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. Its very difficult to separate them from the top team on this list, but . wow, horford with a massive put back slam to push the celtics' lead to six. Were being sarcastic, of course. So, in summation, Boston is in line for the No. If KD and Chris Paul can stay healthy, its hard to see this team losing. 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. Brown led Boston with 13 points and six assists while White had 11 and Smart 10. Holiday and Antetokounmpo had a dozen points each while Lopez and Portis had 11 each. 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. If they get neither, they're going to be the No. While Dallas entered Tuesday a firm plus in their minutes, the defense has predictably not been great when the two share the floor. 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 The NBA will have a pair of them Sunday, with Celtics and Bucks deciding the Miami Heats dance partner for the East finals before Phoenix and Dallas hash things out to see which faces Golden State in the West. Boston clinched home court advantage in this second round series when the Celtics won in Memphis with a full complement of players whereas the Bucks sat most of their rotation players on the final day of the regular season. 9:22 pm ET, at Odds & lines subject to change. With the teams bunched so tightly, even a single game can alter the standings. Celtics have the tiebreaker over 76ers, so things are trending toward #Bulls vs. Boston in playoffs. Here are the remaining schedules for the Celtics, Bucks and Sixers with all three teams sitting at 49-30. 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. If a team settles for the No. Boston has two games remaining -- Thursday in Milwaukee and Sunday in Memphis . 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. The Milwaukee Bucks (22-10) and Boston Celtics (23-10) meet Sunday at TD Garden.Tip-off is scheduled for 5 p.m. 9:26 pm ET, at Toggle navigation. Still, the Sixers havent shown they can go to the heights the Bucks and Celtics have. He also had 11 assists and 10 rebounds. Already without starting center Robert Williams III (knee), the Celtics simply had no answer for Antetokounmpo and Brook Lopez inside. 5 spot for Utah. 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. 9:28 pm ET, at 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. You would think the No. Please check the opt-in box to acknowledge that you would like to subscribe. 9:33 pm ET, at 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. So here they were Friday night with all those bad memories, on the road, against the NBAs defending champions and the two-time Most Valuable Player, facing elimination. Granted, Chicago or Toronto are much more appealing first-round foes than Brooklyn, especially with Robert Williams likely missing the series. 2022 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. 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. But the Bucks were able to crash the glass and create extra possessions. White is averaging 22.5 points in February (seven games) on 52.2 percent shooting. 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. Celtics:at Chicago, at Milwaukee, at Memphis, Bucks:vs. Celtics, at Detroit, at Cleveland, Sixers:at Toronto, vs. Indiana, vs. Detroit. Their tie-breaker difference in the standings is the reason Boston got homecourt advantage in this series, which now means Game 7 at TD Garden. If you are having difficulty accessing any content on this website, please visit our Accessibility page. 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. 1 team until the conference finals. In order to keep the No. No. No one wants defenders to be treated like bowling pins, but when they go hunting for charges, some of the games biggest stars like Antetokounmpo and Tatum are put at crazy risk. Much has changed since we last ranked NBA title . Boston shooters seek him out as a defender to exploit (at least until George Hill comes into the game). But as Holiday saw it, there was no overcoming Bostons 3-point prowess in this one. Beautiful.. 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. Milwaukee's win streak is now up to 11 games. 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. JR Radcliffe can be reached at (262) 361-9141 or jradcliffe@gannett.com. Please enter valid email address to continue. This game is on March 29 in Philly. Barton joins the Raptors after he was waived by the Wizards on Feb. 21. Gambling problem? The depth is shaky. The Heat, Bucks, Celtics and Sixers are separated by just 1.5 games with less than two weeks to play. 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. Would we expect anything different? 2 seed by way of the fourth tiebreaker if it beats Memphis and Milwaukee splits its final two. Visit ESPN for the game summary of the Boston Celtics vs. Milwaukee Bucks NBA basketball game on December 25, 2021. . It's important for the Celtics to finish with the No. 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. 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. 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. Heading into the final weekend of the NBA's regular season, here's what we now about the playoff and play-in races: All 20 teams are set, as are the first 12 playoff teams and the eight play-in teams. section: | slug: 2022-nba-playoffs-five-big-questions-entering-final-weekend-including-a-complicated-bucks-celtics-tiebreaker | sport: basketball | route: article_single.us | 2 seed in the East, while the Brooklyn Nets have vaulted to the No. 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. 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. Those kind of plays are exactly why the Bucks traded for Holiday prior to last season. The season series also is tied, and the third and final meeting between these teams isn't until March 30 in Milwaukee. 2 seed is theirs. I think most of it was just completing the possession, Holiday said. After an 11-game win streak earlier this year, Memphis is only 510 since Jan. 18. 9:45 pm ET, at 2 seed and could rest their starters in that season finale. 3:22 pm ET. Even then, the game wasn't over. Eastern Conference Playoff Teams. All rights reserved. 10:09 pm ET, at "The guys found a way to win another close game. 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. 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. We have to find a way to get up more threes and make more threes.. Los Angeles Clippers. The visiting Boston Celtics came in with a 75.6% winning percentage overall since Dec. 31. 1 seed. The Bucks either claim the No. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. / CBS Boston. 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. 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. As it stands, the Celtics have a two-game lead over the Bucks on the secondary tiebreaker, too. 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. April 7, 2022 / 8:27 AM For that to happen, Philly has to win its last two and Boston has to lose its final game to Memphis. He played nearly 43 minutes and logged a plus-21. If the Bucks win their final two games (at Detroit and at Cleveland), they'll be the No. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. His health is tantamount to the Clips chances, and recently Leonard has seemed comfortable with an increased workload. Any hope of avoiding the play-in tournament and clinching the sixth . The #1 Boston Celtics fan forum weighs in. Remaining games: No more games left between the teams. MIKE MUSCALA THROWS IT DOWN (and gets his first technical ever?) pic.twitter.com/wKXHfm30tm. Tiebreaker vs. Celtics: Have the tiebreaker 2-1 over the Celtics. Antetokounmpo split a pair of free throws and Holiday put back one of his own misses with a minute left to give the Bucks a 124-121 lead, and then with 40 seconds left Theis beat Antetokounmpo to the rim off a sharp inbound pass from Derrick White but hit the front of the rim. 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. 4 seed, they would avoid the Nets in the opening round, but they would only guarantee themselves home-court advantage for the opening round. 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. 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. Good old Game 7, Antetokounmpo said. The jazz have a one-game lead in the loss column with two game remaining. Muscala also put the ball on the floor and threw down a dunk early in the third quarter. 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. 40-17, 24-5 home. From the words and tone of the participants late Friday night, it sounded as if the Celtics were glad to play the clincher at home, while the more seasoned Bucks showed their bring it on swagger. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. The Celtics are up to 4th place in the East and suddenly in position to compete for the conferences top seed. The Nets potentially ending up at No. The early returns of the Luka Doncic-Kyrie Irving pairing havent been stellar. Hes set to return to injury soon, and hell be joining a Klay Thompson who looks all the way back on the offensive side of the ball. ET, ESPN), Philadelphia 76ers (46-29), 1.5 games back. timeout to try and patch it up, and giannis gets to the line. 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. . And so it went. He's also hitting 48.8 percent from beyond the arc during that span. Below are five big questions that will be answered in the coming days. 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. 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. Giannis Antetokounmpo joins Shaquille ONeal and Wilt Chamberlain as the only players to do this in a playoff game: 40 PTS 20 REB 5 AST pic.twitter.com/4BeNV8yzU6. Bucks celtics sixers tie breaker. Bostons remaining schedule is split evenly between home (26-12) and road (21-17) and includes head-to-head matchups with both Miami (Wednesday) and Milwaukee (April 7). 131. Really, the Celtics shouldn't fear anyone this postseason. Much has changed since we last ranked NBA title contenders headed into the new year. 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. The Celtics have a 41-17 record and still lead the NBA standings with one more game -- Wednesday night against the Detroit Pistons at TD Garden -- before the All-Star break. * 21+ (19+ CA-ONT) (18+ NH/WY). 9:29 pm ET, at Entering play on Friday, the Warriors lead the Mavericks by one game. That was in the back of our minds, Game 5, Tatum said after scoring 46 points with nine rebounds and four assists. Facing elimination, Jayson Tatum steps up with 46 points for the Celtics, who withstand another brilliant performance from Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Warriors, Mavericks, Heat and Celtics are the four remaining teams in the NBA Playoffs. 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. 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. 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. (A Philadelphia-Brooklyn first-round matchup would be delicious though.). 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. The wing depth is actually solid, and Deandre Ayton has had great playoff moments in the past. There were plenty of reasons for the Celtics' collapse, a number of which have been detailed above. Outside keeping everyone healthy, the Celtics' goal should remain the same: Prioritize beating the Bulls and Bucks to earn the No. All rights reserved. Remaining games: The Knicks and Celtics meet in the season finale May 16 at Madison Square Garden. White is enjoying the best stretch of his Celtics career with Smart sidelined due to injury. Until then, Im a little cooler on them than many of my colleagues. 1 in the West. 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. Will Russell Westbrook still be starting? And no one needs to be reminded about the vaccination kerfuffle the Celtics may encounter should they need to head cross the border. Rotations shorten come playoff time. A day after formally signing Argentinian guard Luca Vildoza, the Bucks waived injured forward DeAndre Bembry to once again open up a 15th and final roster spot. 8 seed from Brooklyn, as the Nets would be guaranteed to play the No. src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=674090812743125&ev=PageView&noscript=1"/>. The ball went in bounds to Smart, who saw a brief opening and tried to go right to the basket. RotoWire considers the best player values in Yahoo fantasy leagues for Tuesday night's 10 game slate. Tuckers value goes up in the postseason, and the role players have been generally solid here. Thats something we talked about, Tatum said. During that stretch he averaged 28.5 points per game on 55.7% shooting. Visit ESPN for the game summary of the Milwaukee Bucks vs. Boston Celtics NBA basketball game on November 12, 2021 Now it's just a matter of seeding. And the role players are all thriving playing off Joker. Well spend a lot of time talking about it, Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer said of the team strategy regarding their last two games. He shot 3-of-6 from beyond the arc Tuesday and has hit nine of his last 16 3-pointers. 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. Each team has two remaining games. We still havent seen Kevin Durant on the floor, but I have theSunsfourth here. Again, all of this is moot if the Bucks just win their final two. The Celtics launched 43 and made 17, with an 8-of-15 opening barrage. Toronto has slightly lower odds on . The plus-minus is a tough stat, Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said. 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. Boston forced overtime with a high-arcing 3-pointer from Sam Hauser. Here are the remaining schedules for the Raptors, Nets and Hawks, who are battling Brooklyn for the No. The Bucks outscored the Celtics 58-34 in the paint. The Cavs havent played in big games together yet, and I think that will be an issue compared to the rest of the conferences contenders. A lot still remains up in the air with just a few days left in the regular season. Here's the. The Bulls currently sit in the six-seed, and we just saw what the Celtics can do to that team. Things to know:. FantasyPros considers the best player values for DraftKings and FanDuel NBA DFS. 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. 10:23 pm ET, at 7 spot in the playoffs and a matchup with the No. 9 Charlotte (Hornets hold tiebreaker) and a 1.5 game lead on No. You can e-mail him here, findhis archive hereandfollow him on Twitter. 8 spot in the playoffs and a matchup with the No. The veteran forward has found his stroke from 3-point range, too. 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. The Bucks and Sixers are 1-1 in their season series, making the third and final game in the series the tie breaker. Updated probabilities via @bball_ref: pic.twitter.com/Qv7Q1VZGKg. A team that finishes the regular season in either ninth or 10th place can do no better than the No. Boston then inched a half-game ahead of the others with a blowout win over Chicago on Wednesday night, in advance of the Celtics' battle with the Bucks on Thursday. Instead, the Bucks were able to hang around. Rockets, at Knicks. The 76ers currently sit in fourth with an identical 49-30 record as the Bucks, who own the tiebreaker over Philly. So I figured out how I can manage to get back out with the guys. 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. The Sixers have to finish a game ahead of the Bucks because Milwaukee owns the tiebreaker via its 2-1 head-to-head advantage over the Sixers. Jrue Holiday certainly believes as much, and he tried to prove it down the stretch in Game 5. The Bucks and Sixers would finish with the same superior record to the Celtics, but the Bucks own the tiebreaker. We felt they beat us on winning plays, hustle plays, 50/50 balls. The Celtics and Heat meet for the final time in the regular season on Wednesday. Here's a look at the updated East standings as of Wednesday morning: In an ideal world, Boston should want to face a team like Chicago or Cleveland instead of the streaking Raptors or Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and the dangerous Nets. He also had seven assists. 4 if the Sixers win out. Even the situation last year, I think a lot of people questioned about what we were going to do and how we were going to handle the situation. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. 8 spot: Raptors:vs. Sixers, vs. Back then, my highly scientific (a.k.a. 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. It feels a lot better now and just trying to give everything I have.. 9:38 pm ET, at 2 BOSTON CELTICS (51-31, 4-0) vs. No. Dont be surprised if the elimination factor Sunday flushes Middleton back into the lineup, minutes restriction be darned. Since the Jazz own the tiebreaker, one more win or one more Denver loss would seal the No. Follow him on Twitter at @JRRadcliffe. 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 | If they lose to the Bucks on Thursday, though, Milwaukee will own the tiebreaker and likely drop Boston to No. The 35-year-old guard returned to action March 14, and Hill spoke about the injury for the first time at shootaround Thursday morning. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. 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