There is usually very little that can be extrapolated out of a blowout. During the regular season, a 20-point loss could be chalked up to a lack of effort or a long road trip or just simply not having it on a given night.
That wasn’t the case for the Celtics in their Game 2 thrashing by the Bucks.
After head coach Mike Budenholzer said on Monday that Milwaukee wouldn’t be making drastic changes to their game plan, the Bucks came out on Tuesday night with not just more energy and aggressiveness.