FantasyPros considers the best player values for DraftKings and FanDuel NBA DFS. 7 seed. 2 BOSTON CELTICS (51-31, 4-0) vs. No. 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 Boston forced overtime with a high-arcing 3-pointer from Sam Hauser. Remaining strength of schedule: .544. Eastern Conference Playoff Teams. Antetokounmpo is averaging 29.9 with two games to play. 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. Not exactly inspiring. Tiebreaker vs. Celtics: Have the tiebreaker 2-1 over the Celtics. ET, ESPN). Golden State Warriors. Boston shooters seek him out as a defender to exploit (at least until George Hill comes into the game). Die trying: Celtics three-point shooting hits season low against Knicks, Ice cold in New York: Takeaways from Celtics-Knicks. Ime Udoka on Celtics confidence: Were a basketball team, not a track team. Milwaukee was without reserve guard Grayson Allen (left hip soreness), but Bobby Portis scored 17 points off the bench for the Bucks. If Cleveland beats Brooklyn it won't quite clinch the No. On the last back-to-back the Bucks sat four starters in a lopsided loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on April 1 and the Pistons have won three of their last four behind No. Celtics lose, Bucks go 0-2, Sixers go 2-0 2. 2 seed. Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. PLAYOFF PICTURE WATCH One seed all but off the table for Celtics now. Despite a slow start from behind the three-point line, the Bucks dominated inside with 34 points in the paint. 4 Sixers by one game in the loss column. The Phoenix and Boston stars take home the honors for Week 23. 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. 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. We felt they beat us on winning plays, hustle plays, 50/50 balls. section: | slug: 2022-nba-playoffs-five-big-questions-entering-final-weekend-including-a-complicated-bucks-celtics-tiebreaker | sport: basketball | route: article_single.us | Its no wonder the game had massive playoff-seeding implications for both teams, and the 127-121 Bucks victory moved them into the No. The Sixers have three games against teams over .500 (Charlotte, Cleveland and Toronto) and four games against teams not only under .500 but all under .400 as they face Detroit and Indiana twice. A team that finishes the regular season in either ninth or 10th place can do no better than the No. Another team that realistically does not defend well enough to make a deep run. ET (ABC). The Celtics are up to 4th place in the East and suddenly in position to compete for the conferences top seed. Much has changed since we last ranked NBA title contenders headed into the new year. This team always seems to be battling injuries, and we have no idea when Zion Williamson will return. Of course, you don't make a double-digit comeback in the fourth quarter without some luck. Injuries in the frontcourt have opened up an opportunity for Griffin to make a stronger impact over the last couple games, and he's taking full advantage of it. Its very difficult to separate them from the top team on this list, but . All told, the Bucks went a perfect 6-for-6 from downtown in the fourth quarter. 9:28 pm ET, at The Bucks outscored the Celtics 58-34 in the paint. During that stretch he averaged 28.5 points per game on 55.7% shooting. As it stands, the Celtics have a two-game lead over the Bucks on the secondary tiebreaker, too. No. Oops. Toggle navigation. Celtics fans should be rooting for Atlanta to take the No. Its gotten a lot better and Ill revisit it this summer.". Horford will almost certainly get the night off, leaving Boston without one of its best defenders against Giannis Antetokounmpo. Boston then inched a half-game ahead of the. Keeps the Bucks out of first as well. All Rights Reserved. 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 second round vs. Milwaukee starts with a Sunday matinee. 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. 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. 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. 9:22 pm ET, at Wish it could stay there. 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. Boston also has to travel to Memphis to face the No. But possible. 3 seed. Philadelphia (49-31) lost Thursday but is still lurking, as it still has two games remaining. Jack up even more. Yet Budenholzer stopped the break, then wound up out of the timeout with his star taking a rare and unsuccessful corner 3-pointer. The plus-minus is a tough stat, Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said. 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. 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. 3 seed because Boston, as a fellow member of the Atlantic division, would get the tiebreaker with a better division record (season series tied 2-2). White recently won the Eastern Conference Player of the Week award, and he kept his hot streak going against the Bucks. 4 if the Sixers win out. All Rights Reserved. Toronto has slightly lower odds on . Teammate Marcus Smart, burned on a pair of pivotal plays in Game 5, claimed he didnt sleep between the two games. He's given the Celtics a little of everything with Horford and Williams missing some games during the last week. 1 Heat in the first round. Boston is the only team in the top five in both offensive and defensive rating. Now that you've had a chance to breathe. Then he pulled up for a 3. Instead, the Bucks were able to hang around. "We want to compete. The Celtics ran their offense to get Tatum into favorable matchups. April 7, 2022 / 8:27 AM 2 seed by way of the fourth tiebreaker if it beats Memphis and Milwaukee splits its final two. 9:16 am ET. After spending the final two weeks of February (including the All-Star break) away from home, the Celtics return to Boston for a fun . None of them did more about it than Tatum. 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. After the defending champs dispatched the Chicago Bulls last night, the Eastern Conference Semifinals is set between Milwaukee and Boston. They never even got a shot off, as Holiday stripped Smart near halfcourt to secure the win. Below are five big questions that will be answered in the coming days. 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 Charlotte (Hornets hold tiebreaker) and a 1.5 game lead on No. Falling to fourth would likely set up a first-round meeting with the Toronto Raptors, a team that is rolling right now. May 15, 2022 Let's get it on. 10 Atlanta (Nets hold tiebreaker). Falling to the Bucks on Thursday would drop Boston down in the standings, and give the Bucks the tiebreaker over the Celtics. Milwaukees best offense in the series has come in transition. From that point on, they scored just six points and shot 2-for-8 from the field. Milwaukee Bucks vs. Play-In No. If they lose to the Bucks on Thursday, though, Milwaukee will own the tiebreaker and likely drop Boston to No. 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. 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. Since the Bucks and Celtics are tied in head-to-head series at 2-2, we have to move to the next tiebreaker. 3 Celtics and No. The views on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of the NBA, its clubs or Turner Broadcasting. We'll get a good idea whether Boston or Milwaukee wants the two-seed when they send out their starting lineups Thursday night. Stephen Curry has been so good when hes been on the floor this year. The Toronto Raptors haven't left themselves any wiggle room. Let's first assume Embiid actually plays in Philadelphia's final two games (which isn't a given). pic.twitter.com/WJPCr35AEx, The end of game reaction from the @DeerDistrict!! I know a lot of times we missed some rebounds. 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. The #1 Boston Celtics fan forum weighs in. We have to find a way to get up more threes and make more threes.. 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. The Heat, Bucks, Celtics and Sixers are separated by just 1.5 games with less than two weeks to play. 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. Smart and Theis combined for 29 of the Celtics 38 points in the quarter. Tiebreaker vs. Celtics: Tied 1-1. All rights reserved. Both would also be divisional champions in a scenario where the teams tie, so it's. 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. @paysbig pic.twitter.com/b6bQgMu1ld, KNOCKED AWAY BY HOLIDAY!! If they get neither, they're going to be the No. (The offense has been historically good when he is on the court. The Bucks had only Jrue Holiday, with 17 points on 17 shots, and Pat Connaughton (14), helping Antetokounmpo with the scoring. 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. Four teams have a chance to punch their ticket to the postseason on an 11-game Wednesday night. 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. 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. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Boston has the edgehere, owning a 20-13 record against the 10 Eastern Conference playoff qualifiers (a field that is set). 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. 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 | 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. Los Angeles Clippers. The start of the third quarter kind of stands out to me [as a struggle]. looks like two celtics collided, giannis has a cut on his eye that keeps bleeding. Maybe its possible this offseason if Irving sticks around. For now, this is mostly a token mention. 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. at Thats how the two 51-31 teams wound up seeded second and third, respectively, with the Bucks getting their preferred first-round clash with Chicago while the Celtics had to face Brooklyn (a presumably tougher foe at the time). 10:15 pm ET, at MIKE MUSCALA THROWS IT DOWN (and gets his first technical ever?) pic.twitter.com/wKXHfm30tm. Back then, my highly scientific (a.k.a. The Celtics have a somewhat built-in excuse to punt the game, given it's the second leg of a back-to-back. 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. 6-keys: media/spln/nba/reg/free/stories_live-blog, By pressing sign up, I confirm that I have read and agree to the. Circle that March 30 game on your calendar. 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