Good health is the key, Ime Udoka says after a season when the opposite was often true.
As such, on a night when the Celtics had a chance to clinch the second seed, the coach chose to sit Jayson Tatum (knee) and Al Horford (back). Toss in the ongoing absence of Rob Williams, and the Celtics still pushed the defending champs to the limit on their homecourt.
The Celtics, on the way to burying 21 3-pointers against a Bucks team known for porous 3-point coverage, fell just short in a 127-121 loss to Milwaukee. Thus wasted was a 22-point, 11-rebound, 10-assist triple-double from Jaylen Brown — his second of the season — and a 29-point night from Marcus Smart.
