Jason Tatum’s bomb gives Celtics the victory over Bucks

Boston Jayson Tatum hit a 3-pointer to lead in the final second, and the Boston Celtics escaped Wednesday with a 122-121 win over the Milwaukee Bucks, in what was the team’s first meeting this season.

Giannis Antetokounmpo missed a free throw that would have tied the game with 0.4 seconds remaining.

Tatum scored 30 points and Jaylen Brown had 33 points for Boston, which started the fourth quarter with a 17-point lead. The Celtics were 120-119 behind with 8.9 seconds to go.

Tatum then dribbled for a few seconds, before taking his pumped shot from Antetokounmpo from the left. The ball skimmed over the glass before entering the basket.

The next service was thrown to the basket and Antetokounmpo tried to score, but got an error. The Greek, named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player in the previous two seasons, hit the first free throw, but missed the second.

Antetokounmpo scored 32 runs, including 18 in the fourth period. Khris Middleton had 27 points and 14 rebounds for Milwaukee.

Westbrook’s triple-double to no avail

Joel Embiid scored the basket that marked the lead with 1:09 minutes to go and added 29 points and 14 rebounds when the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Washington Wizards 113-107 on Wednesday evening.

The loss ruined Russell Westbrook’s debut and “triple-double” with the Wizards.

Westbrook and Bradley Beal looked fantastic on their first day together and nearly caused 76ers coach Doc Rivers to lose in his Philadelphia debut. Westbrook had 21 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds for the Wizards, who acquired him in a spectacular exchange that sent John Wall, a mainstay of the team, to the Houston Rockets.

Beal, a two-time All-Star pick and the league’s second top scorer last season, scored 31 points.

The Sixers made most of their changes on the bench, hiring Rivers to replace Brett Brown and on a mission to wake up a team that lost in the first round of the playoffs last season. sweep. The franchise is looking for its first title since 1983.

Rivers must find a way to make the couple Embiid and Ben Simmons work. They are two great players who have yet to reap the benefits of their amazing talents and have instead frustrated fans over their failures.

Simmons sealed the win with a monstrous dunk in the final seconds.