Not the Bucks or the Sixers: The Boston Celtics dominate the Eastern Conference

Despite the illness jayson tatum He once again led the Celtics with 23 points, 11 rebounds and four assists in a 119-116 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. The duel between the teams for first place in the Eastern Conference saw the Celtics struggle with what looked like an easy victory as everything got complicated late in the game.

Jaylen Brown He had 26 points and eight assists, and Kristaps Porzingis added 21 points to become the NBA’s new best team. The team has already recorded 12 wins and only 3 losses in this total. “Obviously, the fans and everyone in the room knew it was a No. 1 seed versus a No. 2 seed, and that added to the atmosphere,” Porzingis said. “The energy was there. “We played hard and they had a good effort at the end that almost put us back, but we stayed strong.”

No one knows better than the Latvians how close the visitors came to causing a surprise. The Celtics managed to lead by more than 20 points in the first half, never trailing on the scoreboard, and took advantage of a bad night. Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Greek finished with 21 points and 13 rebounds, but improved on his field goal percentage of 7-of-20, adding to the extremely high efficiency he had shown in the past two games where he reached 40 points with an impressive percentage. It was far from it.

With the unreliable Giannis, they Damian Lillard (27 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists) brook lopez (28 points) The main architect of the comeback interruption. The Milwaukee team trailed by just three points, 114-111, but Tatum made a mistake from the line with 21 seconds left, clinching the home victory and ending the winning streak of their main rivals for the lead in the East at five points. . .