PREVIEW: Boston has won four of its last five contests and eight of its last 10 overall, including a 147-129 drubbing of the Heat in Miami on Wednesday night. Jaylen Brown led with 43 points while Jayson Tatum added 25 and Sam Hauser scored 23. The Celtics enter this matchup demonstrating elite offensive spacing and exceptional ball security, ranking second in both low turnover rates and high spacing efficiency, while their defense has proven particularly vulnerable to three-point attempts at the 28th rank. The Celtics have a 51-25 record, which has them second in the Eastern Conference standings, while the Bucks are the owners of a 30-46 record, good enough for 11th place in the East. Milwaukee comes in having lost 15 of its last 19 games, but a 119-113 loss against the Rockets in Houston requires a look beyond the box score. The Bucks went down to just seven active players after Gary Trent Jr. (hip) left the game just seven minutes in, as Giannis Antetokounmpo (knee), Ryan Rollins (hip), Kyle Kuzma (Achilles), Myles Turner (ankle) and Bobby Portis (wrist) among others were out. Milwaukee showcases concerning defensive weaknesses against rim attacks and allows opponents to attempt three-pointers at alarming rates, though the team ranks second in efficient three-point shooting when healthy. The Celtics' defense has suffocated the Bucks in each matchup since as Boston won 107-79 and 108-81, with the most recent matchup on March 2 in Milwaukee being particularly notable given the Celtics were playing without Brown and Tatum and the Bucks had a near-fully healthy lineup.