The Milwaukee Bucks return home on Friday night, where they’ll look to find a way back into their first round series with the Boston Celtics.
Playoff basketball is back in Milwaukee for another year, although the locals would have been hoping it would come under different circumstances.
After two testing games in TD Garden, the Milwaukee Bucks return home against the Boston Celtics, with their opponents set to enter the Bradley Center with a 2-0 lead.
Game 1 may have ended with heartbreak in overtime, but rather than closing that gap in Game 2, the Bucks fell away to lose by 14 points on Tuesday night.
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That trend will be more than alarming to the Bucks. Playoff series are all about adjustments, and the evidence so far suggests the Bucks have only gotten even further away from parity in this series following an opportunity for the Celtics to get an up-close look at them.
The Bucks can’t really afford to be one step behind in that tactical battle, but considering the respective track records of both head coaches, it seems like that’s their reality.
To win Game 3 and have a chance of turning the series around, the Bucks will need their best players to perform again, but they’ll also need more balanced and consistent contributions on the whole.
With all of that in mind, let’s take a closer look at the action ahead, and see which team can prevail in Game 3.