Overview
- The Celtics held on for a 109-102 victory and improved to 6-2 overall and 5-0 at TD Garden following the Nov. 4 game after giving up a 22-point first-half lead.
- Paul George led Boston with 25 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, and added five assists and four steals while coach Joe Mazzulla called him extremely important to the team’s identity.
- Derrick White delivered a late-game lift with 24 points, seven assists and a perfect 9-for-9 from the free-throw line, making the key plays that helped stop Milwaukee’s comeback.
- Point guard Payton Pritchard left with a right-eye abrasion after already managing a shoulder contusion and the team said his condition will be monitored before the upcoming road stretch.
- Boston leaned on its depth to finish the game and on small-sample signs that George fits as a two-way leader, but the four-game road trip will test rotation consistency and player availability.