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The Milwaukee Bucks played the first game of their Eastern Conference semifinal matchup against the Boston Celtics on Sunday and were summarily walloped by a sweet-shooting Boston squad — all on Milwaukee’s home court.
It was a nightmare game for Milwaukee as everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong. The Celtics waxed the Bucks by a final score of 112-90, and presumptive MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo had a terrible game against the bulk and playoff experience of Al Horford and Aron Baynes.
The Greek Freak notched only 22 points on 7-of-21 shooting, and he was a game-worst -24 in on/off rating in the game. Of course, his teammates were just as bad as only two other Bucks players (Nikola Mirotic and Khris Middleton) scored in double digits.
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Despite the trouncing that the Celtics put on Milwaukee, head coach (and presumptive Coach of the Year) Mike Budenholzer believes that no adjustment needs to be made in the team’s next game. He even pointed out that adjustments are overrated.
Asked Bud this question: "Every coach will tinker and make adjustments throughout the playoffs, but talking with Brook (Lopez), it sounded like the message was largely 'Be you, but just be better at being you." Has that largely been the message in the last day?"
Bud's response: pic.twitter.com/SE66QmJ1nk
— Eric Nehm (@eric_nehm) April 29, 2019
Of course, it must be stated that Mike Budenholzer has had his fair share of playoff flame-outs, notable when his 60-win Atlanta Hawks team in 2014-15 was swept out in the Eastern Conference Finals by LeBron James’s Cleveland Cavaliers.
Let’s see if Bud’s Bucks respond with more panache than those Hawks did.
