MILWAUKEE — The Celtics paid for this one by falling into a hole to begin with.
They fell to the Bucks Tuesday night, 112-111, despite a 19-5 fourth quarter run that not only pulled them out of a 19-point hole, but also tied the game twice in the last 23.1 seconds.
But Avery Bradley’s foul on Khris Middleton with six-tenths of a second left, after Kelly Olynyk had tied the game with two free throws with a second left, killed off the Celtics’ chances.
Middleton hit the first free throw, intentionally missed the second to run out the clock, thus snapping the Celtics’ four-game winning streak.