Next, a pass from Smart for a turnaround jumper, followed a couple possessions later by another 3-pointer over Milwaukees Pat Connaughton. Among the four teams in this race, Miami has the second-easiest schedule based on opponent win percentage. CLUTCH HAUSER HITS THE 3 pic.twitter.com/m51ELo5Yvp. 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. I had a partial tear in the T6, T7 spine, at the top. 9:28 pm ET, at Celtics rout Bucks to close out epic series Jayson Tatum puts up 23 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists while Grant Williams chips in a career-high 27 points (7 3PM) to pace Game 7 victory. 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. 4 Sixers by one game in the loss column. RotoWire considers the best player values in Yahoo fantasy leagues for Tuesday night's 10 game slate. This teams depth is a double-edged sword, though. George Hill then punctuated the win with a steal and layup with 23 seconds left. From that point on, they scored just six points and shot 2-for-8 from the field. 10 Atlanta (Nets hold tiebreaker). JR Radcliffe can be reached at (262) 361-9141 or jradcliffe@gannett.com. Still a game to be played between Mavericks and Jazz that could change how this tiebreaker would pan out. Below are five big questions that will be answered in the coming days. After the defending champs dispatched the Chicago Bulls last night, the Eastern Conference Semifinals is set between Milwaukee and Boston. The Bucks clinched the head-to-head tiebreaker with Philadelphia on Tuesday winning the season series 2-1 they are tied with Miami 2. Of course, you don't make a double-digit comeback in the fourth quarter without some luck. Later on, Giannis Antetokounpo and Jrue Holiday hit back-to-back 3s in the final minutes to tie the game at 105-105. A team that finishes the regular season in either ninth or 10th place can do no better than the No. Joel Embiid is most likely the answer here. They currently sit in fourth place behind the other three contenders, they do not own a single head-to-head tiebreaker (2-2 vs Miami, 2-2 vs. Boston, 1-2 vs. Milwaukee) and are not in a good position for any further tiebreakers as their .600 win percentage vs. the East is fourth among the top four teams and they are the only team not leading a division entering Wednesday. White is enjoying the best stretch of his Celtics career with Smart sidelined due to injury. Early in the frame, as the Celtics were threatening to pull away, the Bucks knocked down three 3-pointers in a two-minute span to stay attached. 2022 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals Bucks vs. Celtics League Champion: Golden State Warriors Finals MVP: Stephen Curry (31.2 / 6.0 / 5.0) 2022 Playoff Leaders: PTS: Jayson Tatum (615) TRB: Al Horford (214) AST: Jayson Tatum (148) WS: Jimmy Butler (3.8) On this page: All Games in Series That got the lead back to double digits, 98-87, with about five minutes left and the Bucks never got closer. The Bucks failed to cover as 2.5-point underdogs in a 118-100 loss at the Brooklyn Nets Friday. Celtics vs. We still havent seen Kevin Durant on the floor, but I have theSunsfourth here. Long story short: The Bucks' will sew up the No. May 15, 2022 Finally, Tatum got busy playing winning basketball and the trick-the-refs stuff got put away. (The offense has been historically good when he is on the court. The 35-year-old guard returned to action March 14, and Hill spoke about the injury for the first time at shootaround Thursday morning. Well get guys some ice and shower and recovery and as a staff and a sports performance staff well visit about it and decide what we want to do given tomorrow nights game and a early game on Sunday.. 2 seed in the case of a three-team tie, with Milwaukee ending up No. Had James Hardens 3-point attempt gone down before Embiids putback attempt was blocked, these teams could be flip-flopped in the standings. The Celtics' loss has trimmed their lead over the Bucks for first place in the Eastern Conference to just a half game. 4 seed, they would avoid the Nets in the opening round, but they would only guarantee themselves home-court advantage for the opening round. ET (ABC). The Mavericks are just 35 since Kyrie Irving debuted for Dallas after the teams home loss to Indiana on Tuesday. FantasyPros considers the best player values for DraftKings and FanDuel NBA DFS. The Bucks had only Jrue Holiday, with 17 points on 17 shots, and Pat Connaughton (14), helping Antetokounmpo with the scoring. Dallas hosts Portland and San Antonio, and the Warriors are at San Antonio and at New Orleans. I felt like we were able to make some shots tough," Budenholzer said of his team's defensive effort in the final minutes. The C's scored the first five points of overtime to take a 121-116 lead, but the Bucks finished the period on a 15-4 run to escape with a 131-125 victory. Both would also be divisional champions in a scenario where the teams tie, so it's. Muscala has been better than expected early in his Boston tenure. Antetokounmpo scored 29 points and had 11 rebounds while Lopez had 15 points and seven rebounds. Outside keeping everyone healthy, the Celtics' goal should remain the same: Prioritize beating the Bulls and Bucks to earn the No. From our standpoint, from the players standpoint, we want to be healthy, playing our best basketball, Middleton said. Connaughton made two free throws, but the Celtics were only down by three and still had an opportunity to tie things up. There were plenty of reasons for the Celtics' collapse, a number of which have been detailed above. Please enjoy the last 42 seconds of the game. On the court against the Celtics, the Bucks were able to take advantage of the schedule with the victory, as the Celtics elected to sit all-star forward Jayson Tatum (right knee) and center Al Horford (back) after each played about 30 minutes on Wednesday night in Chicago. If a team settles for the No. So, whether were out there playing we play to win. The same rule cancels out Kevin Durant, who will finish with 55 games played assuming he is active in Brooklyn's final two games. 7. If they split, and the Celtics win their final game against the Grizzlies, a complicated tiebreaker scenario between Boston and Milwaukee would activate. We have another head-to-head meeting on Wednesday as the Celtics host the Heat (7:30 p.m. Boston already clinched the season series with Miami (2-0 entering Wednesday) and can clinch the series with Milwaukee (2-1 lead) when they meet next Thursday; it will be the second night of a back-to-back for Boston. 12/13 . 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. Gambling problem? Good old Game 7, Antetokounmpo said. The other seven rotation Bucks who played combined for only 51 points to his 44. CelticsStrong Celtics Basketball Game . Back then, my highly scientific (a.k.a. But Grayson is doing his best. Detroit beat Milwaukee at Fiserv Forum on Jan. 3. The Hawks are also just one game back of the Cavs, and if Atlanta wins its final two (at Miami and at Houston), it would force Cleveland -- in addition to beating Brooklyn -- to also win its final game of the season (vs. Milwaukee) because the Hawks own the tiebreaker via a 3-1 head-to-head advantage. Boston has by far the hardest schedule, although the Grizzlies are locked into the Western Conference's No. Memphis Grizzlies. 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. 3 Celtics and No. Miss those and we're potentially talking about a. 1 in the West. By Adam Paris Dec 25, 2021, 1:10pm CST / new. 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. Will Russell Westbrook still be starting? The second round vs. Milwaukee starts with a Sunday matinee. 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. Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. Their tie-breaker difference in the standings is the reason Boston got homecourt advantage in this series, which now means Game 7 at . Boston then inched a half-game ahead of the. 7 could also have some impact on the Bucks-Celtics-Sixers logjam detailed at the top. 6-keys: media/spln/nba/reg/free/stories_live-blog, By pressing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: nba | pageType: stories | If they get neither, they're going to be the No. They were tougher than us in that fourth quarter, Game 5. However, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton, Brook Lopez and Bobby Portis are all listed as doubtful Sunday. A win at home over Boston tonight would see the two teams level on overall record, but there are a plethora of tiebreaker scenarios up in the air before the season comes to an end. Rotations shorten come playoff time. Needless to say, the NBA landscape is looking a little different in the final quarter of the season, with the dust almost entirely settled roster wise post-trade deadline and All-Star break. Khris Middleton is still not playing his normal minutes load. So how might they fix the disparity in Game 7? The Celtics potentially deciding between the No. Something went wrong. Way to find a way to win Celtics. But as Holiday saw it, there was no overcoming Bostons 3-point prowess in this one. Even more impressive, Holiday recovered the loose ball and threw it off Smart. pic.twitter.com/tg1XByX2sq, wow jrue holiday comes out of nowhere to block smart and then throws the ball off him, BIG BUCKET BY BOBBY!! They never even got a shot off, as Holiday stripped Smart near halfcourt to secure the win. The Nets and Cavs play Friday night with the Nets one game back in the standings, and if Brooklyn wins that game, it will also secure the season tiebreaker over Cleveland via a 3-1 head-to-head advantage. All rights reserved. White is averaging 22.5 points in February (seven games) on 52.2 percent shooting. The Celtics went on a 19-8 run over the first 4:20 to flip a 12-point deficit to a 78-77 lead thanks to a Theis three-pointer. Sometimes you miss shots, but that wasn't the issue for Boston. Since the Bucks and Celtics are tied in head-to-head series at 2-2, we have to move to the next tiebreaker. PLAYOFF PICTURE WATCH One seed all but off the table for Celtics now. The 27-year-old was signed on Feb. 16 after he was waived by the Brooklyn Nets and played in eight games for the Bucks. But it all goes back to whether or not teams want the two-seed. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. Milwaukee entered Tuesday on a 14-game win streak. @PicknSaveStores Photo of the Night pic.twitter.com/B4gn9HmX0H, AL HORFORD OUT OF NOWHERE pic.twitter.com/KUyuzYpU98, giannis with a three off the offensive rebound. 9:23 pm ET, at 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. But Allen has been a liability against the Celtics. But possible. 8 spot: Raptors:vs. Sixers, vs. The Phoenix and Boston stars take home the honors for Week 23. Just when it looked as if the game was headed for a rerun Boston opening a big lead, then watching it fizzle in the fourth Tatum flipped the script. 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). As it stands, the Celtics have a two-game lead over the Bucks on the secondary tiebreaker, too. He went 14-of-15 from the foul line, they went 2-of-3. 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. 5 spot for Utah. A Celtics win would push Milwaukee (.627) to first place, Boston would take over second thanks to owning the tiebreaker over Miami as the two teams would have matching 48-29 records (.623), while Philadelphia (.613) would remain in fourth place. 9:26 pm ET, at We'll get a good idea whether Boston or Milwaukee wants the two-seed when they send out their starting lineups Thursday night. They didn't do any of that in the final few minutes, and they paid the price. src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=674090812743125&ev=PageView&noscript=1"/>. If they lose to the Bucks on Thursday, though, Milwaukee will own the tiebreaker and likely drop Boston to No. This team always seems to be battling injuries, and we have no idea when Zion Williamson will return. Milwaukee's win streak is now up to 11 games. If KD and Chris Paul can stay healthy, its hard to see this team losing. 1 seed. 2023 www.jsonline.com. 9, which would happen if it loses and Atlanta wins out, it would mean a potential matchup with the No. So I figured out how I can manage to get back out with the guys. big time play. The Celtics' elite defense has stifled the Bucks all series, and was doing so once again in the fourth quarter -- at least on the initial shot. 2 and No. 2022 Playoffs: East Semifinal | Celtics (2) vs. The veteran forward has found his stroke from 3-point range, too. 2. Bos has one game left at Memphis; Philly plays Ind/Det. The Bucks and Sixers would finish with the same superior record to the Celtics, but the Bucks own the tiebreaker. 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. Wish it could stay there. If the Bucks. But as our Chris Forsberg observes, there's still a lot to be sorted out ahead of the Celtics' back-to-back with the Bulls (Wednesday night) and Bucks (Thursday night). 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. Despite both teams finishing 51-31 in the regular season, the Celtics won the fourth tie breaker by virtue of their record against the Easts playoff teams (20-13 over 17-16). 10:23 pm ET, at The challenge for the Celtics will be trying to help White keep up this level of play when Smart is back in the lineup. The Celtics led by 12 points at one point in the third quarter, but the Bucks made a huge run and hit several clutch shots late in the fourth quarter to take a 116-113 lead with 7.4 seconds remaining. So, in summation, Boston is in line for the No. Tuckers value goes up in the postseason, and the role players have been generally solid here. 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. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. 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. Celtics seeding watch: What's at stake for C's entering Bulls game, could do them a solid in their quest for an ideal NBA playoff draw, Forsberg: Marcus Smart tells all on pushing the Jays, leading C's turnaround. If he does that, and averages, say, 20 points over the final two, that would leave him at 30.1 for the season. 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. Their two-way ceiling is probably higher than any other outfit in the league. It was very frustrating, he said. Barton joins the Raptors after he was waived by the Wizards on Feb. 21. Barton joins the Raptors after he was waived by the Wizards on Feb. 21. 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. 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. The 13-time All-Star, who was dealt to Phoenix on Feb. 9, has not played in a game since Jan. 8 when he was with the Nets. For a team that has struggled to shoot the ball all series, that was a perfect time to find their shooting stroke. 2 seed is to win their final two (vs. Indiana and vs. Detroit) and have the Bucks lose their final two. 3 in net rating. After Portis put the Bucks ahead with 11.4 seconds remaining, the Celtics still had a chance to win the game or at least go back in front. The Celtics have the toughest schedule of any of the top four teams in the East as their remaining opponents have a combined win percentage of .548 and four of their final six games come against teams that are not just over .500, but over .600 so far this season. 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. 2 seed when it could very likely mean a first-round matchup with the Nets? That means Embiid has to come down a good chunk. The G League Ignite guard has been toward the top of several draft boards ahead of the 2023 Draft. 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. Remaining games: No more games left between the teams. ET. Facing elimination, Jayson Tatum steps up with 46 points for the Celtics, who withstand another brilliant performance from Giannis Antetokounmpo. With the win, Milwaukee has an opportunity to close out Boston at Fiserv Forum on Friday night in Game 6 as they look to defend their NBA championship from this past season. We'll see if they really want it (and if the Bucks want it, for that matter) when the two teams take the floor in Milwaukee on Thursday night. The James Harden-Joel Embiid pick and roll remains one of the most lethal actions in the game. He also had 11 assists and 10 rebounds. Battled. 8 seed from Brooklyn, as the Nets would be guaranteed to play the No. The Celtics 18-point lead had shrunk to six when Tatum subbed in with 9:37 left. Dallas Mavericks. Milwaukee is 17-15 pending the outcome against Cleveland. I think most of it was just completing the possession, Holiday said. With just over five minutes to play, Jayson Tatum hit a mid-range jumper to put the Celtics up 101-95. Daniel Theis added 22 points for Boston. 2 or No. "The guys found a way to win another close game. The Bucks jumped the Celtics for the No. Despite a slow start from behind the three-point line, the Bucks dominated inside with 34 points in the paint. "We want to compete. Jrue Holiday certainly believes as much, and he tried to prove it down the stretch in Game 5. Even the situation last year, I think a lot of people questioned about what we were going to do and how we were going to handle the situation. In the West, it's between Utah and Denver. Toggle navigation. 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. 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. He wanted a foul on the play and picked up the first technical foul of his NBA career. The two-seed is there for the Celtics -- if they want it. Bembry suffered a season-ending knee injury in Golden State on March 12 and had surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament on March 23. But a series against Kevin Durant and sidekick Kyrie Irving still isn't the most appealing first-round matchup for any team, because Kevin Durant is pretty damn good. 2 seed. The Celtics (50-31) have one game left in Memphis on Sunday while the Bucks headed right to the airport to play Detroit on Friday and then wrap the regular season in Cleveland on Sunday for a matinee. 10:15 pm ET, at Another team that realistically does not defend well enough to make a deep run. 6. 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. Instead, the Bucks were able to hang around. 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? Without Tatum, Brown shot it 20 times and made just eight (40%) to score 22 points. Celtics lose, Bucks go 0-2, Sixers go 2-0 2. The C's didn't have four of their top-six scorers -- Jayson Tatum (non-Covid illness), Jaylen Brown (facial fracture), Al Horford (knee soreness) and Marcus Smart (ankle sprain). 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