BOSTON — All that remained in the visiting coaches' locker room as TD Garden closed for the night were two empty bottles of expensive red wine and a stack of paper cups, a fitting reward for the defending NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks, who just submitted a comeback win in ways both exquisite and proletarian.
The Bucks trailed for 23 minutes and 49 seconds in the second half of Game 5 in their Eastern Conference semifinals series against the tough and talented Boston Celtics. They were down 14 points with 10 minutes remaining, and they were losing in the final minute for the fourth time in as many games.