The Boston Celtics took down the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night, earning a 119-116 victory. But while the Celtics won in wire-to-wire fashion, the Bucks gave them a scare at the end of the fourth quarter, quickly cutting a 16-point lead down to a one-possession game in under four minutes.
Big-time shots from Damian Lillard and Khris Middleton helped Milwaukee whittle down Boston’s double-digit lead. They scrapped and clawed their way through the second half just to give themselves a chance.
“It’s hard to guard teams like that at the end of the game when, you’re right, it feels like we’re letting it off a little bit, and they’re like in urgency mode,” said Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla.