Bucks (0-0) at Celtics (0-0) Round 1 Game 1 4/15/18

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Al Horford 13-14 from the free throw line.  That might have won the game right there.
Al just kept banging Giannis in the post, bullying him to get to the line.  Very impressed with Al today.

[colincb]

Al Horford deserves the game ball. High scorer, rebounder, shot blocker, and tied for most assists.

We made some bad defensive plays in Q4 with Brogdon's wide-open 3 when Rozier took GA's feint to the hole and Jaylen not being a lot closer to Middleton.

Nice for the Freak to get a lot of superstar calls. That's going to be a problem going forward. We have to defend Middleton a lot better. BCS should have called a time-out earlier in Q2 too.

Good win for the kids especially, but we could lose this series easily enough.

[KGs Knee]

Everyone hates the Celtics. TNT and especially ESPN. I give absolutely zero respect to these commentators.

I stopped caring what the buffoons at those two networks (Fox Sports as well) have to say.  It's all hype and no substance.

And really, they can say whatever they want, it has zero effect on the outcome.

[ChillyWilly]

Everyone hates the Celtics. TNT and especially ESPN. I give absolutely zero respect to these commentators.

I refuse to watch TNT its a TURRABLE broadcast if you're a Celtics fan. I don't remember what ESPN is so no comment on that 

[hpantazo]

Here is how you defend the Bucks. Play Freak one on one but you can't let Middleton go for 30 and Brogdan go for 20...limit his supporting cast

If he gets his so what. Middleton is the guy that really hurt Boston today

Agreed. Limit Middleton and this series will be over quickly.

[mr. dee]

Everyone hates the Celtics. TNT and especially ESPN. I give absolutely zero respect to these commentators.

I stopped caring what the buffoons at those two networks (Fox Sports as well) have to say.  It's all hype and no substance.

And really, they can say whatever they want, it has zero effect on the outcome.

They are more of a showbiz network than a sports channel. They'd rather jockride star players than discuss team concepts and strategies.

[hpantazo]

I loved Tommy yelling at the ref at the end of OT when Rozier was waiting to shoot his 2nd free thow and the ref was delaying and allowing the Bucks to talk on the sideline "they have no time-outs, give him the ball!!"

[Jiri Welsch]

Playoff Al!

[PAOBoston]

Here is how you defend the Bucks. Play Freak one on one but you can't let Middleton go for 30 and Brogdan go for 20...limit his supporting cast

If he gets his so what. Middleton is the guy that really hurt Boston today

Are you confident Middleton will be able to put up 30 plus consistently though? I like Middleton but he's not that kind of player imo,

[nickagneta]

Helluva win.

I should probably check on my father's well being after that.

Lol....my son called after the game to check on me to make sure I was okay. Was so emotionally into the game I couldn't post in the thread all game. Too busy screaming at television and cheering out loud. Glad my neighbor didn't call the cops.

[hodgy03038]

I can't believe the TNT crew all pro Milwaukee and Kenny Smith saying it would be an "upset" if the Celts win the series. Unreal. Go Celts. Way to stick to it. Please Jaylen next time at least play marginal defense on Middleton 30 feet from the hoop. Great team win but Larkin can we sit him next time. He almost single handedly lost the game with his turnovers.

[Ogaju]

I can't believe the TNT crew all pro Milwaukee and Kenny Smith saying it would be an "upset" if the Celts win the series. Unreal. Go Celts. Way to stick to it. Please Jaylen next time at least play marginal defense on Middleton 30 feet from the hoop. Great team win but Larkin can we sit him next time. He almost single handedly lost the game with his turnovers.

He has to play...we can only hope he gets more comfortable as the series gets to games 2-4.

[RockinRyA]

I can't believe the TNT crew all pro Milwaukee and Kenny Smith saying it would be an "upset" if the Celts win the series. Unreal. Go Celts. Way to stick to it. Please Jaylen next time at least play marginal defense on Middleton 30 feet from the hoop. Great team win but Larkin can we sit him next time. He almost single handedly lost the game with his turnovers.

He has to play...we can only hope he gets more comfortable as the series gets to games 2-4.

Larkin actually played better in the second half. Rozier however Im not too sure what to make of him. He made huge plays to win the game but also made the game that close in the first place.

[bellerephon]

Agreed, Larkin needs to play at least some. Terry can't play the whole game, and it's very risky to play without a ball handler. Those turnovers were pretty unusual for Larkin, I'd like to think he can eliminate those careless types of plays.

As far as the analysts go, they generally go for the team with the biggest star. They don't actually watch lots of games except for the national ones, so they don't really know much about individual teams. All they know is that Kyrie is out and the Bucks have Giannis. To them, that means the Bucks should win.

[PAOBoston]

I can't believe the TNT crew all pro Milwaukee and Kenny Smith saying it would be an "upset" if the Celts win the series. Unreal. Go Celts. Way to stick to it. Please Jaylen next time at least play marginal defense on Middleton 30 feet from the hoop. Great team win but Larkin can we sit him next time. He almost single handedly lost the game with his turnovers.

He has to play...we can only hope he gets more comfortable as the series gets to games 2-4.

Larkin actually played better in the second half. Rozier however Im not too sure what to make of him. He made huge plays to win the game but also made the game that close in the first place.

Rozier is so trick or treat. He can be absolute garbage for 3.5 quarters and then just nail big shot after big shot in the final minutes/OT.