Jayson Tatum had the hot hand in the first half of the Celtics’ 122-119 win over the Bucks at TD Garden Wednesday night. He scored 23 points by halftime and made four of his first five 3-point attempts, helping the Celtics build a double-digit lead.
The Celtics led by as much as 21, but the Bucks went on a run in the fourth quarter and eventually sliced the lead to 3 on a 30-foot jumper by Damian Lillard with one second remaining.
Tatum went scoreless for almost 22 minutes to start the second half as the Bucks were surging.