Celtics 117, Bucks 97

 

The Celtics used a dominant, 33-18 second quarter to take a 58-45 halftime lead and then cruised to a 20-point win over the Bucks in Milwaukee. 

Along the way, Paul George scored 27 points, including 15 points on 5-10 three-point shooting. Neemias Queta (13 points) snagged nine rebounds, narrowly missing a double double. Jayson Tatum (21 points) sank five threes on 5-11 outside shooting. And coming off the bench, both Mitchell Robinson and Payton Pritchard scored a dozen points each, with Robinson getting seven rebounds, four of them on offense. 

The Celtics (8-2) remain a half game back from the 76ers, making Tuesday night's game in Philadelphia all the more interesting, even beyond the Tatum-Brown rivalry. A win could give Boston the lead in the division and with Detroit dropping back-to-back games, first place in the Eastern Conference.

We're ten games into the 2026-27 NBA season, and the real drama starts on Tuesday night. The Celtics are 1½-point favorites.