Milwaukee managed to hold serve at home and stave off a calamitous fourth-quarter collapse by the outstretched finger tips of Giannis Antetokounmpo.
The Bucks defeated the Celtics 104-102 at the Bradley Center on Sunday, thanks to Antetokounmpo’s game-winning tip-in with 5.1 seconds left. The lefty putback, which followed a missed runner by Malcolm Brogdon, evened the first-round series at two games apiece.
“It’s a heck of a play, a hustle play,” Bucks interim head coach Joe Prunty said. “A lot of times on defense you’ll talk about 50-50 balls. That’s one there. … This is no secret: [Antetokounmpo] works extremely hard and has a tremendous will to win.