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title: "Bucks Drop to 1-9 After 117-97 Loss to Celtics in Milwaukee"
url: https://www.heremilwaukee.com/2026/11/09/bucks-fall-to-celtics-117-97-milwaukee/
date: 2026-11-09T04:48:51-06:00
modified: 2026-11-09T04:48:51-06:00
author: "Luke Elliott"
categories: ["Sports"]
site: "HERE Milwaukee"
attribution: "HERE Milwaukee"
---

# Bucks Drop to 1-9 After 117-97 Loss to Celtics in Milwaukee

> MILWAUKEE, Wis. — A fast start was not enough for the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night. Boston erased an early 20-6 deficit and pulled away for a 117-97 win at Fiserv Forum, dropping Milwaukee to 1-9, its poorest opening stretch since the 1993-94 season. Kyle Kuzma was the bright spot for the home team. He

*Source: [HERE Milwaukee](https://www.heremilwaukee.com/2026/11/09/bucks-fall-to-celtics-117-97-milwaukee/) — November 9, 2026 by Luke Elliott*

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — A fast start was not enough for the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night. Boston erased an early 20-6 deficit and pulled away for a 117-97 win at Fiserv Forum, dropping Milwaukee to 1-9, its poorest opening stretch since the 1993-94 season.

Kyle Kuzma was the bright spot for the home team. He had 14 points in the first five minutes and finished with 27 on 10-of-17 shooting. Tyler Herro and Brayden Burries each scored 13 for the Bucks, who used a new starting group of Burries, Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kuzma and Myles Turner. Herro briefly left in the third quarter with an apparent knee injury after a foul but came back later.

Boston answered the early burst with an 18-0 run spanning the end of the first quarter and the start of the second. Jayson Tatum closed the opening period with 10 straight points to make it 27-25, and Paul George took over from there. George finished with 27 points and Tatum added 21 as the Celtics led 58-45 at the half and stretched the gap to 22 early in the third.

The second quarter is where Milwaukee lost its grip. The Bucks hit only two of 12 tries from deep in that period while Boston won it 33-18. Milwaukee trailed 91-74 going into the fourth, where Ousmane Dieng added eight points in his first action in nearly four games. Boston, now 8-2, was comfortable enough to rest Tatum for the whole final quarter.

Turner had a rough night with three points, though he handed out a career-best seven assists along with five rebounds. He has made just one of his last 15 shots over two games.

It was the second loss to Boston in five nights for Milwaukee, which fell 109-102 in Boston on Wednesday. The Bucks also lost 121-107 to Toronto in an NBA Cup game on Friday.