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"It gives our team a different look," said Horford, who posted a double-double of 22 points and 14 rebounds in the Celtics' 92-87 Game 5 win Tuesday night. Boston's versatility was on full display, with the C's pushing the Bucks to the brink of playoff elimination. Continue to Article

April 25, 2018 12:12:am EST

Al Horford has been the Celtics' quiet leader this postseason, and Marcus Smart might be the kindling Boston was missing in back-to-back losses in Milwaukee. The duo was reunited for Game 5, and together, they helped put the Celtics on the verge of closing out their first-round series. Horford had 22 points and 14 rebounds, Smart made an impact in his first game since mid-March and Boston beat the Bucks 92-87 on Tuesday night for a 3-2 lead. Continue to Article

April 24, 2018 11:30:pm EST

Al Horford has been the Celtics' quiet leader this postseason, and Marcus Smart might be the kindling Boston was missing in back-to-back losses in Milwaukee. The duo was reunited for Game 5, and together, they helped put the Celtics on the verge of closing out their first-round series. Horford had 22 points and 14 rebounds, Smart made an impact in his first game since mid-March and Boston beat the Bucks 92-87 on Tuesday night for a 3-2 lead. Continue to Article

April 24, 2018 11:29:pm EST

All season long, the Boston Celtics won games on the strength of their NBA-best defense while getting just enough clutch scoring from an attack led by All-Stars Kyrie Irving and Al Horford. With a knee injury knocking Irving out for the playoffs, the C’s have had to lean even more heavily on the other end of the floor in a first-round matchup with Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Milwaukee Bucks, who swung the pendulum in their direction at home in Wisconsin to even the series at two games apiece ahead of a pivotal Game 5 back in Boston on Tuesday night. This time, it was Boston that got the better of the run of play late — and the benefit of a controversial late-game call — to score a 92-87 win and take a 3-2 lead in the hotly contested series. Continue to Article

April 24, 2018 11:20:pm EST

Marcus Smart returned to the Boston Celtics after suffering a thumb injury earlier in the year, and boy was it just in time. The Celtics guard came off the bench, doing what he does best: attacking opposing guards, grabbing rebounds, and making hustle plays for his squad. Smart thoroughly annoyed the Milwaukee Bucks, and as Giannis Antetokounmpo failed to make a push in the second half (and as Khris Middleton‘s shooting slowly deteriorated) it was Boston who came out with a win in Game 5, 92-87. Continue to Article

April 24, 2018 11:11:pm EST