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The Milwaukee Bucks and the Boston Celtics are on a collision course to meet in the playoffs
With over 1 / 4 of the season executed, the highest of the East is turning into clearer by the day.
The Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks have the 2 greatest data within the league, and so they have been the most effective groups by a mile. The 2 groups have separated themselves from the pack and are set on a collision course within the playoffs.
Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics appear to have taken the Finals loss to coronary heart and have been on a tear this season. They sit on prime of the league with a powerful file of 21-5. The Celtics additionally have the number-one offensive staff within the league—their offensive score of 119.9 is the best in NBA historical past.
Many thought that the Celtics could be impacted massively by the suspension of Ime Udoka. However that has hardly appeared to matter with Joe Mazzulla hitting the bottom operating from day one. The Celtics are having their greatest season in years, and they’re eager on getting again to the Finals.
A big a part of the Celtics’ success has been the rise of Jayson Tatum. The three-time All-Star is having the most effective season of his profession, averaging profession highs throughout main classes (30.5 ppg, 8.2 rpg, and 4.1 apg).
Tatum had a poor run within the Finals, and he appears to be on a mission to show everybody flawed, because the 24-year-old is likely one of the essential candidates for the MVP award.
Milwaukee Bucks
The Milwaukee Bucks had the world at their ft final yr. They have been the defending champs and favorites to win all of it once more. However an damage to Khris Middleton value them dearly as they fell to the Celtics in seven video games of the Japanese Convention Semi-Finals.
However they’ve come again this season to take what’s rightfully theirs.
The Bucks have the second-best file within the league (18-6), and they’re enjoying with a goal. Milwaukee is at present ranked second by way of defensive score (107.1)— for a very long time, they have been No.1. The staff has made protection their id, and so they have adopted a brand new strategy this time round, specializing in guarding the perimeter and three-point shooters extra rigorously. And it has paid dividends.
The Bucks have missed Middleton for almost all of the season, and so they nonetheless have the second-best file. The rationale for that’s Giannis Antetokounmpo who’s enjoying out of his thoughts and having considered one of his greatest seasons to this point. He could also be in line to win his third MVP if he retains it up.
Celtics versus Bucks
These 2 groups have been a degree above everybody else, and at this charge, they’ll match up within the Japanese Convention Finals. This will likely be a battle for the ages, because the Bucks and Celtics have been the 2 greatest groups within the league by a distance.
Milwaukee can have vengeance on their thoughts because the Celtics knocked them out final time round. Fortunately we’ll see the preview of that potential playoff battle quickly, as the 2 juggernauts are set to face off for the primary time this season on Christmas Day.
(Courtesy: Milwaukee Admirals)
MILWAUKEE – Matt Murray stopped a season-high 43 shots and Kieffer Bellows scored a pair of goals to lead the Admirals to a 4-1 win over the Wolves on Friday night.
Ryan Ufko and Ozzy Wiesblatt also lit the lamp for the Ads, who snapped Chicago’s six-game winning streak in the process.
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Murray made 29 saves over the final two periods and backstopped the Admirals to a perfect 4-for-4 performance on the penalty kill. It was the eighth win of the season for Murray, who has allowed just one goal in four of his past five starts.
The Admirals jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the first period, courtesy of goals from Bellows and Ufko. Bellows notched his team-leading 11th goal of the season at 11:25 of the opening frame when he collected the rebound of a Fedor Svechkov goal and slid it five-hole past Spencer Martin.
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Ufko lit the lamp with just 57 seconds remaining in the first, scoring his second power-play marker of the season. The play started when Ozzy Wiesblatt carried the puck along the Chicago blueline and then fired a shot that Ufko deflected past Martin.
After a scoreless second period, Bellows got his second of the game at the 6:55 mark of the final period when he poked a loose puck ahead at the Ads’ blueline, skated in alone on Martin and reached the puck around the Wolves’ goalie as he was being hauled to the ground.
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Chicago’s Ronan Seeley spoiled Murray’s shutout bid when he scored on a one-timer with 1:06 to play before Wiesblatt iced things for Milwaukee with an empty-netter, his sixth goal of the season.
The Admirals and Wolves get right back at it as they wrap-up their home-and-home set on Saturday night at 7 p.m. at the Allstate Arena. Milwaukee’s next home game is Monday, Dec. 30.
House fire near 7th and Lincoln
A FOX6 News viewer shared this video of a house fire near 7th and Lincoln — on Milwaukee’s south side.
MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee firefighters battled a house fire on the city’s south side on Friday morning, Dec. 27.
The fire broke out around 10:30 a.m. near 7th and Lincoln.
Milwaukee fire officials say flames were found in the rear cottage of the residents.
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All people in the home managed to get out safety.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WBAY) – A Milwaukee tow truck driver who was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Christmas Eve, has now been identified and the suspect made an appearance in court today.
39-year-old Christopher Sponholz is charged with felony hit-and-run involving death.
He was also ticketed for failing to notify police about the accident.
Prosecutors say Sponholz was estimated to be driving 80 miles per hour when he allegedly struck 40-year-old Hussain Farhat on interstate 94 in Waukesha county.
Sponholz then allegedly fled the scene.
Farhat was loading a disabled car at the time of the accident.
According to a criminal complaint, Sponholz told friends he thought he hit a deer.
A hit-and-run conviction can bring a sentence of up to 25 years in prison.
The bond for Sponholz has been set for $750,000.
He’s due back in court on Feb. 5.
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