So this is just a quick breakdown of each scenario Celtics fans can prepare for. Collectively, so far only three teams have clinched a playoff berth, while five teams have been mathematically eliminated. From the words and tone of the participants late Friday night, it sounded as if the Celtics were glad to play the clincher at home, while the more seasoned Bucks showed their bring it on swagger. 1 seed There simply isn't a team lurking in the play-in spots that seems as prickly as the Nets did a year ago. Celtics:at Chicago, at Milwaukee, at Memphis, Bucks:vs. Celtics, at Detroit, at Cleveland, Sixers:at Toronto, vs. Indiana, vs. Detroit. 2 or No. Milwaukee has seven games remaining in the regular season with three coming at home (26-12) and four on the road (21-16); they also have two back-to-backs, but they are both split with one game at home and the other on the road. Both would also be divisional champions in a scenario where the teams tie, so it's on to Eastern Conference win percentage. 2023 www.jsonline.com. The early returns of the Luka Doncic-Kyrie Irving pairing havent been stellar. Milwaukee's win streak is now up to 11 games. The Celtics' loss has trimmed their lead over the Bucks for first place in the Eastern Conference to just a half game. Miami also has eyes on this race because if Brooklyn falls to No. Then it would be down to Milwaukee and Boston as division winners, which sends it back to a straight two-team tiebreaker. After Antetokounmpo picked up his fourth foul with nearly 20 minutes left in the game, the Celtics got wrapped up in trying to force his fifth and, hey, maybe his sixth. Eastern Conference Playoff Teams. Jack up even more. Heres how I would size up the list of contenders for the homestretch of the season. Massive mural by Milwaukee artist Mauricio Ramirez measures 53 1/2 feet tall x 56 1/2 feet wide, taking up the side of a 3-story building. Boston's regulars all played big minutes in Chicago on Wednesday night, with Jaylen Brown playing 35 minutes and Jayson Tatum and Al Horford each logging 30 minutes. I dont see how the Mavs put together a championship-caliber group around those two this year, even with a healthy Maxi Kleber. Middleton then hit consecutive threes and Brown went to the bench with four fouls with about five minutes left, and things looked up for Milwaukee until Smart and Theis went off for 13 straight Boston points to give the Celtics a 96-95 lead with 2:12 left. at Pretty much at whole strength against a team thats 2-0 against Boston so far this year. And time is running out for this team to properly gel before a deep run. But if youre a fan of another Western Conference team, do you really want your squad responsible for trying to knock out Steph, Klay, and Draymond Green? 9:39 pm ET, at The Celtics 18-point lead had shrunk to six when Tatum subbed in with 9:37 left. The #1 Boston Celtics fan forum weighs in. Those kind of plays are exactly why the Bucks traded for Holiday prior to last season. The Celtics own the tiebreaker over the Sixers by virtue of their division record 9-7 vs. How Celtics Tiebreakers With Bucks 76ers Break Down . The other side of that is, of course, the No. Individually, there are incredibly close races for Kia Most Valuable Player, Kia Rookie of the Year and the league scoring title that are being tracked on a daily basis. Somehow, Marcus Smart and Jaylen Brown collided and neither were able to grab the rebound, which popped right to Bobby Portis for the game-winning layup. It feels a lot better now and just trying to give everything I have.. But what he did in saving the Celtics season for at least another 42 hours or so upped his profile and reputation another couple levels. The Nuggets have all the ingredients to make a deep run. 8 seed. The Bucks were misfiring all night form deep: 2-of-7 in the first, 1-of-9 in the second, 1-of-4 in the third. 2 seed. 9:26 pm ET, at . Smart and Theis combined for 29 of the Celtics 38 points in the quarter. Feels like Thursday night in Milwaukee should decide who gets 2 seed.Win in Chicago tonight would go long way towards ensuring no Raptors draw. That would set up the possibility of a C's-Bulls first-round matchup if Boston loses to Milwaukee on Thursday. 2023 ABG-SI LLC. Should Milwaukee and Boston finish tied in the conference, the next tiebreaker is record against playoff opponents. The Milwaukee Bucks woke up Wednesday in a three-way tie for second in the Eastern Conference standings, knotted at 49-30 with Boston and Philadelphia. 1 seed and, as a result, likely play only one of the Bucks or Philadelphia 76ers in the playoffs. Boston has two games remaining -- Thursday in Milwaukee and Sunday in Memphis -- while the Bucks (vs. Celtics, at Detroit, at Cleveland) and 76ers (at Toronto, vs. Indiana, vs. Detroit) each have three. Celtics lose, Bucks go 0-2, Sixers go 2-0 2. Boston got big offensive performances from its three best players, with Tatum, Smart (21) and Brown (22) combining for 89 points. Really, the Celtics shouldn't fear anyone this postseason. Miami has six games remaining in the regular season, with just two at home (they are 27-12 at home this season) and four on the road (21-16), including one back-to-back. The Celtics MVP candidate was tossed amidst his third rough shooting night in a row. We still havent seen Kevin Durant on the floor, but I have theSunsfourth here. 12/13 . The start of the third quarter kind of stands out to me [as a struggle]. He also had 11 assists and 10 rebounds. That could be a pivotal game because if these teams finish tied in the standings at the end of the regular season, the winner of the season series will have the tiebreaker and get the higher seed. 3 Celtics and No. Jrue Holiday led all players with 40 points and hit some massive 3-point shots late in the game, including one that gave Milwaukee a 127-125 lead with 25 seconds remaining in OT. Boston forced overtime with a high-arcing 3-pointer from Sam Hauser. To get to Embiid's 30.4, Giannis would have to average over 47 points over his final two games. NBA.com is part of Warner Media, LLCs Turner Sports & Entertainment Digital Network, *Translations are limited to select pages, Celtics' Williams misses 3rd straight game, 5 takeaways from Bucks' epic Game 5 comeback, Giannis posterized with massive Milwaukee mural, NBA set to celebrate Noches neBA program, NBA DFS Picks: Yahoo plays and strategy for Feb. 28, Durant expected to make Suns debut tonight, NBA DraftKings & FanDuel DFS Primer: Feb. 28, Scoot Henderson says hes ready for NBA Draft. The Celtics have a 41-17 record and still lead the NBA standings with one more game -- Wednesday night against the Detroit Pistons at TD Garden -- before the All-Star break. 7. Visit ESPN for the game summary of the Boston Celtics vs. Milwaukee Bucks NBA basketball game on December 25, 2021. . By Adam Paris Dec 25, 2021, 1:10pm CST / new. This game also plays a big role in deciding a potential tiebreaker between these two teams, as Boston has a 2-1 lead in the season series over Milwaukee. Bucks (3) . Get out of D-White's way this man is on a MISSION pic.twitter.com/SjbxwvZcnu. section: | slug: bucks-vs-celtics-score-takeaways-milwaukee-pulls-off-fourth-quarter-comeback-to-steal-game-5-against-boston | sport: basketball | route: live_blog_single | Preview capsule for the Boston-Milwaukee Eastern Conference semifinal series that starts Sunday: No. On Tuesday, the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Philadelphia 76ers behind Giannis Antetokounmpos 40 points and game-sealing block on Joel Embiid in the closing seconds. Falling to fourth would likely set up a first-round meeting with the Toronto Raptors, a team that is rolling right now. Boston has by far the hardest schedule, although the Grizzlies are locked into the Western Conference's No. Barton joins the Raptors after he was waived by the Wizards on Feb. 21. T I mean, I could come up here and pout and be sad and Im sure there would be a big story about how were defeated and I dont believe in us, the 24-year-old said that night. Bucks vs. Celtics is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. 2, 3 and 4 seeds in the East when the regular season ends this week, and the Bucks still have some advantage. The Cavs are a net rating darling and have the profile of a team on both sides of the ball that can win it all, appearing in the top 10 in offensive and defensive efficiency. MILWAUKEE Five takeaways from the Boston Celtics 108-95 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 6 Friday at Fiserv Forum that evened their Eastern Conference semifinal series, 3-3, and force Game 7 on Sunday afternoon in Boston (3:30 ET, ABC). Please enter valid email address to continue. The Bucks have five games remaining against teams over .500 and just two (Detroit and LA Clippers) under .500. The Nuggets have a comfortable lead atop the Western Conference and appear poised to break through with their two-man core of Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray. Still a game to be played between Mavericks and Jazz that could change how this tiebreaker would pan out. Celtics vs. (Third-place Denver is closer to sixth than third.) If Cleveland beats Brooklyn it won't quite clinch the No. Boston shooters seek him out as a defender to exploit (at least until George Hill comes into the game). His health is tantamount to the Clips chances, and recently Leonard has seemed comfortable with an increased workload. After practice on Tuesday, head coach Ime Udoka said, were a basketball team, not a track team. ET on Thursday, April 7. The Bucks clinched the head-to-head tiebreaker with Philadelphia on Tuesday (winning the season series 2-1), they are tied with Miami (2-2) and currently trail Boston (1-2) with one final head-to-head matchup on April 7 that is certainly a game to circle on the calendar. Updated probabilities via @bball_ref: pic.twitter.com/Qv7Q1VZGKg. Bostons remaining schedule is split evenly between home (26-12) and road (21-17) and includes head-to-head matchups with both Miami (Wednesday) and Milwaukee (April 7). Their tie-breaker difference in the standings is the reason Boston got homecourt advantage in this series, which now means Game 7 at . Then Antetokounmpo drained a 3-pointer from 28 feet to make it 85-81 and it was on. It felt like we gave up a lot of offensive rebounds down the stretch and in the fourth quarter but able to get enough stops, hold them to 24 (points in the fourth)in a tight game. Bucks celtics sixers tie breaker. Antetokounmpo is averaging 29.9 with two games to play. Tatum scores 42, carries Celtics past Bucks 117-103 Jayson Tatum scored 16 of his 42 points in the fourth quarter and the Boston Celtics beat the Milwaukee Bucks 117-103 on Monday night. AZ, CO, CT, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, (select parishes), MD, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY, CA-ONT only.Eligibility restrictions apply. Detroit beat Milwaukee at Fiserv Forum on Jan. 3. 2 seed by way of the fourth tiebreaker if it beats Memphis and Milwaukee splits its final two. 9:29 pm ET, at Tatum hit a fadeaway shot. After scoring 10-plus points just twice in his first 22 games this season, Griffin has been in double-digits twice over the last three games. big time play. Until then, Im a little cooler on them than many of my colleagues. Teams are permitted to carry only two timeouts into the final three minutes, and the Bucks coach is almost comically dedicated to not having any stripped away. Brooklyn controls its own destiny to pass No. Heres the schedule: Game 1: Sunday, May 1st, 1 pm at Boston (ABC)Game 2: Tuesday, May 3rd, TBD at Boston (TNT)Game 3: Saturday, May 7th, TBD at Milwaukee (ABC)Game 4: Monday, May 9th, TBD at Milwaukee (TNT)Game 5: Wednesday, May 11th, TBD at Boston (TNT) if necessaryGame 6: Friday, May 13th, TBD at Milwaukee (ESPN) if necessaryGame 7: Sunday, May 15th, TBD at Boston (ABC) if necessary. Bucks: vs. Celtics, at Detroit, at Cleveland Sixers: at Toronto, vs. Indiana, vs. Detroit Boston has by far the hardest schedule, although the Grizzlies are locked into the Western Conference's No. Philadelphia 76ers. Boston forced overtime with a high-arcing 3-pointer from Sam Hauser. The Bucks had a 13-point lead at one point and then trailed most of the fourth quarter, and a dramatic final few minutes were set up by the fact the Celtics ran out of the gates in the fourth quarter with seven straight points to take a 104-102 lead with 10:24 left in the game. The Bucks clinched the head-to-head tiebreaker with Philadelphia on Tuesday winning the season series 2-1 they are tied with Miami 2. It could be a huge matchup. You could make a case, however, that he isn't even the best defensive guard in this series. src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=674090812743125&ev=PageView&noscript=1"/>. Give him the current roster Milwaukee has, and its very difficulteven with the teams offensive issuesto see how opponents will be able to match up with both him and the Bucks versatility. A matchup against the Nets without Williams isn't ideal, but it's still a series the Celtics should win if they're really as good as they've been the last four months. However, when it comes to strength of schedule, Philadelphia has the easiest schedule remaining as their opponents have a .404 combined win percentage. 2 seed and face a play-in team, the Bucks (50-30) must finish with a better Eastern Conference record than the Celtics 33-19 mark. Die trying: Celtics three-point shooting hits season low against Knicks, Ice cold in New York: Takeaways from Celtics-Knicks. The ball went in bounds to Smart, who saw a brief opening and tried to go right to the basket. Im sure Grayson could be better, but as a group, its really on all of us to be better coming out of the third quarter.. Philly does have two back-to-backs on their schedule and three of their final seven games are at home (21-17) and four on the road (25-12) as they are one of only three teams in the East with more road wins than home wins (joining Brooklyn and Toronto). FantasyPros considers the best player values for DraftKings and FanDuel NBA DFS. Milwaukee was without reserve guard Grayson Allen (left hip soreness), but Bobby Portis scored 17 points off the bench for the Bucks. Were being sarcastic, of course. Facing elimination, Jayson Tatum steps up with 46 points for the Celtics, who withstand another brilliant performance from Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Milwaukee Bucks are one win away from a berth in the Eastern Conference finals after pulling off a fourth-quarter comeback against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden in Game 5 of their best-of-seven series on Wednesday night. A day after formally signing Argentinian guard Luca Vildoza, the Bucks waived injured forward DeAndre Bembry to once again open up a 15th and final roster spot. As for the Sixers the only shot they have at the No. Boston has been the best team in the East since the calendar flipped to 2022 (30-10 since Jan. 1) as the chart below illustrates their dramatic rise, but they were just dealt a blow with Robert Williams III expected to miss 4-6 weeks due to a knee injury. A Heat win would extend their lead over Boston as well as idle Milwaukee and Philadelphia. Milwaukee Bucks vs. Play-In No. Remaining games: No more games left between the teams. Here are three key takeaways from the game: The Bucks should have lost on Wednesday night, and 99 times out of 100 they would have considering the circumstances. While Dallas entered Tuesday a firm plus in their minutes, the defense has predictably not been great when the two share the floor. If they split, and the Celtics win their final game against the Grizzlies, a complicated tiebreaker scenario between Boston and Milwaukee would activate. First to the Floor: are the Knicks a bad matchup? As a reminder on the Play-In, if Brooklyn were to finish the regular season in either seventh or eighth place, they would play the 7-8 game with the winner securing the No. Its gotten a lot better and Ill revisit it this summer.". 5 seed. For a team that has struggled to shoot the ball all series, that was a perfect time to find their shooting stroke. The defending champion Milwaukee Bucks entered the game with a sparkling 77.7% winning percentage when their Big Three of Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday play together. 3 seed, they'll probably need to go through both the Bucks and 76ers to reach the NBA Finals. 2 seed in the case of a three-team tie, with Milwaukee ending up No. With a race this fluid that is changing on a nightly basis, there are many questions that come into play: Which team has the toughest (or easiest) schedule the rest of the way? After spending the final two weeks of February (including the All-Star break) away from home, the Celtics return to Boston for a fun . vibes) method gave theNetsthe second-best chance at winning it all this season, while theSunsin the middle of a downturncame in at ninth. A win over the Bucks on Thursday night would essentially seal the deal for Boston. ET (ABC). Their tie-breaker difference in the standings is the reason Boston got homecourt advantage in this series, which now means Game 7 at TD Garden. pic.twitter.com/EHlIwwHhBz, Jrue showing off that defensive skill. Brooklyn was seen as title favorites entering the season, but a tumultuous season has landed them in eighth place at the moment. Finally, Tatum got busy playing winning basketball and the trick-the-refs stuff got put away. Remaining games: The Knicks and Celtics meet in the season finale May 16 at Madison Square Garden. Beating the Celtics was a huge boost, and Cleveland represents a winnable challenge. Boston clinched home court advantage in this second round series when the Celtics won in Memphis with a full complement of players whereas the Bucks sat most of their rotation players on the final day of the regular season. But the Bucks own the head-to-head tiebreaker with the 76ers. Most importantly, Giannis is an MVP-caliber player who can take his game to a place very few are capable of doing in the postseason. They didn't do any of that in the final few minutes, and they paid the price. 4 Sixers by one game in the loss column. The wing depth is actually solid, and Deandre Ayton has had great playoff moments in the past. He played nearly 43 minutes and logged a plus-21. Giannis, Jrue and Bobby come up HUGE down the stretch of an instant-classic Game 5 to put the @Bucks up 3-2!Relive the final minutes pic.twitter.com/eefBry3ywl. What should be more important to the Celtics in the East playoff race? The G League Ignite guard has been toward the top of several draft boards ahead of the 2023 Draft. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. The Nets potentially ending up at No. Still, the Sixers havent shown they can go to the heights the Bucks and Celtics have. Theres only one problem with that: The road team has won four of the six games so far. 2 seed, and let the chips fall where they may in the play-in tournament. Follow him on Twitter at @JRRadcliffe. ET, ESPN), Philadelphia 76ers (46-29), 1.5 games back. The Celtics shot 46.5%, the Bucks 16.7%. Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook's lines around the Bucks vs. Celtics odds, and make our expert NBA picks and predictions.. Each team has two remaining games. Had James Hardens 3-point attempt gone down before Embiids putback attempt was blocked, these teams could be flip-flopped in the standings. Milwaukee Bucks (62-20) Boston Celtics (59-23) Philadelphia 76ers (55-27) 9:51 pm ET, at But with Kevin Durant healthy and Kyrie Irving just cleared to play in home games, they are not a typical first round matchup for one of the top teams in the conference. The Celtics are up to 4th place in the East and suddenly in position to compete for the conferences top seed. A daily roundup of Boston Celtics news from Celtics Blog, By submitting your email, you agree to our, Jayson Tatum ejected in ugly Celtics loss to Knicks: I just told him this was probably the best officiated game Ive been a part of. Please enjoy the last 42 seconds of the game. Already without starting center Robert Williams III (knee), the Celtics simply had no answer for Antetokounmpo and Brook Lopez inside. UPDATE (4/9):The Bucks have the best collective head-to-head record among the three teams, but the first tiebreaker stipulation separatesdivision winners from those who arenot. Milwaukee used a 11-3 run early in the second quarter to help shake loose from Boston and take a 69-59 lead into halftime. If the Celtics beat Chicago and the Raptors can win at least two of their last three, Toronto will land in the 4-5 matchup with the Bulls slotted at No. Sign up for the Antetokounmpo scored 29 points and had 11 rebounds while Lopez had 15 points and seven rebounds. But let's assume that isn't happening. White recently won the Eastern Conference Player of the Week award, and he kept his hot streak going against the Bucks. CLUTCH HAUSER HITS THE 3 pic.twitter.com/m51ELo5Yvp. Boston Celtics 2022-23 record: 44-18 Previous ranking: 1. If you buy something from an SB Nation link, Vox Media may earn a commission. The Mavericks are just 35 since Kyrie Irving debuted for Dallas after the teams home loss to Indiana on Tuesday. The Bucks and Sixers are 1-1 in their season series, making the third and final game in the series the tie breaker.
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