Jaylen Brown scored 30 points and had 13 rebounds on Sunday, Anfernee Simons added 27 points off the bench and the Boston Celtics cruised to a comfortable 107-79 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.
Derrick White added 17 points, eight assists and seven rebounds, and Neemias Queta had 14 points and eight rebounds as the Celtics won their second straight game after alternating wins and losses in their previous four games. It was Brown’s third double-double this season. Ryan Rollins led Milwaukee with 25 points and Kyle Kuzma scored 16.
With trade rumors swirling around their star Giannis Antetokoumpo, the Bucks didn’t miss a shot in the first 2½ minutes (five of 5) and took a 12-0 lead before Boston sent them to their fifth straight loss. Antetokoumpo injured his right calf on Jan. 23 and there is no timetable for his return.
The game was the inaugural NBA Pioneers Classic, honoring the 75th anniversary of the debut seasons of the league’s first black players: Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nathaniel “Sweetwater” Clifton. Both teams wore commemorative patches on their jerseys and warm-up jerseys. The players were honored on the first day of Black History Month.
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