Coming into Tuesday, they sat two-game below .500 with 20 to go. what a time for them to find their shooting stroke, On a mission. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=674090812743125&ev=PageView&noscript=1"/>. pushes Philly a game further back and gives us the tie-breaker against them. Pump fake leads to great take pic.twitter.com/ClHytz93Qf. At this rate, it would be disappointing if they didnt at least reach the championship series. Boston then inched a half-game ahead of the. The Celtics' loss has trimmed their lead over the Bucks for first place in the Eastern Conference to just a half game. But as Holiday saw it, there was no overcoming Bostons 3-point prowess in this one. The 35-year-old guard returned to action March 14, and Hill spoke about the injury for the first time at shootaround Thursday morning. 131. The visiting Boston Celtics came in with a 75.6% winning percentage overall since Dec. 31. He took 32 shots, made 17 of them and at 7-of-15 from the arc, hit as many 3-pointers as the entire Bucks team combined (7-of-29). Since the Bucks and Celtics are tied inhead-to-head series at 2-2, we have to move to the next tiebreaker. Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. That means Embiid has to come down a good chunk. The Celtics are up to 4th place in the East and suddenly in position to compete for the conferences top seed. In order to keep the No. Falling to fourth would likely set up a first-round meeting with the Toronto Raptors, a team that is rolling right now. Muscala has been better than expected early in his Boston tenure. UPDATE (4/9):This favors Boston, though Milwaukee can clinch a better record than the Celtics with a Boston loss to Memphis or Milwaukee win over Cleveland. And the depth next to Giannis is now the best its ever been. It will be fascinating to see how this race plays out over the final 12 days of the regular season as the seeds can shift on a daily basis, creating new potential matchups as the playoffs inch closer and closer. He started 61 games, made 40% of his 3-pointers, irritated opponents with his defense and reputation, and was gifted a two-year, $20 million contract extension before he even played a real game for the Bucks. what a series for the veteran, Smooooooooooth Jrue pic.twitter.com/j3ojCEahJx, smart just baited giannis into an offensive foul. ET (ABC). 76ers (51-31) Finally, Tatum got busy playing winning basketball and the trick-the-refs stuff got put away. The other side of that is, of course, the No. Bucks (3) . 9:29 pm ET, at The G League Ignite guard has been toward the top of several draft boards ahead of the 2023 Draft. 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. Yet Budenholzer stopped the break, then wound up out of the timeout with his star taking a rare and unsuccessful corner 3-pointer. The wing depth is actually solid, and Deandre Ayton has had great playoff moments in the past. 2 seed, and let the chips fall where they may in the play-in tournament. The two-seed is there for the Celtics -- if they want it. All rights reserved. 8 spot in the playoffs and a matchup with the No. The Sixers also need to finish a game ahead of Boston to win the No. As of Feb. 27, the Raptors have a 45 percent chance of making the 2023 NBA Playoffs, according to FiveThirtyEight's projections. Muscala finished with 18 points on 7-of-15 shooting with six rebounds and one steal. This team has been through too many battles for me to put them any lower on this list. After practice on Tuesday, head coach Ime Udoka said, were a basketball team, not a track team. 9 or 10 seed, which would require them to win two games in order to get into the first round of the playoffs. In late January, after returning from the health and safety protocol and playing in eight straight games veteran guard George Hill appeared on the injury report with neck soreness. 2 seed would mean home-court advantage in a potential 2-3 second round series, which is a big deal with these teams so closely matched. Foro Nuevos mensajes; Temas activos; Temas sin respuesta; Borrar todas las cookies del sitio If you are having difficulty accessing any content on this website, please visit our Accessibility page. Bucks (51-31) The Celtics claim the 2-seed via their tiebreaker (which, in this scenario, is record against Eastern Conference playoff opponents). After the defending champs dispatched the Chicago Bulls last night, the Eastern Conference Semifinals is set between Milwaukee and Boston. 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. The problem is experience. 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. BOSTON (CBS) -- Wednesday night's win over the Chicago Bulls gave the Celtics the inside track to secure the two-seed in the Eastern Conference. Eight of the Bucks' whopping 17 offensive rebounds came in the fourth quarter, and nine of their 20 second-chance points came in the frame. 1 team until the conference finals. Boston forced overtime with a high-arcing 3-pointer from Sam Hauser. 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. Will any of the top four teams try to avoid a first-round matchup with Brooklyn? 3 in net rating. Below are five big questions that will be answered in the coming days. The Nuggets have all the ingredients to make a deep run. After the Bucks went on a huge run between the third and fourth quarter to erase a 12-point deficit and lead 99-97 with 8:48 remaining in regulation, White scored back-to-back baskets to put Boston back ahead 101-99. April 7, 2022 / 8:27 AM 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. People will question Denvers defense, even though its played at a top-10 efficiency with Jokic on the floor. Muscala was acquired by the Celtics at the trade deadline last Thursday and he's already made a strong impact in his first three games. 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. East teams jockeying for position, matchups. Milwaukee Bucks vs. Play-In No. 10:09 pm ET, at But the entertainment value of that is negligible, and the threat of injury to talented thoroughbred-like players is borderline negligent. With just over five minutes to play, Jayson Tatum hit a mid-range jumper to put the Celtics up 101-95. T The sleek, smooth-shooting forward had a Giannis Antetokounmpo sort of game against Giannis Antetokounmpo. 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. Central division champion Milwaukee would thus only be competing in a head-to-head tiebreaker with Boston, and the two-team tiebreaker againstthe Celtics (laid out below) thus applies. But let's assume that isn't happening. Giannis' massive triple late in the fourth came from an offensive rebound, which was another key to the comeback. Get out of D-White's way this man is on a MISSION pic.twitter.com/SjbxwvZcnu. Long story short: The Bucks' will sew up the No. I agree to receive the "CBS Sports HQ Newsletter" and marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers), and other information from CBS Sports and the Paramount family of companies. Battled. At some point, it would be nice to see this group put together a sustained run of success. 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 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). And there is still much to be decided. Remaining games: The Knicks and Celtics meet in the season finale May 16 at Madison Square Garden. The result of that game not only clinched the season series (and thus the head-to-head tiebreaker) for the Bucks over the Sixers, it also moved Milwaukee to second in the East and Philly to fourth. Both would also be divisional champions in a scenario where the teams tie, so it's on to Eastern Conference win percentage. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. If they lose that 7-8 game, they would face the winner of the 9-10 game with the winner of that game securing the No. Smart and Theis combined for 29 of the Celtics 38 points in the quarter. Cleveland Cavaliers. 7 Cleveland. Here's why Giannis Antetokounmpo should be the NBA's Most Improved Player, As the NBA playoffs approach, the Milwaukee Bucks are tightening their rotation with four key players off the bench, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Bucks vs. Celtics. ET TV: ESPN Celtics v That brings us to the four-team race happening at the top of the Eastern Conference standings as Miami, Milwaukee, Boston and Philadelphia are currently separated by just 1.5 games with less than two weeks remaining in the regular season. While Dallas entered Tuesday a firm plus in their minutes, the defense has predictably not been great when the two share the floor. 2, 3 and 4 seeds in the East when the regular season ends this week, and the Bucks still have some advantage. How many head-to-head matchups between these teams are left? Without Tatum, Brown shot it 20 times and made just eight (40%) to score 22 points. Had a couple cortisone shots to see if itll work. Entering Wednesdays games, there are 12 days and just 96 games remaining in the 2021-22 regular season. ET, ESPN). 2 seed with their win over Boston on Thursday night, and now lead the No. By the way, it seems only fair to note here that Budenholzer didnt help his club when he called his predictable, notorious UIOLI (use it or lose it) timeout with 3:02 left. 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. 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. And the role players are all thriving playing off Joker. I spoke to a specialist; youre going to have pain playing with it no matter what," Hill said. (Third-place Denver is closer to sixth than third.) The Toronto Raptors haven't left themselves any wiggle room. 2 seed with their win over Boston on Thursday night, and now lead the No. Bucks rally late in Antetokounmpo's return for 117-113 win pic.twitter.com/GImsaKV1bP, bucks 108-107 with 11.4. celtics taking it out at half court, giannis missed it badly but portis comes up with it and scores to give the bucks the lead. The Celtics launched 43 and made 17, with an 8-of-15 opening barrage. section: | slug: 2022-nba-playoffs-five-big-questions-entering-final-weekend-including-a-complicated-bucks-celtics-tiebreaker | sport: basketball | route: article_single.us | 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. 3 and Philly No. But finishing third would take away home court for the second round, unless the Nets upset the Bucks, and finishing fourth would likely set up a second-round matchup with the Heat. Round 2. Back then, my highly scientific (a.k.a. And so, that's a long way of saying the Celtics would claim the No. Let's get it on. Please enjoy the last 42 seconds of the game. Theis grabbed his head in disbelief and Antetokounmpo was fouled the other way, making one of two free throws for a 125-121 lead with 39 seconds left. 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.. The Celtics and Heat meet for the final time in the regular season on Wednesday. Giannis Antetokounmpo was fantastic for Milwaukee all night long finishing the win with a game-high 40 points to go along with 11 rebounds and three assists while Jrue Holiday made a number of clutch plays on both ends of the floor down the stretch on his way to a 24-point, eight-rebound and eight-assist performance. 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. 1 pick Cade Cunningham. The Bucks jumped the Celtics for the No. Boston has by far the hardest schedule, although the Grizzlies are locked into the Western Conference's No. There are teams trying to get into the Play-In Tournament (7-10 seeds in each conference), there are teams trying to rise out of the Play-In and secure a guaranteed playoff spot (1-6 seeds in each conference), then there are the battles for playoff position, home-court advantage and securing tiebreakers that may be necessary come April 10. Were being sarcastic, of course. Even then, the game wasn't over. A win over the Bucks on Thursday night would essentially seal the deal for Boston. Things to know:. It's not impossible! We'll get a good idea whether Boston or Milwaukee wants the two-seed when they send out their starting lineups Thursday night. Only this time, Antetokounmpo had the ball and was pushing upcourt with a couple teammates. Even if hes back in time for the postseason, with how far thePelicanshave dropped, the climb is going to be too steep for them this year. pic.twitter.com/nicRRPGuEF, Bruised. Bucks vs. Celtics is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. As we move past head-to-head in the tiebreaker scenarios, Miami has two advantages: they have already won their division and they currently have the top conference record of any team in the East. 10:23 pm ET, at RotoWire considers the best player values in Yahoo fantasy leagues for Tuesday night's 10 game slate. Milwaukee was without reserve guard Grayson Allen (left hip soreness), but Bobby Portis scored 17 points off the bench for the Bucks. It was widely viewed that Milwaukee was avoiding a #2 vs. #7 matchup with the Brooklyn Nets who Boston would later sweep anyway. Visit ESPN for the game preview of the Boston Celtics vs. Milwaukee Bucks NBA basketball game on February 14, 2023. . The 76ers currently sit in fourth with an identical 49-30 record as the Bucks, who own the tiebreaker over Philly. From our standpoint, from the players standpoint, we want to be healthy, playing our best basketball, Middleton said. For now, this is mostly a token mention. big time play. @paysbig pic.twitter.com/b6bQgMu1ld, KNOCKED AWAY BY HOLIDAY!! 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 . Outside keeping everyone healthy, the Celtics' goal should remain the same: Prioritize beating the Bulls and Bucks to earn the No. 9:25 pm ET, at Even more impressive, Holiday recovered the loose ball and threw it off Smart. The Bucks have five games remaining against teams over .500 and just two (Detroit and LA Clippers) under .500. 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. Boston got big offensive performances from its three best players, with Tatum, Smart (21) and Brown (22) combining for 89 points. He hasn't always been consistent on the offensive end, but he is a complete game-changer on defense, as he reminded everyone on Wednesday. Dont be surprised if the elimination factor Sunday flushes Middleton back into the lineup, minutes restriction be darned. 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. Or I could come in like, you cant change what happened.. Budenholzer said there is no minutes restriction on Hill. The Celtics currently own tiebreakers over Milwaukee and Philly, so if they win out, the No. The Celtics ran their offense to get Tatum into favorable matchups. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. 2 seed. DraftKings Sportsbook has the Bucks favored by 6.5 points at home over the Celtics, priced at -265 on the moneyline. 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. 2 seed in the West, and the 76ers have a winnable clash with Detroit. 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). 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. The Bucks are 2-1 against the Pistons this season but lost the last matchup 115-106 at Milwaukee on Jan. 3 That got the lead back to double digits, 98-87, with about five minutes left and the Bucks never got closer. The Bucks have struggled in the third quarter all year long and Thursday was no different, but they rallied late to take a 102-97 lead into the fourth quarter. Boston is the only team in the top five in both offensive and defensive rating. Were not running from people. On Sunday afternoon at TD Garden, The Boston Basketball Celtics will host Milwaukee, running club or otherwise. Here are the remaining schedules for the Celtics, Bucks and Sixers with all three teams sitting at 49-30. 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. The Celtics own that tiebreaker. Holiday and Antetokounmpo had a dozen points each while Lopez and Portis had 11 each. The James Harden-Joel Embiid pick and roll remains one of the most lethal actions in the game. Jayson Tatum scores 12 of his 46 points in the 4th quarter to send the series back to Boston for Game 7. His outside shooting, movement without the basketball and ability to play multiple positions have all proven valuable for the C's. Here are the order of the tiebreakers and how they would play out. Thats why Phoenix ends up behind the other squads on this list. We have another head-to-head meeting on Wednesday as the Celtics host the Heat (7:30 p.m. Yes, defense perhaps played a role in that, but open looks were made (by Boston) and missed (by . Holiday also had 29 points and handed out eight assists while Middleton scored 22 points and had nine assists. So, if the Celtics win and the Bucks lose, the Celtics get the 2-seed and the Bucks get the 3-seed and will face the Bulls. The Celtics split their season with the Sixers (2-2) as the two also remain in contention for the Atlantic Division title with Boston holding a slim 0.5 game edge at this point. The most obvious problem is All-Star wing Khris Middletons continued absence with a left knee strain. Entering Wednesday, Brooklyn holds a 1.0 game lead on No. Joel Embiid is most likely the answer here. 2 or No. The Celtics MVP candidate was tossed amidst his third rough shooting night in a row. The Mavericks are just 35 since Kyrie Irving debuted for Dallas after the teams home loss to Indiana on Tuesday. Bucks celtics sixers tie breaker. Will Russell Westbrook still be starting? It puts Boston at -200 to advance. All Rights Reserved. ET, ESPN), Philadelphia 76ers (46-29), 1.5 games back. Tatum had taken some heat in the wake of the Game 5 collapse for going a little Teflon in his demeanor, pre-empting anyone who wants to see him or the other Boston players hanging their heads, kicking tables or other histrionics. 9:35 pm ET, at So were going to listen to whatever Bud wants us to do and were going to go out there and compete.. 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? If a team settles for the No. The Celtics have a somewhat built-in excuse to punt the game, given it's the second leg of a back-to-back. 10:15 pm ET, at 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 | 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. CelticsStrong Celtics Basketball Game . He's also hitting 48.8 percent from beyond the arc during that span. In the regular season and even in Milwaukees first-round series against Chicago, guard Grayson Allen was a helpful, pesky kind of player. Its very difficult to separate them from the top team on this list, but . I know a lot of times we missed some rebounds. Again, not likely. Philadelphia 76ers. First published on April 7, 2022 / 8:27 AM. wow, horford with a massive put back slam to push the celtics' lead to six. Bucks: At Detroit on Friday. White recently won the Eastern Conference Player of the Week award, and he kept his hot streak going against the Bucks. 2 seed in the case of a three-team tie, with Milwaukee ending up No. Milwaukee Bucks. Now it's just a matter of seeding. Joel Embiid recovers from a slow start to finish with 29 points, but Giannis Antetokounmpo erupts for 40 to lead Milwaukee past the 76ers. We got to get up more threes, Holiday said. pic.twitter.com/EHlIwwHhBz, Jrue showing off that defensive skill. "The guys found a way to win another close game. Theres some nights like tonight that youre going to be able to score a lot in the paint, and theres going to be some nights that youre going to score more from the three-point line. 2 seed in the East, while the Brooklyn Nets have vaulted to the No. They were tougher than us in that fourth quarter, Game 5. Instead, they turned around a 14-point deficit thanks to some big-time shot making, a dominant performance on the offensive glass and a little bit of luck. Los Angeles Clippers. FantasyPros considers the best player values for DraftKings and FanDuel NBA DFS. Then it would be down to Milwaukee and Boston as division winners, which sends it back to a straight two-team tiebreaker. src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=674090812743125&ev=PageView&noscript=1"/>. 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!! He also played 44 minutes, and before Tuesday he hadn't seen 30-plus minutes in a game since Jan. 15, 2020 with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Visit ESPN for the game summary of the Milwaukee Bucks vs. Boston Celtics NBA basketball game on November 12, 2021 The other seven rotation Bucks who played combined for only 51 points to his 44. It was very frustrating, he said. Eastern Conference Playoff Teams. Game Flow; There were plenty of reasons for the Celtics' collapse, a number of which have been detailed above. Then he pulled up for a 3. The Sixers are in an interesting spot following Tuesday nights loss to the Bucks. Boston guard Jaylen Brown had scored at least 25 points in 10 straight games, the longest active streak in the NBA. The other two: Shaquille ONeal and Wilt Chamberlain. 5 spot for Utah. 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 | "It felt like we didnt; the one thing wed like to finish the stop. 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. Miami also has eyes on this race because if Brooklyn falls to No. 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. For the first time in this seasons rankings, the Bucks top this list. 2 seed is to win their final two (vs. Indiana and vs. Detroit) and have the Bucks lose their final two. They led by as many as five until the Bucks took brief leads of 115-114 with 5:39 left and 118-116 with 4:47 to go. The . The Bucks outscored the Celtics 58-34 in the paint. You could make a case, however, that he isn't even the best defensive guard in this series. 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. Tiebreaker vs. Celtics: Tied 1-1. 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