Brown Shines with 43 Points as Boston Faces Milwaukee

The Boston Celtics travel to Milwaukee on Friday evening. Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. EDT in Milwaukee.

Boston holds a 51-25 record and sits second in the Eastern Conference. Milwaukee is 30-46 and occupies 11th place.

Jaylen Brown led the Celtics with a standout 43-point performance in Boston’s 147-129 victory over Miami. Brown Shines was the theme as he helped push the Celtics on offense.

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Boston has won eight of its last ten games. Over that span they average 115.1 points and 48.2 rebounds per game.

Milwaukee has gone 3-7 in its last ten outings. The Bucks average 109.3 points and 39.6 rebounds in that stretch.

Team shooting and matchup numbers

Milwaukee ranks fourth in the league in made 3-pointers. The Bucks average 14.9 makes from deep while shooting 38.6 percent from long range.

Boston averages 15.3 made 3-pointers per game. The Celtics allow 14.1 made threes to opponents on average.

Milwaukee’s 14.9 threes per game are 0.8 more than the 14.1 threes Boston allows. Boston’s 15.3 threes are 0.5 more than the Bucks concede.

Head-to-head this season

The teams meet for the fourth time this season. Their most recent matchup was March 3, a 108-81 Celtics win.

Payton Pritchard scored 25 in that game. Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 19 points.

Key players

Jaylen Brown is averaging 28.8 points and seven rebounds per game this season. His scoring has been a major factor for Boston.

Payton Pritchard has been hot from deep. He is averaging 3.3 made 3-pointers over his last ten games.

For the Bucks, Ryan Rollins is averaging 17.1 points, 5.6 assists and 1.5 steals. Ousmane Dieng has averaged 13.2 points and 3.9 assists across his last ten games.

Rebounding edge

Boston ranks fourth in the Eastern Conference with 12.6 offensive rebounds per game. Neemias Queta leads the team with 2.9 offensive boards per game.

Injury report

• Milwaukee: Giannis Antetokounmpo is out with an ankle issue.
• Milwaukee: Kevin Porter Jr. is out for the season with a knee injury.
• Milwaukee day-to-day: Gary Harris (personal), Kyle Kuzma (achilles), Myles Turner (ankle), Thanasis Antetokounmpo (calf), Ryan Rollins (hip), Bobby Portis (wrist), Taurean Prince (neck), Gary Trent Jr. (hip).
• Boston: Nikola Vucevic is out with a finger injury.

Boston enters the game with momentum. Milwaukee will look to counter with its perimeter shooting.

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