Duke in the NBA: Blue Devils Gear Up For Game Seven

For them, this is old hat.

Milwaukee has lost eight straight playoff series.

The Milwaukee Bucks’ Game 6 victory at home over the Boston Celtics was more of the same. “We’ve just got to come out and fight”. “Because we know it gets insane, you’ve gotta have a spot”.

While home teams are a ridiculous 102-26 (80 percent) in Game 7s in National Basketball Association history, nothing is guaranteed.

Giannis Antetokounmpo rises to the occasion and up next is his Game 7 moment (read here): Shams Charania of Yahoo Sports was on hand for the Bucks’ Game 6 win Thursday night and focused in on the performance superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo put together that helped force Game 7 against the Celtics.

Milwaukee’s defense will get in its own way at times, but Celtics should not rely on that.

The Warriors also didn’t have Stephen Curry, who looks like he might play in Game 1 Saturday night. That foursome shot a combined 13 for 22 in that matchup. The Celtics have a lot of young guys that have been up and down in these playoffs, who are still trying to prove they need to be a permanent fixture in the future of this team. “Game 7s are fun”.

Aron Baynes’ buzzer-beating jumper had Boston ahead 30-17 after the first.

There is nothing like the sights, the sounds, the tension of a Game 7. Bledsoe appeared in his only Game 7 to date six years ago, and most of the rest of the Bucks have never been on this sort of stage. The home team dominated that series without either side able to prevail on the road.

Through the first six playoff games of his career, he’s averaging 14.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists through 32.4 minutes-per-game. It will be completely different on the road at the TD Garden with the season on the line. It’s what you play for.

“This is what you work for”.

TNT will broadcast Game 7, which starts at 8 p.m. EDT Saturday night.

The home team won every game of the best-of-seven series.

The Milwaukee Bucks crowd was as the Boston Celtics had left it after Game 4 – as loud as all of the support that welcomed t back to the Garden for Game 5. How badly do the Bucks want to advance to the second round of the playoffs?

Boston’s Marcus Morris, who took a knee to the thigh in Game 6, was asked if he thought the injury was serious.

PRESSURE IS ON: Anyone who tries a 3-pointer.

Parker made his mark in Game 6 by scoring seven first half points and making a number of effort plays that do not show up on the stat sheet, while Maker has impacted games on both ends of the floor with his shooting and shot-blocking. The team, however, has still struggled offensively, failing to score 100 points in three of the last four games.