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Bucks follow a blowout with a blowout to tie series (AUDIO)

May 1, 2019 By Bill Scott

After being blown out by the Boston Celtics in the series opener on Sunday, the Milwaukee Bucks evened the score with a knockout punch of their own. The Bucks broke open a close game by outscoring the Celtics 39-18 in the third quarter, on their way to a 123-102 win at Fiserv Forum.

A part of that dominating third quarter was a 24-2 run and it helped the Bucks even the series at a game apiece. During that stretch, the Celtics hit just 1 of 12 from the field and turned the ball over six times. Overall, the Celtics shot just 39.5% from the field after a hot shooting game in the opener of the series on Sunday.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 29 points and 10 rebounds. Khris Middleton added 28 points and Eric Bledsoe added 21 for the Bucks. But Bledsoe’s biggest contribution came on defense, holding Boston’s Kyrie Irving to nine points on 4-of-18 shooting.

Marcus Morris led the Celtics with 17 points. [Read more…]

Celtics dominate Bucks in game 1 victory

April 29, 2019 By Bill Scott

The Milwaukee Bucks may have been the best team in the NBA during the regular season, but they looked like a deer in headlights in game 1 of their second round NBA playoff series against the Boston Celtics on Sunday.

The Celtics ran away with a 112-90 victory over the Bucks at Fiserv Forum. It was the Bucks most lopsided loss of the season and it couldn’t have come at a worse time.

Certainly the Bucks have lost games before and bounced back nicely. They’ve also fallen behind big in games and were able to rebound. But you can sense that any large deficit’s followed by big comebacks are going to be hard to come by against this veteran Celtics team.

Boston played with a sense of urgency and rightfully so. When you go on the road in the NBA playoffs, you need to bring it or things won’t end well. [Read more…]

Antetokounmpo third in early all-star voting

January 5, 2017 By Bill Scott

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is third overall among Eastern Conference players in the initial fan voting results released by the NBA today.

Antetokounmpo trails only LeBron James and Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers and was second among conference front court players.

Antetokounmpo totaled 500,663 votes. James has 595,288 votes and Irving has 543,030. At this point, the starting five for the Eastern Conference would be James, Antetokounmpo, Kevin Love, Irving and Chicago’s Dwyane Wade.

Bucks forward Jabari Parker ranked 10th among frontcourt players in the East in voting.