![]() Our subscribers make this reporting possible. The Bucks play the Philadelphia 76ers at Fiserv Forum on Sunday night. Thanasis and Celtics guard Marcus Smart had testy interactions when the teams played on Christmas Day this season. ![]() The teams, who met in the second round last season with Boston winning in seven games, are battling for the top seeding in the Eastern Conference playoff bracket heading into the final week of the regular season. The rivalry between the Bucks and Celtics has been spicy lately. Giannis and Griffin had their own dust-up a few years earlier when Griffin stepped over the Bucks star after a foul. During the 2021 playoffs, when Griffin was with the Detroit Pistons, Thanasis and Griffin had a similar confrontation after a hard foul. The series is level at 1-1.It was the latest dustup between Griffin and brothers Giannis and Thanasis Antetokounmpo. The top-seeded Philadelphia 76ers will visit the Atlanta Hawks in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semi-final matchup on Friday. Per Stats Perform, they are the first duo to combine for those numbers in a playoff game since Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant in 2001.ĭurant's 30 points and 11 rebounds were not enough for the Nets, who were again without injured superstar James Harden (hamstring). The Bucks are the only NBA team in the last 15 years to have two players (Antetokounmpo and Middleton) score 15-plus points in a quarter with no other team-mates posting a point (regular season or postseason), according to Stats Perform.Īntetokounmpo and Middleton combined for 68 points and 29 rebounds. Giannis Antetokounmpo posted 33 points and 14 rebounds, while Khris Middleton top-scored with 35 points and 15 rebounds as Kevin Durant's buzzer-beating three-point attempt for the Nets bounced off the rim. Milwaukee surrendered a 21-point lead at home to the Nets before Jrue Holiday put the Bucks ahead for good with 11.4 seconds remaining. The Bucks had their backs against the wall after falling into a 2-0 hole against the second-seeded Nets, but responded on home court in Milwaukee. In the Eastern Conference semi-finals, the Milwaukee Bucks escaped with an 86-83 victory against the Brooklyn Nets in Game 3. Reggie Jackson had a team-best 29 points on 11-for-19 shooting as Paul George (27 points and 10 rebounds) and Leonard (21 points) contributed. Kawhi Leonard and the fourth-ranked Clippers were looking to even the series by splitting Utah's homestand, but the visitors fell short in Game 2. The in-form Jazz extended their winning streak to six games – the team's longest unbeaten run in the playoffs since celebrating seven consecutive victories in 1998. Utah's Mitchell is averaging 28.4 points in his playoff career, only behind LeBron James (28.7), Jerry West (29.1), Kevin Durant (29.2), Allen Iverson (29.7), and Michael Jordan (33.4). Mitchell was supported by fellow All-Star and newly crowned Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert, who put up 13 points, 20 rebounds, three blocks, and two steals in Utah. ![]() Donovan Mitchell produced another monster performance as the top-seeded Utah Jazz took down the Los Angeles Clippers for a commanding 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semi-finals.Īfter going off for 45 points in the opener, All-Star Mitchell posted 37 points to lead the Jazz to a 117-111 victory at home to the Clippers in Game 2 in the NBA playoffs on Thursday.
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