131. The Sixers are in an interesting spot following Tuesday nights loss to the Bucks. 2 seed is to win their final two (vs. Indiana and vs. Detroit) and have the Bucks lose their final two. Boston has the edgehere, owning a 20-13 record against the 10 Eastern Conference playoff qualifiers (a field that is set). Will any of the top four teams try to avoid a first-round matchup with Brooklyn? Hes shooting 36%, including 5-of-20 on 3-pointers, and while Milwaukee has been outscored by 27 over the first six games, that number has been 43 when Allens on the court. Die trying: Celtics three-point shooting hits season low against Knicks, Ice cold in New York: Takeaways from Celtics-Knicks. 9:35 pm ET, at His closet competitor was LeBron James, who won't be eligible now that he's set to sit the Lakers' final two games (you have to play at least 58 games to be eligible for the scoring title, and LeBron has only played 56). 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. Join this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkLMZipcF6P4fyb58Ta9m4g/joinNew from Dags Lan & Salty!Check out Bucks VS. Celtics G. 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. But, each time Boston responded with a key bucket, including a Smart basket that made it 121-118 Celtics with 2:27 to go. 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. With the teams bunched so tightly, even a single game can alter the standings. Remaining games: No more games left between the teams. 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). Gamecast; Recap; Box Score; Play-by . The good news for the Bucks is that they have a lot of control here. This team always seems to be battling injuries, and we have no idea when Zion Williamson will return. Giannis' massive triple late in the fourth came from an offensive rebound, which was another key to the comeback. Milwaukee Bucks (62-20) Boston Celtics (59-23) Philadelphia 76ers (55-27) Holiday then closed for the Bucks with five points of his own to help his team take an advantage into the fourth. The Bucks clinched the head-to-head tiebreaker with Philadelphia on Tuesday winning the season series 2-1 they are tied with Miami 2. Yet Budenholzer stopped the break, then wound up out of the timeout with his star taking a rare and unsuccessful corner 3-pointer. 2 seed. Visit ESPN for the game summary of the Boston Celtics vs. Milwaukee Bucks NBA basketball game on December 25, 2021. . Holiday had seven points in that stretch, which pushed a 38-37 Bucks lead to 51-40 with 5:03 left in the half. 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. 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. Finally, Tatum got busy playing winning basketball and the trick-the-refs stuff got put away. I know a lot of times we missed some rebounds. The Celtics are up to 4th place in the East and suddenly in position to compete for the conferences top seed. And there is still much to be decided. Joel Embiid is most likely the answer here. Barton joins the Raptors after he was waived by the Wizards on Feb. 21. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. He's someone who deserves a meaningful role even when the team is at full strength. 9:20 pm ET, Jayson Tatum turnaround mid-range jumper: make, Jayson Tatum fadeaway mid-range jumper: miss, Jaylen Brown pull-up mid-range jumper: miss. But Antetokounmpo seemed a little lonely and overworked in Game 6. 5 spot for Utah. Still a game to be played between Mavericks and Jazz that could change how this tiebreaker would pan out. Milwaukee and Boston are tied 2-2 for their season series, they're both division winners, and if this ends up as a tie, it will mean they have identical 33-19 conference records, too. Philadelphia (49-31) lost Thursday but is still lurking, as it still has two games remaining. Without Tatum, Brown shot it 20 times and made just eight (40%) to score 22 points. . Pump fake leads to great take pic.twitter.com/ClHytz93Qf. Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook's lines around the Bucks vs. Celtics odds, and make our expert NBA picks and predictions.. 2023 www.jsonline.com. Here are the remaining schedules for the Raptors, Nets and Hawks, who are battling Brooklyn for the No. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). Things to know:. The Bucks either claim the 3-seed outright. April 7, 2022 / 8:27 AM Bostons Jayson Tatum already had a flashy resume, from three All-Star appearances and an All-NBA selection to a contract paying him upwards of $163 million from this season through 2025-26. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. Williams missed his 3rd consecutive game with an injured left knee as Boston kept its season alive Friday night in Milwaukee. 3 or No. 3 seed would be pretty important to each of these teams, as it would mean landing on the opposite side of the bracket from Phoenix, which would delay a potential matchup with the No. looks like two celtics collided, giannis has a cut on his eye that keeps bleeding. Entering Wednesday, Brooklyn holds a 1.0 game lead on No. It begs the question: Do you really want the No. The Raptors lead the Bulls by two games with two to play, but with Chicago owning the tiebreaker, it makes it mathematically possible for the Bulls still secure the No. Cleveland Cavaliers. 6. Golden State Warriors. 9 Charlotte (Hornets hold tiebreaker) and a 1.5 game lead on No. They're going to have to beat good teams to get to where they ultimately want to go. FantasyPros considers the best player values for DraftKings and FanDuel NBA DFS. 3 seed, they'll probably need to go through both the Bucks and 76ers to reach the NBA Finals. In the regular season and even in Milwaukees first-round series against Chicago, guard Grayson Allen was a helpful, pesky kind of player. 9:30 pm ET, at Granted, Chicago or Toronto are much more appealing first-round foes than Brooklyn, especially with Robert Williams likely missing the series. 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. Only this time, Antetokounmpo had the ball and was pushing upcourt with a couple teammates. Marcus Smart was named Defensive Player of the Year this season, becoming the first guard to win the award since Gary Payton in 1996. Toronto has slightly lower odds on . It leaves Giannis Antetokounmpo as the only marginally reasonable threat to Embiid. Brown led Boston with 13 points and six assists while White had 11 and Smart 10. The Celtics MVP candidate was tossed amidst his third rough shooting night in a row. Antetokounmpo is averaging 29.9 with two games to play. White is enjoying the best stretch of his Celtics career with Smart sidelined due to injury. The Bucks are 2-1 against the Pistons this season but lost the last matchup 115-106 at Milwaukee on Jan. 3 That was in the back of our minds, Game 5, Tatum said after scoring 46 points with nine rebounds and four assists. the tiebreaker goes to Giannis Antetokounmpo. And so, that's a long way of saying the Celtics would claim the No. His health is tantamount to the Clips chances, and recently Leonard has seemed comfortable with an increased workload. In terms of strength of schedule, Milwaukee faces the second-toughest schedule of the four teams in the race as their remaining opponents have a .522 win percentage. Coming into Tuesday, they sat two-game below .500 with 20 to go. Bucks vs. Celtics. The plus-minus is a tough stat, Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said. In terms of tiebreakers, the Heat will lose their season series to Boston regardless of Wednesdays outcome, but the Heat are tied 2-2 with both Philadelphia and Milwaukee. To get to Embiid's 30.4, Giannis would have to average over 47 points over his final two games. In earning their 50th win of the season Wednesday, the Celtics took a half-game lead over the Bucks for second place in the East. Detroit beat Milwaukee at Fiserv Forum on Jan. 3. By Adam Paris Dec 25, 2021, 1:10pm CST / new. 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. 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. 4 Sixers by one game in the loss column. Celtics fans should be rooting for Atlanta to take the No. Boston forced overtime with a high-arcing 3-pointer from Sam Hauser. Thats something we talked about, Tatum said. He was 2-of-3 on 3-pointers, they were 5-of-26. at That would set up the possibility of a C's-Bulls first-round matchup if Boston loses to Milwaukee on Thursday. he'll have a chance to tie things up with 14.2 remaining, tatum goes quick out of the timeout and draws a foul, bucks have made six threes in the fourth quarter. If a team settles for the No. 9:45 pm ET, at Miss those and we're potentially talking about a. 2 seed with their win over Boston on Thursday night, and now lead the No. 3 Celtics and No. That best two words in sports clich might be getting old, but Game 7s themselves never do. Now that you've had a chance to breathe. Los Angeles Clippers. Had a couple cortisone shots to see if itll work. Steve Aschburner has written about the NBA since 1980. Grant Williams thought he got the Greek Freak at 10:16 of the fourth, only to have the Bucks challenge and win. Boston has two games remaining -- Thursday in Milwaukee and Sunday in Memphis . Since the Bucks and Celtics are tied in head-to-head series at 2-2, we have to move to the next tiebreaker. Any hope of avoiding the play-in tournament and clinching the sixth . Does Ty Lue know without a doubt the right combinations to play in big moments? Entering Wednesdays games, there are 12 days and just 96 games remaining in the 2021-22 regular season. Next, a pass from Smart for a turnaround jumper, followed a couple possessions later by another 3-pointer over Milwaukees Pat Connaughton. 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. The Chicago Bulls (28-34) play against the Toronto Raptors (31-32) at Scotiabank Arena Live Stream: fuboTV (Watch for free) NBA League Pass: The most live games plus NBA TV. All rights reserved. However, when it comes to strength of schedule, Philadelphia has the easiest schedule remaining as their opponents have a .404 combined win percentage. Marcus Smart stepped up, though, with a 29-point effort that included a 7-for-12 effort from behind the three-point line. 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. The challenge for the Celtics will be trying to help White keep up this level of play when Smart is back in the lineup. All Rights Reserved. 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. Budenholzer said there is no minutes restriction on Hill. 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. 9:39 pm ET, at Oops. 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. The Bucks outscored the Celtics 58-34 in the paint. Falling to the Bucks on Thursday would drop Boston down in the standings, and give the Bucks the tiebreaker over the Celtics. Game Flow; The . 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. 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. Rather, it was that they resorted to the methodical and predictable late-game offense that plagued them early in the season. Were not running from people. pic.twitter.com/BF5w5x2ma3. Milwaukee entered Tuesday on a 14-game win streak. You could make a case, however, that he isn't even the best defensive guard in this series. After an 11-game win streak earlier this year, Memphis is only 510 since Jan. 18. Sometimes you miss shots, but that wasn't the issue for Boston. Oh, there probably are some old-school coaches somewhere watching games like this one and reveling in the site of strong, thoroughly fit athletes falling backwards again, and again, and again, in search of drawing offensive fouls. The NBA's Noches ne B A celebration starts in March, where teams will commemorate fans and players across Latin American and U.S. Hispanic communities. 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. Which takes if to the fourth tiebreaker: record vs. Eastern Conference playoff teams, which Boston has clinched at 20-13 with the best Milwaukee can do being 18-15. The NBA's Noches ne B A celebration starts in March, where teams will commemorate fans and players across Latin American and U.S. Hispanic communities. But let's assume that isn't happening. 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. 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 Falling to fourth would likely set up a first-round meeting with the Toronto Raptors, a team that is rolling right now. P.J. Odds & lines subject to change. 1 seed and, as a result, likely play only one of the Bucks or Philadelphia 76ers in the playoffs. 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. 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? 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. Whether that happens is pretty much a toss-up, as the Cavs and Heat could be locked into their seeding by the time they play the Nets and Hawks, respectively. But the entertainment value of that is negligible, and the threat of injury to talented thoroughbred-like players is borderline negligent. 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? Of course, there is another question that looms over this race in particular and its about a team that currently sits in eighth place in the conference and will likely need to go through the Play-In Tournament to secure its playoff spot the Brooklyn Nets. 8 spot in the playoffs and a matchup with the No. 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 . If the Celtics finish with the No. Battled. Were being sarcastic, of course. That got the lead back to double digits, 98-87, with about five minutes left and the Bucks never got closer. His outside shooting, movement without the basketball and ability to play multiple positions have all proven valuable for the C's. 1 seed out of the play-in tournament if they win the 9-10 matchup and beat the loser of the 7-8 matchup. section: | slug: 2022-nba-playoffs-five-big-questions-entering-final-weekend-including-a-complicated-bucks-celtics-tiebreaker | sport: basketball | route: article_single.us | Outside keeping everyone healthy, the Celtics' goal should remain the same: Prioritize beating the Bulls and Bucks to earn the No. 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. 5 seed. Griffin gave a solid all-around effort versus the Bucks with 15 points, six assists, six rebounds, one steal, one block and two charges drawn in 24 minutes of action. This could all go mean nothing too, should Brooklyn end up in the eight-seed after the play in tournament. White also scored the first five points of the overtime period -- a drive to the bucket and a 3-pointer. Even more impressive, Holiday recovered the loose ball and threw it off Smart. A Boston loss and a Philly win in Toronto would drop the Celtics to fourth, but Boston would just need to win Sunday in Memphis and have the 76ers lose one of their two remaining games to jump into the three-seed. 9:31 pm ET, at And after a so-so early start to the season (by his standards), Embiid has picked up his play considerably on the defensive end of the floor the last few months. And the depth next to Giannis is now the best its ever been. 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 problem is experience. The Warriors, Mavericks, Heat and Celtics are the four remaining teams in the NBA Playoffs. 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. 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. Until then, Im a little cooler on them than many of my colleagues. Facing elimination, Jayson Tatum steps up with 46 points for the Celtics, who withstand another brilliant performance from Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Celtics launched 43 and made 17, with an 8-of-15 opening barrage. 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. What is more important? 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. Follow him on Twitter at @JRRadcliffe. 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). He's currently the leader at 30.4 per game. 8 seed. As it stands, the Celtics have a two-game lead over the Bucks on the secondary tiebreaker, too. The two-seed is there for the Celtics -- if they want it. 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 Celtics 18-point lead had shrunk to six when Tatum subbed in with 9:37 left. Celtics vs. Cavaliers odds, picks, prediction, bets, Bulls vs. Pistons odds, picks, prediction, bets, Knicks vs. Nets odds, picks, prediction, bets, Hawks have a Trae Young problem, Quin Snyder must fix, Nikola Jokic becomes 6th player with 100 triple-doubles, Bucks get 15th straight win, complete perfect February. There was chatter after Game 6 focused on the end of the regular season, when Boston closed out with a victory over Memphis while Milwaukee went belly-up at Cleveland. 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.. 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. 9, which would happen if it loses and Atlanta wins out, it would mean a potential matchup with the No. Celtics takeaways: White shines again as shorthanded C's lose to Bucks in OT, won the Eastern Conference Player of the Week, acquired by the Celtics at the trade deadline. I think we did a good job switching or whatever scheme we had and down the stretch we executed really well.. Boston also has to travel to Memphis to face the No. Visit ESPN for the game summary of the Milwaukee Bucks vs. Boston Celtics NBA basketball game on November 12, 2021 (Third-place Denver is closer to sixth than third.) The Celtics potentially deciding between the No. I felt like we were able to make some shots tough," Budenholzer said of his team's defensive effort in the final minutes. So were going to listen to whatever Bud wants us to do and were going to go out there and compete.. And so it went. The depth is shaky. It feels a lot better now and just trying to give everything I have.. The G League Ignite guard has been toward the top of several draft boards ahead of the 2023 Draft. The Celtics ran their offense to get Tatum into favorable matchups. He went 14-of-15 from the foul line, they went 2-of-3. 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. 7 seed. Miss those and we're potentially talking about a 20-point Celtics win. Round 2. 2 seed and could rest their starters in that season finale. While the Bucks have not clinched the Central Division, they do hold a commanding 3.5-game lead over Chicago, in case that tiebreaker is needed at the end of the season. Currently 32-18 vs. the rest of the East, that would require the defending champions to win out. Well spend a lot of time talking about it, Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer said of the team strategy regarding their last two games. They never even got a shot off, as Holiday stripped Smart near halfcourt to secure the win. 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. Brooklyn controls its own destiny to pass No. 2 seed when it could very likely mean a first-round matchup with the Nets? 76ers (51-31) Rotations shorten come playoff time. Maybe its possible this offseason if Irving sticks around. So, whether were out there playing we play to win. Khris Middleton had 27 points and 13 rebounds, and the Milwaukee Bucks topped the Boston Celtics 121-119 on Wednesday for their eighth consecutive victory. src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=674090812743125&ev=PageView&noscript=1"/>. Frankly the deck seemed stacked too high against Tatum and his team, particularly given Bostons meltdown in the closing minutes of Game 5. Milwaukee is 17-15 pending the outcome against Cleveland. Below are five big questions that will be answered in the coming days. He made the first free throw, but missed the second one badly. 3 and Philly No. 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). Celtics vs. Instead of trying to frame the narrative in Game 6, Tatum wrote the whole darn story. 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. 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. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference. It will be tough for them to overcome that massive hurdle. You would think the No. The Bucks used a 14-3 run in the middle of the first quarter to take a 27-20 lead with 4:05 to go, a margin they would take into the second quarter with a 36-29 lead. 10:09 pm ET, at / CBS Boston. 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. Boston has by far the hardest schedule, although the Grizzlies are locked into the Western Conference's No. 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. 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