Their remaining opponents have a combined win percentage of .509, with five of their final six games coming against opponents over .500, with the only exception coming in the regular-season finale against Orlando. This team has been through too many battles for me to put them any lower on this list. In some cases, the next tiebreaker would be division winning percentage, but that only applies if the teams are in the same division, so the Bucks' 11-3 advantage over the 9-7 Celtics doesn't . 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. 9:22 pm ET, at Maybe its possible this offseason if Irving sticks around. He's someone who deserves a meaningful role even when the team is at full strength. 2 seed and could rest their starters in that season finale. Even then, the game wasn't over. The Bucks either claim the No. Milwaukee entered Tuesday on a 14-game win streak. Boston couldnt get closer than six the rest of the quarter with Middleton scoring six of his 16 first half points from that point on. He wanted a foul on the play and picked up the first technical foul of his NBA career. Teammate Marcus Smart, burned on a pair of pivotal plays in Game 5, claimed he didnt sleep between the two games. PLAYOFF PICTURE WATCH One seed all but off the table for Celtics now. White is averaging 22.5 points in February (seven games) on 52.2 percent shooting. But the Bucks own the head-to-head tiebreaker with the 76ers. 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. If KD and Chris Paul can stay healthy, its hard to see this team losing. The Celtics' loss has trimmed their lead over the Bucks for first place in the Eastern Conference to just a half game. 6. The Sixers' star believes his offseason development and season-long production make him the favorite to win Kia MVP. The two-seed is there for the Celtics -- if they want it. People will question Denvers defense, even though its played at a top-10 efficiency with Jokic on the floor. Kawhi Leonard is playing more and more like the player who was dominant in both the 2019 and 2021 playoffs, the latter of which had solid title potential until he got hurt. The Bucks have five games remaining against teams over .500 and just two (Detroit and LA Clippers) under .500. While finishing second in the East would bring home-court advantage in the second round, there's also a good chance it will bring a first-round matchup with the Brooklyn Nets. CLUTCH HAUSER HITS THE 3 pic.twitter.com/m51ELo5Yvp. 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. All Rights Reserved. Milwaukee (.617) trails both Miami (.652) and Boston (.638) in conference win percentage. A team that finishes the regular season in either ninth or 10th place can do no better than the No. Battled. The veteran forward has found his stroke from 3-point range, too. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. First published on April 7, 2022 / 8:27 AM. The Nets potentially ending up at No. The 76ers currently sit in fourth with an identical 49-30 record as the Bucks, who own the tiebreaker over Philly. 7 seed. He shot 3-of-6 from beyond the arc Tuesday and has hit nine of his last 16 3-pointers. He's also hitting 48.8 percent from beyond the arc during that span. 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. Both would also be divisional champions in a scenario where the teams tie, so it's. 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. Milwaukee Bucks (62-20) Boston Celtics (59-23) Philadelphia 76ers (55-27) (The offense has been historically good when he is on the court. Thats why Phoenix ends up behind the other squads on this list. After the defending champs dispatched the Chicago Bulls last night, the Eastern Conference Semifinals is set between Milwaukee and Boston. Even more impressive, Holiday recovered the loose ball and threw it off Smart. Free trial Game Time: 7 May 15, 2022 With the Boston Celtics past the customary if not factual midpoint of the season after the annual All-Star Week festivities, who among the team's . Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Memphis Grizzlies. 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. The season series also is tied, and the third and final meeting between these teams isn't until March 30 in Milwaukee. Here are the remaining schedules for the Celtics, Bucks and Sixers with all three teams sitting at 49-30. In the East, it's between Toronto and Chicago. Here are the remaining schedules for the Raptors, Nets and Hawks, who are battling Brooklyn for the No. As of April 9, the three teams could still tie, but with Boston holding a tiebreaker over Philadelphia, the only scenario here would be Boston tying Philadelphia for the Atlantic Division lead and Boston earning that division crown. 9:24 pm ET, at pic.twitter.com/WJPCr35AEx, The end of game reaction from the @DeerDistrict!! Celtics TalkPOSTGAME POD: Shorthanded C's push Bucks to the brink but fall short in OT | Listen & Subscribe. He also had 11 assists and 10 rebounds. 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. Again, not likely. 9:26 pm ET, at Boston sits at +215 on the moneyline while the . First to the Floor: are the Knicks a bad matchup? 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. By Adam Paris Dec 25, 2021, 1:10pm CST / new. Cleveland Cavaliers. There's even a scenario where Philadelphia finishes second and the Celtics third, but no one needs that big of a popsicle headache this early in the morning. As it stands, the Celtics have a two-game lead over the Bucks on the secondary tiebreaker, too. 10:15 pm ET, at 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. pic.twitter.com/nicRRPGuEF, Bruised. Celtics:at Chicago, at Milwaukee, at Memphis, Bucks:vs. Celtics, at Detroit, at Cleveland, Sixers:at Toronto, vs. Indiana, vs. Detroit. 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. 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. 5 spot for Utah. Without Tatum, Brown shot it 20 times and made just eight (40%) to score 22 points. He also had seven assists. Finally, Tatum got busy playing winning basketball and the trick-the-refs stuff got put away. 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. DraftKings Sportsbook has the Bucks favored by 6.5 points at home over the Celtics, priced at -265 on the moneyline. White recently won the Eastern Conference Player of the Week award, and he kept his hot streak going against the Bucks. For the first time in this seasons rankings, the Bucks top this list. You can e-mail him here, findhis archive hereandfollow him on Twitter. Their tie-breaker difference in the standings is the reason Boston got homecourt advantage in this series, which now means Game 7 at . @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. Gambling problem? 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. Tiebreaker vs. Celtics: Tied 1-1. Really, the Celtics shouldn't fear anyone this postseason. Muscala finished with 18 points on 7-of-15 shooting with six rebounds and one steal. The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NBA, its clubs or Turner Broadcasting. It could be a huge matchup. 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. 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. With just over five minutes to play, Jayson Tatum hit a mid-range jumper to put the Celtics up 101-95. The Bulls currently sit in the six-seed, and we just saw what the Celtics can do to that team. Thats something we talked about, Tatum said. Milwaukee Bucks vs. Play-In No. Miss those and we're potentially talking about a 20-point Celtics win. 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. Its unstoppable.) Rockets, at Knicks. pushes Philly a game further back and gives us the tie-breaker against them. From our standpoint, from the players standpoint, we want to be healthy, playing our best basketball, Middleton said. The supporting cast still feels thin. Circle that March 30 game on your calendar. Bucks: At Detroit on Friday. 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 guys found a way to win another close game. 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 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. Tatum and Brown will likely see some action, but probably not the big workload they got in Wednesday night's blowout. 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. 7 Cleveland. Home court advantage is very important in the NBA playoffs, and the Celtics definitely benefited from it last season when they hosted the Bucks in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals at TD Garden and won. Keeps the Bucks out of first as well. 4 Sixers by one game in the loss column. 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 were going to listen to whatever Bud wants us to do and were going to go out there and compete.. I dont think anybody in this league plays to lose. No. 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. Beating the Celtics was a huge boost, and Cleveland represents a winnable challenge. 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. If they split, and the Celtics win their final game against the Grizzlies, a complicated tiebreaker scenario between Boston and Milwaukee would activate. No. After scoring 12 points in 16 minutes during his C's debut on Fridayand then 10 points versus the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday, the veteran forward racked up 10 points over the first five minutes of Tuesday's matchup. Much has changed since we last ranked NBA title . 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. 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. If a team settles for the No. If he does that, and averages, say, 20 points over the final two, that would leave him at 30.1 for the season. The 76ers currently sit in fourth with an identical 49-30 record as the Bucks, who own the tiebreaker over Philly. Raptors NBA Playoff odds. Remaining games: The Knicks and Celtics meet in the season finale May 16 at Madison Square Garden. This could all go mean nothing too, should Brooklyn end up in the eight-seed after the play in tournament. 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. All Rights Reserved. Let's first assume Embiid actually plays in Philadelphia's final two games (which isn't a given). Golden State Warriors. 3/24/2021 - AP. But while the Bucks deserve a ton of credit for making plays, Boston certainly helped them out with a disappointing offensive approach down the stretch. After practice on Tuesday, head coach Ime Udoka said, were a basketball team, not a track team. 2 BOSTON CELTICS (51-31, 4-0) vs. No. The same rule cancels out Kevin Durant, who will finish with 55 games played assuming he is active in Brooklyn's final two games. The other side of that is, of course, the No. Despite a slow start from behind the three-point line, the Bucks dominated inside with 34 points in the paint. Yes, defense perhaps played a role in that, but open looks were made (by Boston) and missed (by . SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. 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). So, whether were out there playing we play to win. Were not running from people. On Sunday afternoon at TD Garden, The Boston Basketball Celtics will host Milwaukee, running club or otherwise. 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. 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. 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. That best two words in sports clich might be getting old, but Game 7s themselves never do. They didn't do any of that in the final few minutes, and they paid the price. Milwaukee is 17-15 pending the outcome against Cleveland. The start of the third quarter kind of stands out to me [as a struggle]. Holiday had seven points in that stretch, which pushed a 38-37 Bucks lead to 51-40 with 5:03 left in the half. 10 Atlanta (Nets hold tiebreaker). Milwaukee's win streak is now up to 11 games. 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). With 14.2 seconds remaining, Giannis went to the line with the Bucks trailing by two. Game Flow; 10:29 pm ET, at MIKE MUSCALA THROWS IT DOWN (and gets his first technical ever?) pic.twitter.com/wKXHfm30tm. The Bucks and Sixers are 1-1 in their season series, making the third and final game in the series the tie breaker. Had James Hardens 3-point attempt gone down before Embiids putback attempt was blocked, these teams could be flip-flopped in the standings. 4. RotoWire considers the best player values in Yahoo fantasy leagues for Tuesday night's 10 game slate. The Bucks already have a head-to-head edge over Philly (2-1), so they'd win the tiebreaker over Philadelphia in any head-to-head scenario. 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