Jaylen Brown has 30 points, 13 rebounds as Celtics coast to 107-79 win over Bucks

BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown had 30 points and 13 rebounds, Anfernee Simons scored 27 points off the bench and the Boston Celtics coasted to a 107-79 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday.

Derrick White added 17 points, eight assists and seven rebounds, and Neemias Queta had 14 points and eight boards as the Celtics won their second straight game after alternating wins and losses in their previous four. It was Brown's third double-double this season.

Ryan Rollins led Milwaukee with 25 points and Kyle Kuzma scored 16.

With trade rumors swirling around their sidelined star Giannis Antetokoumpo, the Bucks didn’t miss a shot in the opening 2½ minutes (5 for 5) and pulled ahead 12-0 before Boston sent them to their fifth straight loss.

Antetokoumpo strained his right calf on Jan. 23 and there’s no timeline for his return.

The Celtics led 56-42 at halftime and Brown, who missed their easy win over Sacramento Friday with left hamstring tightness and a bruised right knee, scored 10 of their initial 12 points to start the second half, pushing them ahead 68-47.

Boston’s lead ballooned to 27 points on Brown’s 3-pointer midway into the final quarter before coach Joe Mazzulla pulled his starters.

Simons gave the Celtics a jolt offensively in the opening half, scoring 14 points — 11 in the opening quarter — that included consecutive 3-pointers in the closing minute of the first.

The game was the inaugural NBA Pioneers Classic, honoring the 75th anniversary of the debut seasons of league’s first Black players: Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd and Nathaniel “Sweetwater” Clifton.

Both teams wore commemorative jersey patches and warmup shirts. The players were honored on the first day of Black History Month.

Brown addressed the crowd pregame, saying: “Who will be this generation’s pioneers?”

Bucks: Host Chicago on Tuesday.

Celtics: At Dallas on Tuesday.

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Fans erupt at left after Boston Celtics guard Anfernee Simons (4) hit a three point shot as the buzzer sounded for the end of the first quarter that tied the game. The Milwaukee Bucks met the Boston Celtics in an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Jim Davis)

Prior to the start of the game, Boston Celtics forward Jaylen Brown (left) shakes hands with Chuck Cooper, one of the first Black players in NBA history, as part of the NBA Pioneers Classic game between the Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks, Sunday, Feb 1, 2026, in Boston. At far right is another pioneer, former NBA player Earl Lloyd. (AP Photo/Jim Davis)

Boston Celtics center Neemias Queta, left, slams home two points over Milwaukee Bucks center Myles Turner (3) during an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Feb 1, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Jim Davis)

Fans, left, react after Boston Celtics guard Anfernee Simons (4) hit a 3-point basket as the buzzer sounded for the end of the first quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Milwaukee Bucks, Sunday, Feb 1, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Jim Davis)

Boston Celtics' Jaylen Brown, right, warms up before an NBA basketball game against the Milwaukee Bucks, Sunday, Feb 1, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Jim Davis)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — FKA twigs, Natalia Lafourcade, Leon Thomas, the “Wicked” duo of Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande and the Dalai Lama are among the early winners at the 68th annual Grammy Awards.

While the Grammys save the biggest categories for its telecast, which begins at 8 p.m. Eastern on CBS, 86 awards were handed out during the Premiere Ceremony Sunday afternoon.

Darren Criss hosted the premiere ceremony, which features performances and awards presentations.

Here's an updating list of select winners at Sunday's Grammys:

“EUSEXUA,” FKA twigs

“Defying Gravity,” Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande

“Never Enough,” Turnstile

“Mutt,” Leon Thomas

“A Matter of Time,” Laufey

“Cancionera,” Natalia Lafourcade

“Palabra De To’s (Seca), Carín León

“Sinners,” various artists

“Sinners,” Ludwig Göransson

“Heart of Mine,” Darrel Walls, PJ Morton.

“Coritos Vol. 1,” Israel & New Breed

“Golden,” from “KPop Demon Hunters"

“Portrait,” Samara Joy

“Southern Nights,” Sullivan Fortner featuring Peter Washington and Marcus Gilmore

“Push 2 Start,” Tyla

“BLXXD & FYAH,” Keznamdi

“Anxiety,” Doechii

“Music by John Williams”

“Songs of a Lost World,” The Cure

Amy Allen

Cirkut

“Your Friend, Nate Bargatze,” Nate Bargatze.

“Meditations: The Reflections of his Holiness The Dalai Lama,” Dalai Lama

“Words for Days Vol. 1,” Mad Skillz.

“Chromakopia”

For more coverage of the 2026 Grammy Awards, visit: https://apnews.com/hub/grammy-awards

Shaboozey accepts the award for best country duo/group performance for "Amen" by Shaboozey and Jelly Roll during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Yungblud poses in the press room with the award for best rock performance for "Changes (Live From Villa Park) Back To The Beginning" during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Pat McCrory, from left, Daniel Fang, and Brendan Yates of Turnstile accept the award for best rock album for "Never Enough" during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

FKA Twigs poses in the press room with the award for best dance/electronic album for "EUSEXUA" during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Gesaffelstein accepts the award for best remixed recording for "Abracadabra - Gesaffelstein Remix" during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

FKA Twigs accepts the award for best dance/electronic album for "EUSEXUA" during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)