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Grant Williams' emergence has given Boston another option to guard Giannis Antetokounmpo. Shaun Powell. Archive. May 3, 2022 9:07 ...

This was evident in the first half Tuesday when Giannis missed 9 of his first 10 shots and finished with just five points in the half. Ainge also drafted both of the Williamses, and Smart, and essentially laid the foundation for this crew If the Celtics win the title, somebody should sneak a ring, or at least show some respect, to the architect. In the first round, they put the cuffs on Kevin Durant and the Nets. This round, the challenge is a two-time MVP, and Giannis didn’t hurt them Tuesday. They’re on an epic postseason run from a defensive standpoint, but you knew this. On more than a dozen possessions, the ball touched multiple hands and the Celtics were extremely patient while finding the right shooter at the right spot, even if the process came tantalizingly close to a shot-clock violation. Middleton could make all the difference between the Bucks defending their championship and never getting the chance. Middleton has yet to resume practice; he was originally projected to miss two weeks which, if that stays true, would put him back on the floor in a few days. And so: In addition to the defense he supplied, Williams added 21 points, making 6 of 9 from deep in what was his finest postseason performance. Williams dug his sneakers in and simply didn’t move once Giannis tried to back him down in the first half, when Giannis missed 9 of his first 10 shots. Also, the Bucks only took 18 attempts from beyond the arc (the lowest of the Mike Budenholzer coaching era) to Boston’s 43. Hard-working and clever, he has developed into a reliable 3-point shooter, where he’ll mostly try from the corners. He provided a layer against Giannis, as did Al Horford, with sneaky good defense by using smarts to steer clear of foul trouble.

Brown scored 25 of his 30 points in the first half, and Boston beat Milwaukee 109-86 on Tuesday night to even the Eastern Conference semifinals at one game ...

… Boston scored 15 points off Milwaukee’s turnovers in the opening 24 minutes. … Antetokounmpo was 2 for 12 from the field in the first half. … Milwaukee had nine turnovers in the first half. … Finished 13 of 20 from 3 in the first half... A 10-0 Milwaukee run, aided by a more than five-minute Celtics scoring drought, trimmed Boston’s lead to 72-56 late in the third quarter. The Bucks cut into what had been a 26-point Celtics lead in the third quarter. Udoka said Smart experienced some swelling, pain and restricted movement over the past two days. It also included 12 points from the 3-point line, where the Celtics struggled for most of Game 1. Derrick White took his place in the starting lineup, making his first start in a playoff game since 2019 when he was with San Antonio. We wanted to be aggressive from the gate." Bobby Portis chipped in 13 points and eight rebounds. “It’s the playoffs.

Jaylen Brown and the Celtics bounced back in a big way in Game 2, beating the Bucks 109-86 to even the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The fact that Antetokounmpo still finished with 28 points is a testament to the former MVP, but the Celtics can be encouraged by how difficult they made things for perhaps the best player in the world. 7. The Celtics looked like a team that weathered its first real storm in Game 1 and came out the other side intact. Antetokounmpo is as crucial to his team offensively as Kevin Durant was to the Nets, but Antetokounmpo’s game looks more exhausting — if Durant needs a bucket, he can always pull up from 3-point range. You want to continue to channel that adversity, channel the things you’ve had to overcome all year into that game, because it’s just one.” Much of the discrepancy is by design — the Bucks give up 3-pointers, and the Celtics clearly opted to prioritize 3-point defense while letting Grant Williams and Al Horford guard Giannis Antetokounmpo 1-on-1 — but the Celtics could feel a lot more comfortable if they weren’t so reliant on their jump shots falling. 4. Antetokounmpo scored just two points in the first quarter, but he exploded for 18 in the third. 3. Grant Williams has a lot of room to grow as a player and it’s unclear exactly what direction his game will take next. “Sometimes passing up open shots to get a great shot is what we kind of like to do,” Brown said. But many of the worst issues that presented themselves in Game 1 were resolved. They moved the ball more consistently and created great looks instead of decent ones. That was our first loss in the playoffs so far, so getting accustomed to losing is something that we don’t want to do, but in a good way, how you respond is everything. “That was our first true test in the playoffs, how you respond,” Brown said.

The Celtics went 20-for-43 from three-point range and 38-for-80 overall while also creating problems for Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jrue Holiday.

After scoring 12 points in Game 1, he scored 17 in the first quarter on 6 of 7 shooting as the Celtics took a 32-21 lead after one. And while the Celtics went nearly five minutes without a field goal in that Bucks run, that wasn’t going to continue throughout. The Celtics took a heavy blow from the Bucks in Game 1 and repaid that favor as soon as the game tipped off, jumping out to a 18-3 lead in opening six minutes of the game. The Bucks also only made two of their 8 three-pointers and allowed 15 Celtics points off nine turnovers. “He made some high degree of difficulty shots, got ’em out of the gate. But there were a couple plays in late third quarter and in the fourth quarter, it felt like maybe we could’ve got it inside of 10 and just find a way but we didn’t. So, we’ll look at the film and see how we can be better going into Game 3.” The Bucks were just 1-for-4 from behind the three-point line in the third, so while they trimmed a 26-point deficit to 16 in the heart of the quarter they couldn’t quickly make up the deficit. The Celtics were led by Jaylen Brown and his 30 points while Jayson Tatum added 29. So while the Bucks halved a 26-point third-quarter deficit with 3:13 to go, they were forced into having to take difficult two-point baskets, and frankly ran out of time to complete such a comeback. They did just that in a 109-86 victory over the Bucks on Tuesday night, evening their NBA Eastern Conference semifinal series at 1-1. After missing 32 of their franchise-record 50 three-point attempts, the Celtics went 20-for-43 from behind the arc. “I think they came out with intensity as we expected – but they did it at a high level,” Bucks guard Pat Connaughton said.

The Celtics rebounded from a Game 1 loss, suffocating Giannis Antetokounmpo. Jaylen Brown scored 30 and Grant Williams stepped up on both ends of the floor.

With six minutes to go, Brown had just one made field goal in the second half after scoring 25 in the first half. The Celtics offense was executing to a tee as the second quarter wore on, and the defense was in peak form. Antetokounmpo as a screener was working wonders for Milwaukee, as they pounded inside to chip away at the lead. Tatum struggled through the first three quarters, but was active on defense and kept the ball moving. After another and-one opportunity for Antetokounmpo, Tatum responded with an and-one chance of his own, resetting the lead to 19. The occasional over-passing and lethargy on offense allowed Milwaukee to creep slowly back into the game. In the first seven minutes of the third quarter, Boston scored just seven points. A Brown three, his fifth straight, stretched the lead to 65-40, which Boston carried into halftime. Three-point shooting was the key to the Celtics’ early lead, as Boston started 5-for-6 from deep. The tandem of Grant Williams and Al Horford was giving Antetokounmpo fits. Boston came out of the gates blazing hot, especially Jaylen Brown. Brown had seven of the Celtics’ first nine, attacking early. Al Horford had a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds to go along with a game-high four steals.

In the Celtics' 109-86 Game 2 victory over the Bucks, Al Horford and Grant Williams led a spirited defensive performance on Giannis Antetokounmpo.

The Celtics shot 20-of-43 on 3-pointers (47%), making many of the looks they missed in Game 1. Williams (21 points on 6-of-9 3-point shooting) also played a prominent role in Boston’s explosion from beyond the arc. Al Horfordand Grant Williamsled a spirited defensive performance on Antetokounmpo, who shot just 2-for-12 in the first half.

Brown scored 25 of his 30 points in the first half, and Boston beat Milwaukee 109-86 on Tuesday night to even the Eastern Conference semifinals at one game ...

… Boston scored 15 points off Milwaukee’s turnovers in the opening 24 minutes. … Antetokounmpo was 2 for 12 from the field in the first half. … Milwaukee had nine turnovers in the first half. … Finished 13 of 20 from 3 in the first half... A 10-0 Milwaukee run, aided by a more than five-minute Celtics scoring drought, trimmed Boston’s lead to 72-56 late in the third quarter. The Bucks cut into what had been a 26-point Celtics lead in the third quarter. Udoka said Smart experienced some swelling, pain and restricted movement over the past two days. It also included 12 points from the 3-point line, where the Celtics struggled for most of Game 1. Derrick White took his place in the starting lineup, making his first start in a playoff game since 2019 when he was with San Antonio. We wanted to be aggressive from the gate." Bobby Portis chipped in 13 points and eight rebounds. “It’s the playoffs.

Con tres días de descanso entre el Juego 2 y el 3 en Milwaukee el sábado, coach Udoka espera que el Jugador Defensivo 2021-2022 esté mejor para cuando los ...

Jugó hasta que Udoka sacó a sus titulares con 1:59 por jugar en la derrota por 101-89. "Un movimiento limitado que no mejoró con el paso de los días como pensábamos que sería". "Derrick es otro gran escolta con el que no se pierde mucho en cuanto a tamaño y versatilidad defensivamente.

Los Boston Celtics tendrán que vencer a los Milwaukee Bucks el martes por la noche sin su base titular y su mejor defensor. Marcus Smart ha sido descartado ...

El Celtic con más tiempo en el cargo lideró al equipo en asistencias esta temporada con 5.9 por juego y acaba de ser nombrado Jugador Defensivo del Año por sus esfuerzos en ese sentido. El entrenador en jefe Ime Udoka señaló el lunes que la lesión en el cuádriceps de Smart fue "bastante grave", y recibió un par de golpes en el cuádriceps derecho durante el Juego 1, incluido uno en una jugada en la que pareció lesionarse el hombro derecho. Smart fue catalogado como cuestionable debido a la lesión que sufrió en la derrota del Juego 1 de Boston por 101-89 el domingo.

Los Boston Celtics se apoyaron en el astro Jaylen Brown para vencer este martes 109-86 a los campeones Milwaukee Bucks e igualan la serie semifinal de la ...

Boston terminó con 20 de 43 desde más allá del arco. Antetokounmpo, uno de los finalistas para el premio MVP de la temporada, venía de un 'triple doble' en la victoria de su equipo en el primer partido, donde se desbordó con 24 puntos, 13 rebotes y 12 asistencia. Los Boston Celtics se apoyaron en el astro Jaylen Brown para vencer este martes 109-86 a los campeones Milwaukee Bucks e igualan la serie semifinal de la Conferencia Este en la NBA a un triunfo por bando.

BOSTON (AP) — Hubo un momento en la derrota de los Celtics ante los Bucks, en el primer encuentro de la serie, en que pareció que Jaylen Brown nunca iba.

Derrick White tomó su lugar en la alineación titular, disputando su primer partido de postemporada como titular desde el 2019 cuando formaba parte de San Antonio. Brown se recuperó de una noche desastrosa en el primer encuentro y encestó 9 de sus 10 tiros de campo en la primera mitad, incluyendo sus cinco intentos de tres. Es todo", reconoció Brown. “No podemos dejar que un partido dicte cómo va a ir la serie.

Jaylen Brown got things going and Jayson Tatum finished it off as the Celtics responded to a lackluster performance in the first game of their series ...

"We were pissed off in how we played last game and from top to bottom we knew that we just had to play better," Tatum said. "Everybody, we've got to do what we got to do to make sure we're ready to perform. "It's the playoffs," Brown said. Tatum was confident the response was going be a positive one. Brown said his hamstring felt fine, he'll be ready to go for Game 3 and that injuries are just something every player has to deal with at this point in the season. "Obviously they're going to be physical. I think our guys took pride in that, took that to heart and we knew we would come out with the right effort tonight." He established that tone and set the mark of aggression on the offensive end, not only knocking down open shots but also moving it." "We learned some things from Game 1 and felt like we knew we didn't react accordingly to the way that we're playing. "I saw it in his eyes," Williams said. "We knew those are open," Udoka said. He set the tone for the team early on as they looked to bounce back from a lackluster performance in Game 1.

The Bucks have a difficult code to crack, as Boston's defense has already made its adjustments, Yaron Weitzman writes.

But right now, it looks like the Celtics have figured out how to both slow Giannis and prevent the Bucks from jacking 3s. For example, they registered just six fast break points in Game 2, after racking up 28 in Game 1, a trend they can likely reverse if they can force some more Celtics misses, especially from deep. Jrue Holiday is a fantastic all-around player, but he doesn’t have Middleton’s ability to generate shots or draw out a defense. What might be most impressive, though, is that the Celtics seemed to expect this sort of performance. The bad news is that, thanks to an MCL strain that will keep Middleton out for the entire second round, it’s not one the Bucks can lean on in their current matchup against the Boston Celtics. BOSTON — There were many reasons the Milwaukee Bucks were able to finally break through last season.

BOSTON (AP) — Hubo un momento en la derrota de los Celtics ante los Bucks en el primer encuentro de la serie que parecía que Jaylen Brown nunca iba a.

Los Celtics reprimieron a Giannis Antetokounmpo después de que tuvo un triple-doble en el primer juego de la serie y lo limitaron a 28 puntos —la mayoría en el tercer periodo— nueve rebotes y siete asistencias. Los Celtics jugaron sin el escolta Marcus Smart debido a que lo descartaron por un golpe en el muslo derecho que sufrió en el primer encuentro. Jayson Tatum agregó 19 unidades y ocho asistencias.

BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 25 of his 30 points in the first half, and the Boston Celtics beat the Milwaukee Bucks 109-86 on Tuesday night to even ...

Al inicio del segundo duelo parecía que no iba a fallar nada. Advertisement. Jaylen Brown anotó 25 de sus 30 puntos en la primera mitad y Boston superó ...

Derrick White tomó su lugar en la alineación titular, disputando su primer partido de postemporada como titular desde el 2019 cuando formaba parte de San Antonio. Brown se recuperó de una noche desastrosa en el primer encuentro y encestó 9 de sus 10 tiros de campo en la primera mitad, incluyendo sus cinco intentos de tres. Queríamos ser agresivos desde el inicio”.

The Boston Celtics bounced back to beat the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals thanks in large part to their 3-point shooting, ...

What's remarkable is that while Boston's 20 made 3s are impressive, it's still only two more than it made in Game 1 on Sunday, when the C's were 18 of 50 from deep. Grant Williams was even better, however, going 6 for 9 en route to a career-high 21 points for the C's. But it was equally as impressive how effective the Celtics were on defense against the Bucks, limiting Milwaukee to a paltry 3 for 15 showing from 3-point range.

Grant Williams had a career night offensively, but it was his defense on Giannis Antetokounmpo that helped the Celtics take Game 2 against the Bucks -- and ...

By not needing to help Williams on Antetokounmpo, the Celtics' other defenders could stay home and take away passing lanes. "You have to do your job. Williams was by far Boston's best defender on Antetokounmpo, staying solid on Giannis' post-ups and forcing him into tough fadeaway jumpers or offensive fouls. "Grant's a big part of that. Giannis eventually got his, scoring 23 second-half points to finish with 28 on the night. "We talked about guarding him a little bit more 1-on-1.

The Boston Celtics have an All-NBA player in Jayson Tatum, and the 2021-22 Defensive Player of the Year in Marcus Smart. Jaylen Brown doesn't exactly get ...

“Survival of the fittest,” Brown said. Brown was at the forefront of that offensive movement. But coming out of Milwaukee’s Game 1, Celtics coach Ime Udoka wasn’t as concerned about the defense as he was the offense. “Get my body going physically, get my mind focused, visualizing the game, seeing what’s coming and coming out and performing. A lot of talk on Game 2 will center on Boston’s defense and what it did to the Bucks and Giannis Antetokounmpo in particular. Brown scored 25 of his game-high 30 points in the first half, establishing a presence offensively in the Celtics’ 109-86 victory against Milwaukee in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series.

Después de perder el Juego 1, los Boston Celtics regresaron agresivamente contra los Milwaukee Bucks el martes por la noche en el Juego 2.

Derrick White ocupó su lugar en la alineación titular, haciendo su primera apertura en un juego de playoffs desde 2019. Al principio del Juego 2, parecía que no fallaría. Fue un gran partido para Jaylen Brown, quien anotó 25 de sus 30 puntos en la primera mitad.

Los campeones serán locales en el tercer partido, que se jugará el sábado en el Fiserv Fórum. | Fuera del Fútbol | futbolred.com.

El griego pasó del dos de doce de la primera mitad a un tremendo ocho de once en el tercer período, lo que permitió a los Bucks remontar ocho puntos frente a unos Celtics que se atascaron, con un siete de 21 en tiros. Con otros ocho puntos de Brown, perfecto desde la línea de tres puntos (cinco de cinco), y con un trece de veinte de equipo desde el perímetro, los Celtics incrementaron su ventaja hasta los 25 puntos al descanso. En un TD Garden completamente lleno, Brown enseñó el camino a los Celtics con 25 puntos en la primera mitad y acabó con treinta, cinco rebotes, seis asistencias y dos robos.

That quote was from Jaylen Brown postgame after the Boston Celtics beat the Milwaukee Bucks to even their second round series at 1-1. Brown was spot on.

9. The Bucks made a couple of mini-runs in the fourth quarter, but Boston kept making plays to keep that at bay. He attacks, forces help and finds Jayson Tatum for the layup: The Bucks tried to counter Boston defending Antetokounmpo 1-on-1 by using him as a screener. Al Horford and Grant Williams again combined as the primary defenders on Antetokounmpo and they again held up very well. Because of Horford and Williams’ ability to contain Antetokounmpo without help, Ime Udoka abandoned the double-team strategy. We’ll hit on this more later, but Boston did a good job in the first half of pushing the ball. Brown scored 25 points in the first half, and he did it in a variety of ways. On this one, Boston used most of the shot-clock. On the next trip, Tatum was called for a somewhat dubious offensive foul. On three straight possessions late in the third quarter, Tatum seemed to remember he’s bigger and better than Wesley Matthews. This is a shot the Celtics can get with regularity against the Bucks base defense. In Game 2, the 2022 Celtics showed up.

Grant Williams (right) drew an offensive foul the hard way against Giannis Antetokounmpo. By Chad Finn, The Boston Globe. May 4, 2022 | 11:17 AM.

The Celtics, of course, were playing without the current Defensive Player of the Year, Marcus Smart, who was out with a quadriceps contusion. But Williams, just as he did against the Nets’ Kevin Durant in the first round, continued making Antetokounmpo earn every inch of space on the parquet, even as Giannis treated him like his own personal crash-test dummy. It was hardly a surprise when he awakened in the second half, scoring 23 points, including the Bucks’ first 8 of the third quarter as they scrambled to make a game of it — he’s such a special player that you have to assume the onslaught of points is coming at some point. Pretty much the only surefire way to stop Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo would be to construct a Green Monster-sized wall in front of the basket. He was right in the middle of the Celtics’ offensive onslaught to start the game, hitting a 3 to put them up 15-3 with 6½ minutes left in the first quarter, then drilled another two minutes later to build the lead to 23-8. Jayson Tatum finished with 29 points, with many of his buckets, including a shot-clock-beating 3-pointer with a little more than four minutes left, coming down the stretch.

The Boston Celtics lost Game 1 of their second-round series on Sunday afternoon on their home court to Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks.

- CHRIS PAUL MEETS WITH MEDIA AFTER GAME 6: The Phoenix Suns clinched their first-round playoff series with a win over the New Orleans Pelicans in Game 6 on Thursday evening. The win in Game 2 for the Celtics was massive, because the next two games are in Milwaukee and the series is tied up at 1-1 instead of the Celtics being in an 0-2 hole. The Celtics had been riding high after sweeping the Brooklyn Nets in the first-round of the playoffs last week.

Chris Forsberg and Jeff Goodman break down the Celtics' 109-86 win over the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 2. Can the C's carry the momentum to Milwaukee?

I think the Celtics probably win in seven at this point. "I think they feel really good coming out of this one. I think they can do it," Goodman said.