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Milwaukee Bucks (0-0) at Boston Celtics (0-0)

Sunday, April 15, 2018

1:00 PM ET

Round 1 Game #1

TV: TNT, NBCSB, FSN-WI

98.5 The Sports Hub, 620 AM WTMJ

TD Garden

Referees: Mike Callahan, Brian Forte, Jason Phillips

Eighty-two games in the regular season all comes down to this matchup between the second seeded Boston Celtics and the seventh seeded Milwaukee Bucks. These two teams split the 4 game series 2-2 this season, with each team winning one at home and one on the road. The point differential between these two teams in the 4 games this season was just 6 points in Boston’s favor.

These two teams have met 5 times in the playoffs, with their last playoff series in 1987. In 1987, the Celtics won in…