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Jrue Holiday on returning to Milwaukee to face the Bucks: "It should be fun"

Jrue is looking forward to the homecoming.

Matthew Dugandzic

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Jrue Holiday will be playing at the Fiserv Forum wearing a different uniform for the first time after three seasons. Holiday and the Boston Celtics will take on the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night, marking Jrue’s first game in the city since he was traded just before the season started.

Jrue is gunning for another win against Milwaukee after he and the Celtics nipped the Bucks in their first meeting this season on November 22nd, 119-116, at the TD Garden. Holiday scored just five points in the win and spent most of the time guarding Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Expecting a fun experience

Holiday is looking forward to a fun experience in what could be an emotional return to Milwaukee as he also expressed confidence that the Celtics can make it two in a row against the Bucks.

“We're a good team. We've beat them before. I'm very confident that we have a good chance to beat them again. So, I think, to be able to go back to Milwaukee should be fun. Again, a place where I was there for three years, and we did great things there, but I'm on to better things,” Holiday told reporters after the Celtics’ 127-120 overtime win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.

Worthy addition

Holiday played a vital role in the Bucks’ championship run in 2021. An All-Star last year, Jrue was traded prior to the start of the 2023-24 NBA season in a shocking multi-team deal that sent Damian Lillard to Milwaukee.

Holiday has turned out to be a solid addition for the Celtics, as he is averaging 13.1 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 4.7 assists while shooting 46.2 percent from the field and 42.0 percent from the three-point range in the 33 games that he has played this season so far.

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Behind the quartet of Holiday, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Kristaps Porzingis, the Celtics are soaring in the Eastern Conference as they occupy the No. 1 spot with a league-best 29-8 record.

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Matthew Dugandzic
MATTHEW DUGANDZIC

Matthew finished his bachelor's degree in Economics (Management) at the University of Split and got his master's degree in the same field at the University of Zadar. Whether it is playing the game as an undersized 6'3'' power forward or simply watching it, Matthew can't get enough of it. After all, he has been an avid NBA fan since the 2000s. But don't get him wrong, as Matthew still loves the old-school NBA and is a true student of the game. From on-court moments to off-court stuff, whether it's about the stars of modern-day basketball or legends of the game, Matthew covers every category of the NBA world and basketball in general, as long as it makes for an engaging and exciting story.