BOSTON — The Celtics did their job on Giannis Antetokounmpo, and still it wasn’t enough.
Though the Bucks star had to labor for the scoring part of his triple-double (24 points, 9-for-25 shooting, 13 rebounds, 12 assists), Milwaukee was even better at mobbing and bumping Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown as the Celtics sank under duress in a 101-89 loss in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
The Celtics, mostly limited to 3-point attempts and long 2s by Milwaukee’s drop-down coverage, were not able to come up with much as Tatum (21 points, 6-for-18 shooting) and Brown (12 points, 4-for-13 shooting, seven turnovers) struggled to get going.
