National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Milwaukee 105, Boston 98
When: 7:30 PM ET, Friday, November 1, 2013
Where: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Officials: #40 Leon Wood, #46 Ben Taylor, #17 Joe Crawford
Attendance: 18624

Bucks 105, Celtics 98: Zaza Pachulia scored 10 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter as visiting Milwaukee scored the game's final 10 points to stun Boston in its home opener.

John Henson had 14 points and nine rebounds and Nate Wolters chipped in 14 points and six assists for the Bucks, who trailed by 22 points midway through the third quarter. Gary Neal also had 14 points and was the lone Milwaukee starter to reach double figures.

Brandon Bass led six Celtics in double figures with 17 points. Rookie Vitor Faverani had 12 points, 18 rebounds and six blocked shots in head coach Brad Stevens' home debut.

Khris Middleton made three free throws at the end of the third quarter to get the Bucks within 83-71 and later capped a 9-1 burst with a dunk to cut the deficit to 90-86. Bass hit two free throws to make it 98-95 Celtics with 2:36 left but Henson scored, Pachulia gave Milwaukee the lead for good with two free throws with 43 ticks remaining and Boston managed just two more shots as the Bucks closed strong.

The Celts opened a 20-6 lead on a basket by Bass and held a 35-18 advantage early in the second after Jeff Green converted a three-point play. Neal had 11 straight Milwaukee points later in the stanza to get his team within eight but Boston rallied to take a 63-47 lead into the break and built its largest advantage to 72-50 on Faverani's free throws midway through the third.

GAME NOTEBOOK: A statue of Celtics Hall of Famer Bill Russell was unveiled in Boston's City Hall Plaza, a few blocks from TD Garden. ... Boston PG Avery Bradley passed a second concussion evaluation and was cleared to start, finishing with eight points. ... Milwaukee PG Brandon Knight sat with a strained hamstring suffered in the Bucks' season opener.
Top Game Performances
 
Milwaukee   Boston
Zaza Pachulia 20 Scoring Brandon Bass 17
Nate Wolters 6 Assists Gerald Wallace 4
John Henson 9 Rebounds Vitor Faverani 18
Zaza Pachulia 10 Free Throws Made Jared Sullinger 6
Ersan Ilyasova 2 Steals Courtney Lee 2
Larry Sanders 4 Blocks Vitor Faverani 6
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Milwaukee 105 41.7 6-15 29-34 18 41 7 10 7
Boston 98 44.7 4-16 26-38 13 52 7 5 17
Upcoming Games
  • Boston will play their next game on the road against Detroit. The Celtics have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.
  • Milwaukee will play their next game at home against Toronto. The Bucks have a W/L % of .000 after a win and 1.000 after a loss.