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NBA legend Magic Johnson is hyped up after seeing Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum and Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo put on a show on Friday. The two stars scored over 40 points each in the Game 6 showdown, combining for a total of 90 points. Tatum got the better of the two with his […]

Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics came out with a tremendous performance in Game 6 against the defending champs Milwaukee Bucks to force a Game 7 at the TD Garden on Sunday. If you look at history, however, there’s a looming LeBron James omen that isn’t exactly in the favor of the Celtics. As it […]

With their backs up against the wall, the Boston Celtics went into Game 6 on Friday with one thing on their mind: Win and we head back home for Game 7. Thanks to a ridiculous performance from superstar Jayson Tatum, they did just that. The Celtics secured a 108-95 victory on the road, with Tatum […]

Jayson Tatum put on a show on Friday night as he led the Boston Celtics to a 108-95 victory in Game 6 of their second-round series against the Milwaukee Bucks. Tatum was an unstoppable force throughout the game and stars from around the NBA could not help but react to the 24-year-old’s heroics. Atlanta Hawks […]

Jayson Tatum and Giannis Antetokounmpo are two of the league’s brightest stars today. The two top guns brought out the best in each other during Game 6 of the Celtics-Bucks series. It was an exhilarating duel between the future faces of their current franchises, one that earned the praise of a team legend. Paul Pierce […]

The Boston Celtics will need to stave off elimination without one of their key frontcourt figures in Game 6 against the Milwaukee Bucks. Big man Robert Williams is set to miss his third game in a row due to knee soreness. Via ClutchPoints: Robert Williams III (knee soreness) is OUT for Game 6 vs. the […]

The Boston Celtics will take on the Milwaukee Bucks in a potentially decisive Game 6. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Celtics-Bucks prediction and pick.   This series has been the most entertaining one of the postseason so far. After a dominant Milwaukee victory in Game 1, these teams traded […]

The Boston Celtics face a must-win scenario on Friday night, as they travel to Milwaukee to face the defending NBA Champion Bucks in Game 6 of their Eastern Conference Semifinal series. It is not yet known whether or not the Celtics will have their starting center, Robert Williams III, in the lineup in this crucial […]

It’s no secret that the Milwaukee Bucks have been missing the services of All-Star swingman Khris Middleton. They did escape with a 110-107 win against the Boston Celtics in Game 5 to take a 3-2 series advantage, but there’s no denying that they would love to get Middleton back as soon as possible. The good […]

The Boston Celtics suffered an excruciating loss at the hands of the defending NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference Semifinal battle Wednesday night. The Celtics led by 14 points with 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter and by six with under two minutes left. Yet, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jrue […]

The Boston Celtics are looking to avoid elimination on Friday when they head to Milwaukee for Game 6 against the Bucks. Down 3-2, the Celtics need to pick up a road win, but may be without a key contributor for the game. According to Chris Forsberg, the Celtics have listed Robert Williams as questionable for […]

Larry Bird’s legacy with the Boston Celtics will always be felt within the NBA. The league has now commemorated his legendary rivalry with Magic Johnson and the Boston Celtics with new trophies that reward playoff excellence. The NBA is instituting Conference Finals MVP Awards, with the East’s being named after Bird and the West’s being […]

It’s officially do-or-die time for the Boston Celtics. After blowing a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter in Game 5, the Milwaukee Bucks came up with clutch plays down the stretch to take the 3-2 series advantage from Jayson Tatum and the Celtics. They are now in a fight for their lives in the NBA […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are set to host the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of their Eastern Conference Semifinals series. Momentum is on their side after a stunning comeback win in Game 5, the Bucks now leading the series 3-2 with a chance to close out the series at home Friday night. The Bucks vs Celtics […]

The Boston Celtics held a 93-79 lead over the Milwaukee Bucks after a Payton Pritchard bucket with 10:16 remaining in Wednesday’s Game 5. After a big comeback win on the road in Game 4, it looked like the Celtics were about to cruise their way to a 3-2 series lead to sit on the doorstep […]

The Milwaukee Bucks proved once again why they are the defending NBA champions. They came out victorious over the Boston Celtics in their hard-fought Game 5 battle Wednesday night. While it was a team effort, things could have gone the opposite way if it wasn’t for Jrue Holiday’s late-game heroics on defense. With less than […]

Jrue Holiday put the exclamation point on Wednesday night’s heavyweight bout between the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics. The Bucks point guard put the clamps on newly minted Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Smart on two crucial defensive possessions for Milwaukee: Jrue Holiday comes up with BACK-TO-BACK stops to close out GAME 4 😤 […]

The Milwaukee Bucks stunned the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference Semifinal series. Milwaukee erased a 13-point deficit in the final nine minutes, and were down six with just over two left. Yet, some late-game heroics from the Bucks and some mental errors from the Celtics led to the comeback victory. Apparently, […]

The Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics are playing one of the more entertaining playoff series in a while. On Wednesday night, the series might have finally tipped heavily in favor of the Bucks. Milwaukee managed to erase a 13-point deficit in the final nine minutes and change to defeat the Celtics, 110-107 in Boston. The […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are now in the driver’s seat with a commanding 3-2 lead over the Boston Celtics. But Giannis Antetokounmpo knows it’s far from over. Giannis had a succinct four-word message during the postgame presser after the Bucks win: “The job’s not done,” said the Bucks star, per Lily Zhao of FOX6. He took […]

The first two months of the season, the Boston Celtics struggled to hold onto leads. They appeared to rectify that as the season progressed, helping them earn the no. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference. Well, that same old issue reared its head again in Game 5 Wednesday. The Celtics held a 13-point lead a […]

There were a lot of things that went wrong for the Boston Celtics during the closing seconds of their Game 5 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. Perhaps, however, nothing was more crucial than the miscommunication between Jayson Tatum and the rest of the team near the end that doomed them. During the play when Marcus […]

Game 5 between the Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks went down the wire. In the end, it was Giannis Antetokounmpo and Co. who escaped with a 110-107 win in what was an asbolute thriller. Celtics head coach Ime Udoka was not at all pleased with how his team let the Bucks come from behind […]

Jrue Holiday just flexed his defensive chops of the reigning Defensive Player of the Year. The Milwaukee Bucks point guard made the game-sealing plays to end the game as they escape with the Game 5 win on the road. First, Jrue Holiday completely ate up Marcus Smart’s go-ahead basket attempt on the baseline. Not only […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo had to give his blood, sweat, and tears for the Milwaukee Bucks as they tried to steal Game 5 away from the Boston Celtics on their own home floor. Quite literally. Giannis had blood dripping from his right eyebrow late in the game following an inadvertent elbow from Bucks teammate Pat Connaughton: Giannis […]

The Milwaukee Bucks face one of the toughest tests of their season on Thursday as they try to win Game 5 on the Celtics’ home floor. Charles Barkley shared his thoughts on the matchup during TNT’s pre-game broadcast and the Hall of Famer has just slapped Giannis Antetokounmpo and Co. with some harsh reality. According […]

The Boston Celtics are tied 2-2 in their Eastern Conference Semifinals series against the Milwaukee Bucks. After going 1-1 at home and 1-1 away, the Celtics are back playing host for Game 5. However, they got a rough injury update less than two hours before tip-off. According to Ime Udoka, Robert Williams is out for […]

The Celtics return to Boston to host the Bucks for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals! It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Bucks-Celtics prediction and pick.   This is an incredible series to watch as both teams are battling in the second round. The Bucks stole home-court advantage from the […]

The Boston Celtics have gone toe-to-toe with the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks through the first four games of this series. It has been an extremely tight series with each team stealing a game on their opponent’s home court. The series has lived up to the hype so far and is considered to be the best […]

Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets are no longer in postseason contention, which has granted the mercurial point guard some extra free time. The Nets star recently decided to use some of that time to play some video games and also stream his session live to fans on Twitch. It did not turn out as […]

The Eastern Conference Semifinal matchup between the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks has lived up to the hype thus far. The series is currently split at two wins apiece with each team able to steal a game on their opponent’s home court. The matchup is loaded with storylines and has been an impressive defensive battle […]

Al Horford played like a man possessed on Monday night in the Boston Celtics’s 116-108 win over the Milwaukee Bucks. While he obviously wants to win through the competitive nature in all professional athletes, he has some extra motivation to advance further into the postseason compared to the rest of his teammates. Horford can guarantee […]

The Boston Celtics earned one of the most important impressive victories of the playoffs without Robert Williams III. As the league’s most competitive second-round series shifts to Boston for a best-of-three between the Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks, there’s a chance Ime Udoka’s team will be back at full strength. The Celtics revealed their official injury […]

The Milwaukee Bucks blew a third quarter lead in Game 4 on Monday to lose 116-108 as the series is now tied 2-2. It was certainly not an ideal finish to a game where the Bucks struggled to get stops defensively down the stretch, with Al Horford and Jayson Tatum torching them in the final […]

The Boston Celtics pulled off an impressive turnaround against the Milwaukee Bucks on their own home floor in Game 4. Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks held an 11-point lead late in the third quarter and entered the fourth up seven points. But what happened next will resonate with Celtics fans for quite some time, particularly […]

The Boston Celtics made an impressive comeback in Game 4 against the Milwaukee Bucks in what was a complete team effort. But if there’s one player to highlight for going above and beyond what was needed of him, it was Al Horford. The Celtics veteran matched Jayson Tatum with a team-high 30 points. 16 of […]

We all witnessed a vintage performance from Al Horford on Monday night as he turned back the clock to bring out the All-Star form he once had during his prime. Jayson Tatum was all for it as he heaped praise on his Boston Celtics teammate following their 116-108 Game 4 win over Giannis Antetokounmpo and […]

Much like the rest of us, ESPN’s Stephen A Smith had quite an animated reaction to Al Horford throwing the hammer down on Giannis Antetokounmpo during Monday’s Game 4 clash between the Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks. It sounds like Stephen A enjoyed the action, but what he’s taken exception to is the referees […]

Things got testy on Monday night as the Boston Celtics secured a 116-108 victory over the defending champions Milwaukee Bucks in Game 4 of their second-round series. At one point, Marcus Smart got into it with Giannis Antetokounmpo, and apparently, the Celtics guard got the short end of the stick in this exchange. After their […]