The Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks are playing Game 5 of their first round series, and with the series tied at 2-2, the winner of this game has a strong chance to win the series. With so much on the line, it's no secret that both teams want the win and both teams do not like each other.
In the third quarter of Game 5, Bucks' point guard Eric Bledsoe and Celtics' point guard Terry Rozier were running side by side during a play run by Boston. Bledsoe gave Rozier a shove as they ran towards the baseline, Rozier responded with his own shove, and Bledsoe finished it off with an even bigger shove of Rozier out of bounds under the Celtics basket.
Terry Rozier & Eric Bledsoe simply do not like each other š pic.twitter.com/ySoF7dlSSH
ā Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 25, 2018
The officials gave Bledsoe a flagrant foul for shoving, and Rozier was assessed a technical foul for reacting.
After Game 2 of their first round series, Bledsoe took a jab at Rozier by asking who he was in response to a question posed to him. Rozier didn't react to it, instead remaining focused on his team. With both sides going back and forth over the last couple of games, it's no surprise that tempers finally boiled over and the two went at each other.
Rozier and his Celtics took the edge over Bledsoe and the Bucks on Tuesday, winning Game 5 92-87, and taking a 3-2 lead in the series.Ā Rozier finished with 16 points, three rebounds, five assists, one steal, and one block while Bledsoe finished with an identical line of 16 points, five rebounds, three assists, three steals, and one block.
Game 6 will be Thursday night back in Milwaukee.
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