Celtics tie series with Bucks as Horford, Tatum each have 30

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Al Horford and Jayson Tatum scored 30 factors apiece and led the Boston Celtics’ fourth-quarter comeback in a 116-108 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday evening that tied their Jap Convention semifinal at two video games apiece.

The 2 groups have alternated victories on this best-of-seven sequence, which continues Wednesday with Recreation 5 in Boston.

Horford scored 16 factors and Tatum 12 within the fourth quarter alone to assist the Celtics outscore the defending NBA champion Bucks 43-28 within the last interval. Horford’s 30 factors have been a profession playoff excessive for the 35-year-old veteran.

Tatum scored eight factors and Horford had six throughout a 14-2 run that put the Celtics forward for good and gave them a 106-96 benefit with 3:33 left. The Bucks wouldn’t reduce the margin under six the remainder of the best way.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 34 factors, 18 rebounds and 5 assists for the Bucks.

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Boston Celtics’ Al Horford reacts through the second half of Recreation 4 of an NBA basketball Jap Convention semifinals playoff sequence Monday, Might 9, 2022, in Milwaukee. The Celtics received 116-108 to tie the sequence 2-2.

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