Game 1 of the 2018 NBA playoffs first round between the Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks may have single-handedly given me a bleeding peptic ulcer, and I don’t want to think about it ever again except that the Celtics won. Game 2 better not do that to me.
It didn’t. The first half showed the evenly matched game we’d expect with the Cs down by various injuries, but a barnstorming Jaylen Brown shooting night, highlighted in the third quarter with a solo eight-point run, and the steady guidance of Al Horford ensured Milwaukee had no chance in the latter half.