2022 East Second Round – Page 11

Woj: Bucks star Khris Middleton injury may keep him out all of series with Boston Celtics

Middleton’s MCL sprain could have a serious effect on the East semifinals series vs. Boston.

The reigning champs might have to face the Boston Celtics without their second-best player for the entirety of their second-round matchup against the Celtics with new reporting from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski suggesting that Milwaukee Bucks sharpshooter Khris Middleton may not be back from a sprained MCL until after the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

This could of course mean Middleton’s knee injury may well end his season if the Bucks cannot find a way to replace him and Wojnarowski’s reporting pans out for the worst regarding the Milwaukee forward’s return timetable. Per Woj, Middleton “will get that re-evaluation at the … two-week point next week, but I’m told that injury is expected to keep him out longer than that.”

The ESPN NBA insider noted that the Bucks “may have to get through another series, a conference semifinals before they have the opportunity to get Khris Middleton back,” and with the way Boston has been playing, that potential outcome just got significantly less likely.

Celtics Lab 106: No sweep ’til Brooklyn (Nets), and a glance at Boston’s second round https://t.co/lnmtDmVmmf

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Previewing the Celtics potential second-round matchup with the Milwaukee Bucks

While the Bulls aren’t yet eliminated, many minds are already looking toward who Boston will be playing next in the 2022 NBA playoffs.

The Boston Celtics may very well end up jumping out of the proverbial frying pan into the fire after sweeping the Brooklyn Nets in the first round of the 2022 NBA playoffs. All signs point to a second-round collision with the 2021 NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks.

The Bucks, of course, still need to close out their first-round series with the Chicago Bulls. However, with Milwaukee up 3-1 and Bulls star guard Zach LaVine entering the league’s health and safety protocol, it seems all but certain the Bucks will play the Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The host of the CLNS Media “Winning Plays” podcast, Brian Robb, joined NBC Sports Boston’s Chris Forsberg to talk about the potential second-round matchup in their most recent podcast.

Check out the video embedded above to hear what the duo has to say about Boston’s outlook against Milwaukee.

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Celtics Lab 106: No sweep ’til Brooklyn (Nets), and a glance at Boston’s second round

This pod, we soak in the sweep of Boston’s Atlantic Division rivals and take a first, brief look at what comes next.

The Boston Celtics have eliminated the 2022 preseason title favorites in four games, about as improbable an outcome at the midpoint of the season as might be imagined. Yet, the Celtics will advance to the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs to face either the Milwaukee Bucks or Chicago Bulls after dispatching the Brooklyn Nets just the same.

How did it happen? Who deserves flowers? Where did the Nets go wrong, and what lies in store for them in their future? Your usual hosts Cameron Tabatabaie, Alex Goldberg, and Justin Quinn got together to gloat a little and think a lot about what might be coming down the pike in the next round of the Celtics’ postseason action.

We cover everything from All-Star forward Jayson Tatum’s ascent to superstardom to the critical buckets made by Payton Pritchard, and do our best to envision a rough outline of what a second-round series with Boston’s most likely opponent might look like.

It will be a few days before that is potentially decided, and longer still for the Celtics to get back on the court, so get your Boston podcast fix with us as we take stock of one heck of a first-round series.

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After the Boston Celtics sweep the Brooklyn Nets in the first round, what comes next?

A seemingly simple question that leads to a complicated answer.

The Boston Celtics have eliminated the Brooklyn Nets from 2022 NBA title contention in four games, sweeping the Nets on their own home court to advance to the second round of this season’s Eastern Conference playoffs.

And with that task out of the way comes a few days of much-needed and well-earned rest — but after that, what comes next? The winner of the series between the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks and Chicago Bulls has the Bucks up 3 – 1 so far, meaning it is likely (but not certain) that Milwaukee will be Boston’s next opponent in 2022 postseason play.

The hosts of the NBC Sports Boston “Celtics Talk” podcast Chris Forsberg and Amina Smith got together to talk about some of the ramifications of such a second-round matchup on their most recent episode.

Check out the clip embedded above to hear what we ought to be thinking about as the Celtics gear up to take on the defending champs in round 2.

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