Mythical upset of Bucks against Celtics with Gian unaffected by Covid

What if he spent about 10 days in isolation? THE John Antetokounmpo returned as if he had not suffered anything from quarantine and led the Bucks to a terrific upset by -19 against the Celtics with 117-113 on Christmas day.

Greek Freak had 36 points, 29 of which in the second half, with 10/15 shots, 13/21 two points and 0/2 three points, as well as 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks and 2 errors in 30 minutes.

Jru Holliday and Chris Middleton had 17 points each for the champions, who were -19 in the second period and -13 five and a half minutes before the end. Jalen Brown and Jason Tatum each had 25 points each for the Celtics who had won their previous two games against Milwaukee this year.

The match

The Bucks entered the match sluggishly, with the result that the Celtics, led by Brown, with Pritchard’s three-pointers escaped with +17 (18-35) from the first twelve minutes. With Giannis “ballless” in the second period, the champions could not get closer and were in the second period at -19 (25-44) closing the half at 47-62.

The Greek Freak took the lead in the third twelve minutes and with 17 points in that period led Milwaukee to -1 (83-84, 88-89), however the guests started the last period decisively and regained a double-digit difference with Tatum (90- 102). The return of Giannis after the necessary breaths allowed the Bucks to approach the four (105-109), with 3:45 remaining.

The counterattack continued and the Bucks equalized at 1:29 before the end with their leader (111-111) and at 30.3 ” Matthews with a three-pointer gave the hosts the lead. Brown missed a free kick and Middleton from the line “wrote” 116-113 at 17.8 ”. Giannis with a terrible stopper in Williams at 7 ” kept the lead of his team and Middleton with 1/2 shots essentially “cleared” the match.

Twelve minutes: 22-35, 47-62, 90-94, 117-113

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