11
Payton Pritchard 29:11 12 5 4 1 0 0 2 4-12 4-11 0-0 +29
Sam Hauser 23:18 7 3 1 0 0 1 1 3-5 1-3 0-0 +15
Baylor Scheierman 19:08 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2-6 1-4 2-2 +15
Mitchell Robinson 18:07 12 7 2 4 1 0 0 6-6 0-0 0-2 +19
Jordan Walsh 11:01 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 0-2 0-1 0-0 +3
Hugo González 10:16 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0
Luka Garza 8:30 4 5 0 0 1 0 3 1-2 0-0 2-4 +3
Ron Harper Jr. 4:04 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 -1
Totals 117 48 27 12 5 10 16 45-95 18-48 9-14

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
Kyle Kuzma Jayson Tatum: 24 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Paul George: 12 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
Tyler Herro Payton Pritchard: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Derrick White: 8 poss., 2 pts (0/2)
Myles Turner Neemias Queta: 22 poss., 3 pts (1/5) · Mitchell Robinson: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Brayden Burries Derrick White: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Payton Pritchard: 11 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Jaime Jaquez Jr. Paul George: 18 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jayson Tatum: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nate Ament Jayson Tatum: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Sam Hauser: 8 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Ryan Rollins Derrick White: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Payton Pritchard: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
AJ Green Payton Pritchard: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Baylor Scheierman: 5 poss., 5 pts (2/3)
Jericho Sims Neemias Queta: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Luka Garza: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ousmane Dieng Sam Hauser: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Baylor Scheierman: 5 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kel'el Ware Mitchell Robinson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luka Garza: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kasparas Jakučionis Jordan Walsh: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Payton Pritchard: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Celtics defense

Defender Guarded most
Jayson Tatum Kyle Kuzma: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Nate Ament: 11 poss., 5 pts (1/2)
Paul George Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 20 poss., 14 pts (6/8) · Kyle Kuzma: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/4)
Payton Pritchard Ryan Rollins: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Brayden Burries: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Derrick White Brayden Burries: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Ryan Rollins: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Sam Hauser Nate Ament: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ousmane Dieng: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Neemias Queta Myles Turner: 20 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Jericho Sims: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mitchell Robinson Myles Turner: 10 poss., 6 pts (3/3) · Kel'el Ware: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Baylor Scheierman AJ Green: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Jaime Jaquez Jr.: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Walsh Tyler Herro: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Rollins: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mike Conley Tyler Herro: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brayden Burries: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Hugo González Tyler Herro: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ousmane Dieng: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Luka Garza Jericho Sims: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Nate Ament: 3 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Ron Harper Jr. Jericho Sims: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Ousmane Dieng: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)