Bucks Look to Put Fear Into Celtics
Filed under: Bucks , Celtics The Celtics , reeling, visit Milwaukee tonight for the first time this season. The teams met up in Boston back in December, when the Celtics were running the planet (with a 17-4 record) and the Bucks were still trying to come to terms with what they’d drafted, the superlative point guard Brandon Jennings , who had already dropped a 55-point game and won November’s Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month award (over notable rivals Jonas Jerebko and … um … yeah, not too many great rookies in the East). My, how the seasons change. Boston now attempts to get a handle on what it’s become, battling the Hawks (a team which has swept the Celtics 4-0) for third place in the conference. The C’s had gone 11-13 since early January before putting together four straight wins to start March. Those four straight, you ask? The lottery-bound Pistons , the playoff hopeful Bobcats , the lottery-bound 76ers , the lottery-bound Wizards . Not exactly feats of strength, those games. The Bucks know plenty about fattening up on cupcakes, and that’s not a Kelvin Sampson joke, not remotely. Milwaukee, you may have heard, has been on some sort of brilliant tear, winners of nine of 10, 15 of 19. The team has lost once, just once, since nabbing John Salmons at the trade deadline, to the Hawks in Atlanta 10 days ago. But the overall schedule has been a touch suspect. The only notable wins in the 15-4 stretch came against Miami (twice, both in south Florida, what on Earth happened to the South Beach Flu?!), against the Hornets at the Bradley Center, and against the Cavaliers , Saturday, in Milwaukee, in a game in which LeBron James did not play. This is to take nothing away from the Bucks, just to provide context. ? Permalink ?|? Email this ?|? Linking?Blogs ?|? Comments
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