"Quite honestly, we did not expect to lead with Bobby Portis and Kyle Kuzma here, but the NBA's regular season isn't known for its unpredictability. Kuzma - and again, we can't stress enough how little we expected to write this sentence - put together a dominant performance, scoring 31 points on 13-for-17 shooting. Neemias Queta was his primary victim, struggling enormously to stay with Kuzma in the pick-and-roll, but the Celtics also couldn't do much about him with their small-ball lineups or in transition."
"Portis, meanwhile, scored the bulk of his offense either in the post or behind the 3-point line, and - as we will get to shortly - he can probably be credited as the emotional catalyst that lifted the Bucks to the win. To win games with Antetokounmpo sidelined due to a calf injury, the Bucks are going to need some weird contributions, and the Celtics now get to leave Milwaukee with the sore taste of having been blown out by Kuzma and Portis."
The Bucks erased an early third-quarter deficit with a 27-8 run over the final nine minutes of the period and won 116-101, ending the Celtics' five-game winning streak. Kyle Kuzma scored 31 points on 13-for-17 shooting, repeatedly beating Neemias Queta in the pick-and-roll and the Celtics' small-ball looks. Bobby Portis produced offense in the post and from deep and served as an emotional catalyst for Milwaukee. The Celtics struggled to score in the second half, and Giannis Antetokounmpo remained sidelined with a calf injury. Tempers flared in the third after an elbow incident involving Jaylen Brown and Kevin Porter Jr.
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