Celtics Welcome Bucks to TD Garden
The Boston Celtics play host to the Milwaukee Bucks at TD Garden on Wednesday.

The Bucks (2-1) suffered a baffling overtime loss to the Miami Heat over the weekend but have been stellar aside from that. The most recent win was a 17-point manhandling of the Cleveland Cavaliers while the first win was an impressive victory over the Houston Rockets. The catalyst has been unchanged, with Giannis Antetokounmpo playing the best ball of his career. That's a strange thing to say from a guy who took down MVP honors last season but his 24.3 point, 13.3 rebounds and 9.0 assists tell you everything you need to know. What's scary is the fact that everyone else has been struggling a bit, with Brook Lopez, Khris Middleton and Eric Bledsoe all playing below expectations. All of those guys will eventually get better and the rest of the league has to be worried whenever that does start happening.

The Celtics (2-1) look like a new team. While they did make some major roster changes, it's more about the confidence of the players. With so many playmakers on the roster last season, many players looked lost. Now that Kyrie Irving, Terry Rozier and Al Horford are all out of the picture, everyone is way more comfortable in their respective roles. Particularly, Gordon Hayward and Jaylen Brown look really good. Those are some key wings for this team and fans have to be ecstatic to see them play well after slumping for the majority of last season. The increased ball-handling is surely the reason why and the newly-acquired Kemba Walker has really allowed them to grow in this offense. The other major addition was that of Enes Kanter and he's only played one game. He was supposed to fill the offensive void that Horford left behind and his return from a knee issue will obviously be a welcomed site whenever that does occur.

Milwaukee has won three of its last four games over Boston.
Posted on: 10/29/2019 6:56 PM