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Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics gestures through the fourth quarter in Recreation Seven of the 2022 NBA Playoffs Jap Conference Semifinals in opposition to the Milwaukee Bucks at TD Backyard on Might 15, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Getty Photos by way of AFP)
BOSTON – Grant Williams scored 27 factors because the Boston Celtics eradicated the reigning champion Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday with a 109-81 game seven victory of their NBA Jap Conference sequence.
Celtics ahead Williams produced a lethal show of scoring from three-point vary on the TD Backyard as Boston superior to a convention finals showdown with the Miami Heat with a 4-3 sequence win.
Williams’s red-hot capturing from past the arc was emblematic of Boston’s superiority from the sphere because the Bucks missed a slew of broad open seems to be.
Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo completed with 25 factors 20 rebounds and 9 assists for Milwaukee.
Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks drives to the basket in opposition to Marcus Good of the Boston Celtics through the third quarter in Recreation Seven of the 2022 NBA Playoffs Jap Conference Semifinals at TD Backyard on Might 15, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Getty Photos by way of AFP)
However the Celtics’ three-point capturing accuracy proved the distinction between the 2 groups as Boston accomplished a comeback from 3-2 down within the best-of-seven sequence.
Boston dropped 22 of 55 from downtown, in stark distinction to Milwaukee, who transformed simply 4 of 33 makes an attempt from past the arc.
Williams led the three-point blitzkrieg with seven threes in his 27-point haul. Jayson Tatum made five-of-nine threes to complete with 23 factors.
Grant Williams of the Boston Celtics reacts after making a 3 level basket through the third quarter in opposition to the Milwaukee Bucks in Recreation Seven of the 2022 NBA Playoffs Jap Conference Semifinals at TD Backyard on Might 15, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Getty Photos by way of AFP)
Payton Pritchard additionally received in on the act, with 4 three-pointers from the bench in a tally of 14 factors.
Just one Milwaukee participant — Bobby Portis — made a number of three-pointers. Portis completed with two in his 10-point haul.
Boston face high seeds Miami in game one of many Jap Conference finals on Tuesday in a rematch of their 2020 sequence.
Miami received that sequence 4-2 to advance to the NBA Finals.
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