Giannis Antetokounmpo Stats: 19 Points, 11 Rebounds in Return as Celtics Roll 108-81
giannis antetokounmpo stats showed 19 points and 11 rebounds in 25 minutes during his first game back from a right calf strain, but the Milwaukee Bucks lost 108-81 to the Boston Celtics on Mar. 2, 2026 at Fiserv Forum.
Giannis Antetokounmpo Stats and his comeback
Antetokounmpo made his first appearance since suffering the calf injury on Jan. 23, finishing with 19 points and 11 rebounds in a 25-minute outing on Monday night. He went 7-of-18 from the field in the game and led the Bucks in scoring and rebounding in that span, but Boston outscored Milwaukee by 16 points during the minutes he played.
Celtics bench overwhelms Bucks with balanced attack
Boston’s depth carried the night: Payton Pritchard scored 25 points and made five 3-pointers off the bench, while rookie Hugo González recorded career highs with 18 points and 16 rebounds. Derrick White added 18 points and, alongside Pritchard, handed out nine assists. The Celtics used a 24-5 run that began late in the first quarter and extended into the second to turn a 15-14 deficit into a 38-20 lead, and they led 57-43 at halftime.
Immediate consequences for Milwaukee and Boston
The loss dropped Milwaukee to a three-game losing streak, each defeat coming by at least 23 points, and underscored uneven results with Antetokounmpo in and out of the lineup; this season the Bucks are 15-16 with him available and 11-18 without him. Boston, meanwhile, pushed its run to three straight wins and seven victories in eight games, with bench play and a 20 3-pointers night (as part of the team’s offensive output) fueling the blowout.
Antetokounmpo’s night included some vintage moments—he dunked on one play after a post catch—but the Celtics countered by sending multiple defenders at him and forcing 11 misses on 18 attempts. Milwaukee briefly narrowed the gap to nine early in the second half, but Boston answered with a 15-0 spurt and never relinquished control.
Bucks coach Doc Rivers said in January there were no plans to shut Antetokounmpo down, and Antetokounmpo was seen practicing in early February; his 25-minute return on Mar. 2 was the first game action since Jan. 23. With Antetokounmpo back in the lineup and the team coping with a three-game skid, Milwaukee’s focus will be on stabilizing rotations and defending the rim in upcoming games, while Boston will look to keep its winning stretch intact with contributions from starters and the bench.
