{"id":480685,"date":"2024-03-21T03:30:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T07:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=480685"},"modified":"2024-03-21T03:30:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T07:30:42","slug":"tatum-shines-as-celtics-hold-off-bucks-for-10th-straight-win-at-home","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/tatum-shines-as-celtics-hold-off-bucks-for-10th-straight-win-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Tatum shines as Celtics hold off Bucks for 10th straight win at home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/jayson-tatum\/\">Jayson Tatum<\/a> delivered an impressive performance, tallying 31 points and eight rebounds, propelling the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\">Boston Celtics<\/a><\/a><\/a> to their seventh consecutive victory with a 122-119 win over the visiting <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/milwaukee-bucks\/\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Derrick White contributed 23 points and eight assists for Boston (55-14), while the team showcased its shooting prowess by sinking 18 of 40 attempts from beyond the arc. Jaylen Brown chipped in 21 points, and Payton Pritchard provided a spark off the bench with 19 points, including hitting 5 of 8 three-po\u0438nters.<\/p>\n<p>Despite trailing 116-114 late in the game, the Bucks (44-25) couldn&#8217;t complete the comeback, as Boston&#8217;s defense held firm. The Celtics sealed the win with free throws from Brown, extending their home winning streak to 10 games and improving their home record to an impressive 32-3.<\/p>\n<p>Damian Lillard led the scoring for Milwaukee with 32 points, supported by Bobby Portis&#8217; double-double performance of 24 points and 15 rebounds. Khris Middleton contributed 22 points to the Bucks&#8217; effort.<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee&#8217;s star player, <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/player\/giannis-antetokounmpo\/\">Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a><\/a><\/a>, missed his second consecutive game due to a hamstring injury, leaving a significant void in the Bucks&#8217; lineup. Meanwhile, the Celtics were without starting guard Jrue Holiday, sidelined with a shoulder injury, and Sam Hauser, who remained out with a sprained left ankle suffered in a previous game.<\/p>\n<p>Boston asserted its dominance early, establishing a 33-28 lead after the first quarter and extending it to 69-56 by halftime behind Tatum&#8217;s 23 first-half points. Despite a brief rally from the Bucks in the third quarter, the Celtics maintained control, securing a comfortable lead heading into the final period, ultimately securing the hard-fought victory.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nqZJ4tnnqx0?si=tAmmoP3Qm1WeMiqA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jayson Tatum delivered an impressive performance, tallying 31 points and eight rebounds, propelling the Boston Celtics to their seventh consecutive victory with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":480686,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[16890,16942,16726],"news_category":[16706,14084],"gn_keywords":[18062,18064,17841],"acf":{"announce":"Boston got 122-119 victory as Jayson Tatum scored 31 points and added 8 rebounds","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/480685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/480685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":480688,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/480685\/revisions\/480688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480685"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=480685"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=480685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}