Boston Celtics vs Milwaukee Bucks Final — November 8, 2026
BOSOffenseFull 2025-26 regular season (last season)MIL
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Full 2025-26 regular season (last season), captured before tip-off. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.
Last five results this season, oldest to newest. Records are season to date, with home and road splits. Against-the-spread (ATS) and over–under records use the consensus closing line.
Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.
Distance is a straight-line estimate from each team's home arena, not the team's actual itinerary; time-zone change is at game time. Days of rest are full days off since each team's previous game this season (0 = back-to-back); preseason games do not count. Schedule facts only: no fatigue adjustment is applied.
No key players listed.
Injury report as of November 8, 10:10 a.m. ET: no key players listed for either team.
The pre-game matchup
The Celtics (7-2) visited the Bucks (1-8) on Sunday, November 8 at 8:10 PM ET.
Last season (2025-26), the Celtics scored 114.8 points per game (19th of 30) and allowed 107.2 (1st). The Bucks scored 110.6 points per game (29th of 30) and allowed 116.8 (20th).
Offensive rating, the points scored per 100 possessions: Celtics 119.9 (2nd), Bucks 112.1 (25th). Defensive rating, the points allowed per 100 possessions: Celtics 111.8 (4th), Bucks 118.4 (26th). Net rating, the offensive minus defensive rating: Celtics +8.0 (4th), Bucks −6.3 (25th). These are last season's full-season numbers because the new season's sample is still small; rosters change over the offseason.
The Celtics are 7-2 and 4-5 against the spread; their last game was a 119-80 win over the Hornets. The Bucks are 1-8 and 3-6 against the spread; their last game was a 121-107 loss to the Raptors.
The Celtics closed as 13.5-point road favorites, with the Bucks getting the points at home. The spread opened at Celtics -12.5. The total closed at 222.5, down from 223.5 at the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Celtics -800, Bucks +551) prices the Celtics at 85% and the Bucks at 15%.
Written from the numbers available before tip-off.
Result
Final score and result vs the closing line
Boston Celtics 117, Milwaukee Bucks 97
Boston Celtics won by 20.
- Against the closing spread (Milwaukee Bucks +13.5): Boston Celtics covered.
- Combined score 214 vs the closing total of 222.5: Under.
- Boston Celtics closed at -800 on the moneyline (a 85% no-vig market-implied chance).
Market
Closing line and line movement
Celtics -12.5 (-110)
Celtics -13.5 (-110)
Bucks +473 17%
Bucks +551 15%
Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at tip-off. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.
Members
G&W Line
G&W’s own number for this game, next to the market. Analytics
Matchup
Players to watch
- Points per game21.8
- Rebounds per game10.0
- Assists per game5.3
- Minutes per game32.6
- Points per game17.365th
- Rebounds per game5.399th
- Assists per game3.688th
- Minutes per game30.7
- Points per game20.537th
- Rebounds per game4.8131st
- Assists per game4.159th
- Minutes per game31.3
- Points per game17.366th
- Rebounds per game4.6138th
- Assists per game5.629th
- Minutes per game32.1
Last season's (2025-26) regular-season per-game averages; players listed with their current team, top two scorers per team, from season player stats captured before game time. Ranks among the 394 players with at least 20 games.
Head-to-head
The teams have met 18 times since 2022: the Celtics won 14 and the Bucks 4.
| Date | Score | Line | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2026 | Bucks 102, Celtics 109 Celtics won | ||
| Nov 4, 2026 | Bucks 102, Celtics 109 Celtics won | ||
| Nov 4, 2026 | Bucks 102, Celtics 109 Celtics won | ||
| Nov 4, 2026 | Bucks 102, Celtics 109 Celtics won | ||
| Apr 3, 2026 | Celtics 133, Bucks 101 Celtics won |
Meetings since 2022, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.
Teams
Boston Celtics
- Boston Celtics team stats
- Boston Celtics 98, Toronto Raptors 93 (Nov 11)
- Boston Celtics 123, Philadelphia 76ers 101 (Nov 10)
- Boston Celtics 119, Charlotte Hornets 80 (Nov 6)
Milwaukee Bucks
- Milwaukee Bucks team stats
- Los Angeles Lakers 123, Milwaukee Bucks 112 (Nov 11)
- Milwaukee Bucks 85, New York Knicks 117 (Nov 10)
- Toronto Raptors 121, Milwaukee Bucks 107 (Nov 6)
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