Bucks vs. Celtics Game One Preview: Cheers on Mayday

Now that every first round playoff series in the books, today begins the Conference Semifinals, led off by what many consider to be the premier series of the second round: the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics. Let’s drink just to getting here, because it’s a Sunday brunch-time tip in the Central time zone (to those of you who remember the American sitcom Cheers, set in Boston: Sam “Mayday” Malone was the bartender at the eponymous bar, a former Red Sox relief pitcher played by Ted Danson). Anyway, both teams made quick work of their first round opponents and should be well-rested: Boston enjoyed five full days off since sweeping Brooklyn last Monday and the Bucks had three days since dispatching the Bulls.

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