The Milwaukee Bucks will march to Boston for a marquee Christmas Day brawl with the Celtics (h/t Boston Globe’s Gary Washburn). This marks the second-straight 12 months that each groups will face on the stated special occasion.
Following a nail-biting seven-game, second-round sequence between each side, followers can by no means ask for a way more thrilling duel on Christmas Day than the Bucks and Celtics will provide.
These two title powerhouses are slated for a rematch relationship again to their earlier encounter final postseason, whereby the Cs prevailed to oust the eventual champs in throne. The membership went deeper and nailed an NBA Finals seat, however got here up brief in opposition to the Golden State Warriors.
Milwaukee emerged victorious in opposition to Boston on their final 12 months’s X-mas duel, 117-113, behind Giannis Antetokounmpo’s 36 point-15 board double-double.