#Boston Celtics at Milwaukee Bucks
Fiserv Forum- Milwaukee, WI
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|OT1|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|BOS |35|28|32|21|9|125|
|MIL |27|37|26|26|15|131|
###Player Stats
**Boston Celtics**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|G. Williams|47:31|12|4-10|2-4|2-3|2|8|10|4|1|0|5|5|9
|M. Muscala|43:46|18|7-16|3-10|1-2|0|8|8|0|1|0|1|3|-4
|B. Griffin|24:04|15|6-9|3-6|0-1|1|5|6|6|1|1|1|3|15
|S. Hauser|39:01|15|6-12|3-8|0-0|3|6|9|2|1|0|0|3|7
|D. White|43:04|27|10-24|3-12|4-4|0|2|2|12|3|0|3|4|-5
|P. Pritchard|14:00|6|2-6|1-4|1-1|0|0|0|0|1|0|0|2|-17
|M. Brogdon|39:00|26|8-17|2-6|8-9|0|4|4|4|0|0|3|5|-21
|L. Kornet|1:36|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|-3
|R. Williams III|12:57|6|3-5|0-0|0-0|2|3|5|0|0|0|0|0|-11
**Milwaukee Bucks**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|P. Connaughton|35:03|5|2-5|1-4|0-0|1|7|8|3|0|1|1|1|-7
|G. Antetokounmpo|45:55|36|12-26|1-3|11-19|1|12|13|9|0|2|8|4|14
|B. Lopez|24:45|4|0-3|0-3|4-4|1|1|2|1|0|0|3|3|-5
|G. Allen|35:40|13|3-5|2-3|5-5|1|3|4|2|1|0|0|3|-10
|J. Holiday|43:16|40|13-21|8-12|6-6|0|5|5|7|3|0|5|2|1
|J. Ingles|31:04|8|3-7|2-6|0-0|1|5|6|3|1|0|0|5|11
|K. Middleton|24:52|16|7-16|1-4|1-1|4|7|11|4|0|0|1|3|19
|W. Matthews|10:01|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|1|1|2|0|0|0|0|1|-7
|J. Carter|14:21|9|3-6|3-6|0-0|0|1|1|0|1|0|0|1|14
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|BOS|46-99|17-50|16-20|28|26|8|13|1|8|36|48|
|MIL|43-90|18-42|27-35|29|23|6|18|3|10|42|64|
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Realistically, it’s hard to be very mad. We continue to show how exceptional our depth is.
The win woulda been nice, but who gives a fuck?
We are fucking awesome.
There is one thing I took away from this game:
It’s championship or bust for the Celtics.
Outside of Cleveland this team has bitched every single Eastern Conference contender.
2-0 against Embiid including a bench win.
1-1 against the Greek Hassan Whiteside including bitching him on Christmas Day and tonight without the best Giannis defender playing he was still a steaming pile of ass against the bench.
3-0 against Brooklyn and pretty much broke that organization for the 7th time in the last decade.
Unless the refs decide they want a different outcome there’s no reason any series in the East should go 7.
They are head and shoulders above any East competition.
13-2 run to end it
Gave up a run at the end of every fucking quarter it feels like
No way Bucks fans are excited about squeezing out a win when we are down 5 starters lol
20 million a year my ass
Wow I guess Middleton was actually the difference
I’ve never been so optimistic after a loss.. disappointing end to OT but holy shit this team is goddamn legit..
Years from now, the simulated consciousness of Sam Hauser will tell his chat-bot AI grandchildren about how his organic husk once nearly beat the Milwaukee Bucks without Governor Tatum in the “before times”.
Celtics in 6
Wasn’t even expecting this to be this close but it was. This teams depth is the best in the league
Grant is a living lesson in playing within your role. Anyway, lovely that our chief competitor narrowly beat our bench in OT.
Honestly bucks should be embarrassed it was this close
BUFFALO FUCKING RULES
Giannis with unnecessary asshole dunk at the end
Just an incredible game by these guys. I’m so proud of this team and it’s fun to see the depth show out. This team is going to the finals.
The Bucks could BARELY handle our bench. Good luck in a seven game series against our whole roster. Love this team
Guys this game doesn’t count Middleton isn’t fully healthy
I’m not impressed by this Bucks team at all
We would’ve won this in regulation if Jrue didn’t hit that halfcourt shot lmao
It really took OT and Jrue Holiday scoring a career high for the Bucks to beat our bench 😂😂😂😂
Yep I am not remotely scared of the Bucks anymore lmfao.
Fraud ass winning streak.
Great fight
Just ran outta gas at the end
Bucks were scorching from 3 and Jrue had a career night
These teams aren’t that close to me
Lets finish the first half with a dub tomorrow
Proud of us tonight. Quality Loss.
#THE BUCKS NEEDED A 35-20 FTA DIFFERENTIAL TO BEAT THE MAIN RED CLAWS IN OT LMAO
Yeah this is 5 games max when both teams are healthy
Took the other best team in the east to overtime down 2 All stars, reigning DPOY and big Al…Its trite but that’s a good loss
Top 3 teams in the East:
1. Celtics
2. Bucks
3. Celtics bench
They barely squeaked out a win against our bench with Jrue having the best game of his career. I’m not scared of them at all especially with the way we embarrassed them on Christmas.
Nobody’s fucking with this team fully healthy. Never felt better about a loss in my life
never been so happy from a loss lmao so proud of the boys
WE HAVE A ELITE BENCH
Lmao took Giannis and Jrue scoring over 70 to beat the hospital squad.
lots of learnings for the players and coach. this is one of those times I really think we should’ve used a timeout in the end… still gotta really give so much credit to whole team… just amazing effort and hustle competing with the Bucks.
No slander. That was impressive as hell. If that Holiday Halfcourt Heave doesn’t drop, that’s a win.
Bittersweet loss. Expected an L, but we actually had a chance to win there.
Great news, this team is legit.
Observations:
Grant Williams needs to stand in the corner and shoot 3s and defend. That is all he should be doing
Timelord needs a jump shot.
PP can’t play minutes that matter.
Other than that. Gutsy game, sucks to lose but the bench played their asses off. Hauser could be a real weapon if his shots keep falling.
I thought Mascala played ok. Absolute horseshit tech but whatever.
Feels like 13 year olds shitting on Grant in here.
He played great D tonight. He did not have a bad game.
This is pro sports, not a video game. It’s not a game of HORSE.
Actually wild Bucks fans coming in this sub to troll
I’m tired of seeing grant pump fake every shot he gets like at this point the defender knows it’s coming. He’ll be wide open and still pump fake
My main takeaway tonight is that D White is a dawg. And you can make an argument for him to start tbh. Although I love Marcus
Grant was a +13 before the turnover in 48 minutes where his primary job was guarding Giannis. I know the end stunk but he’s such an important part of how the Celtics beat the Bucks in the postseason. Hell of a game. There should be a mandatory no complaining rule about this one.
fuck, man, i know all rational thought says that this was nothing but good for us, but… god damn I really wanted that one
By the end of this season, someone better get a Buffalo tattoo
This is the type of resilience the bench will need going into playoffs. we should be super proud of that effort. unbelieavable.
I wish people wouldn’t shit on Grant. He had a rough game but everyone has bad games. Who cares if his agent said he wants 20M a year. That’s the agent’s job. Nobody is going to pay him that but it doesn’t matter. Grant is important to the team and I’m glad we have him
The only team in the east I fear now is the magic lmao
Grant hitting up Brad like, ‘Hey, is that 12.5M/yr still in the table?’