Bucks go for home advantage!

The series between the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics premiered at Fiserv Forum. The champions will square off at home for the first time in this year’s East Semifinals on Saturday night starting at 9:30 p.m.

Milwaukee Bucks – Statistics & current form

The Bucks have already secured home advantage by winning the first game of the series. However, in the following meeting they could not continue the very good performance from the opening game. In addition, Khris Middleton will still be missing.

Without the second best scorer of the regular season on the side of the home side, it will once again be Giannis Antetokounmpo who will be most important in the forward play. The “Greek Freak” is the fourth best scorer and rebounder in the postseason so far.

Numbers that quickly make clear why the forward is also a hot candidate for the MVP title this season.

Boston Celtics – Statistics & current form

The record champions bounced back quickly from their opening loss: In the second game of the series, the Celtics appeared much improved. Head coach Ime Udoka certainly breathed a sigh of relief, especially regarding Jaylen Brown’s performance.

The shooting guard is, next to Jayson Tatum, the most important player in the offense and after a disappointing start in the series with twelve points, the 25-year-old recently proved his undisputed class again with 30 points.

In addition, the defensive work was very strong: The guests only allowed 86 points to the Bucks in the last encounter.

In addition, Marcus Smart, who was recently named the NBA’s best defensive player, will now be able to start again after missing the last duel due to injury.

Milwaukee Bucks – Boston Celtics Tip

The basketballers from the Brew City will be banking on the home bonus in this encounter. Only two of the past ten home games against Boston ended in defeat.

For the duel between the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics in Game 3 on 07.05.2022 from 21:30, the tip aims for more than 3.5 turnovers by Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Greek has so far suffered a similar fate to Kevin Durant of the Nets in the previous round of the 2022 NBA Playoffs.

Thanks to the always very good defensive work of the guests, KD had to accept no less than a whopping 5.3 ball losses per game. The “Greek Freak” again played very successfully, especially in the first game of the current series, but the turnovers are now also piling up for him.

Boston was the most defensively strong team of the regular season and this quality can also be observed in the postseason. In the case of Antetokounmpo, the current series has also seen an impressive 5.5 turnovers per game.

With the return of Marcus Smart, the reigning DPOY, the 27-year-old now faces another extremely strong defensive player.

In addition, the visitors have two players with particularly fast fingers in Tatum (2.0) and Brown (2.3), who are among the top 4 in the ranking of the most steals in the playoffs!