| Bucks | Fear The Deer! | Nov. 2

[Fresh8]

It's all good. We just need the result!

[Martti.]

Jennings 20 in the fourth helps Bucks steal one on the road.
Bucks (104) - Celtics (98)

Jennings dazzled in his first ever Conference Finals game.

Brandon Jennings led all scorers with 29, including 20 in the fourth quarter to lead the Bucks over the Celtics in a come-from-behind victory.

The Celtics held a narrow lead entering the fourth and Paul Pierce scored 5 straight points to put the C's up by 8. But then Brandon Jennings, who was quiet all night, woke up.

He scored 2 straight threes, stole the ball from Rajon Rondo and passed the pall to Kyle Korver, who knocked down another three and the Bucks had their first lead of the night. Jennings scored 8 more points in a hurry and the Celtics panicked, weird from a team with such great veterans.

Rasheed Wallace and Ray Allen started to miss easy shots and Kevin Garnett couldn't rebound anything with Bogut and Warrick dominating the glass.

Pierce did however carry his team, scoring the last 13 points of the Celtics, including 3 threes.

But it was too late, the Bucks had build up an 8-point lead. Jennings made the final 6 foul shots, Pierce and Nate Robinson made some desperate threes, but the final horn, perhaps even mercifully for the Bucks, sounded.


FINAL SCORE (Record after the game)
BOS (0-1) | 98 |
MIL (1-0) | 104 |

Player of the Game : Brandon Jennings


| 29 PTS | Bunch of other goodies


Warrick dunking all over Sheed.


Paul Pierce with the circus-shot.

[Martti.]

Conference Finals

Team	Score	Team	Series score
(1) Los Angeles Lakers	97-79	(6) Memphis Grizzlies	Lakers lead 1-0
(1) Boston Celtics	98-104	(3) Milwaukee Bucks	Bucks lead 1-0

[megarover]

Jennings is super clutch man. How'd you do on your exam though.

[cavs4872]

Superb win, but in the "FINAL SCORE" section you have MIA listed instead of MIL. I know it really doesn't matter much, but it's just a small detail I spotted out while reading. Otherwise, very good stuff here.

[Justine.]

Great getting Game 1 and superb 4th quarter by Young Money.

[Clutch]

20 in the 4th is just

a win's a win though; will be interesting to see how/if Boston responds

[Fresh8]

Brilliant work winning Game 1. Hope you come out strong for Game 2

Loving this dynasty!

[Bucket]

Great game. Warrick dunk

[kibaxx7]

That Warrick dunk looks incredible. Good luck Game 2!

[dare]

Nice win, hope it continues and also Lakers beating the crap out of the Grizz

[Lamrock]

C'mon Memphis!

[Martti.]

Jennings is super clutch man. How'd you do on your exam though.

Pretty good I think, though I doubt I got over 80%.

Superb win, but in the "FINAL SCORE" section you have MIA listed instead of MIL. I know it really doesn't matter much, but it's just a small detail I spotted out while reading. Otherwise, very good stuff here.

Thanks for pointing that out. Fixed now.

Great getting Game 1 and superb 4th quarter by Young Money.

20 in the 4th is just

a win's a win though; will be interesting to see how/if Boston responds

Yeah, he was just blazin hot.

Brilliant work winning Game 1. Hope you come out strong for Game 2

Loving this dynasty!

Thanks man. Great that this is still one of your favs.

Great game. Warrick dunk

That Warrick dunk looks incredible. Good luck Game 2!

Yeah, I went to the hoop with Jennings and he was doubled, leaving Warrick wide open.

Nice win, hope it continues and also Lakers beating the crap out of the Grizz

C'mon Memphis!

Hopefully Memphis advances.

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Also, Fraps isn't working ever since I replaced my video card. Screenshots aren't a problem, just F12 but box scores in the Playoffs take a lot of time. Any ideas? I can take screens with Fraps when VLC Player is playing, but nor for games..

Game #2 soon.

[Martti.]

Celtics tie the series behind Pierce's double-double.
Bucks (92) - Celtics (102)

Pierce hyping up the TD Garden after a successful three.

Paul Pierce led the way with 29 points and 10 boards as the Celtics cruised behind 52% shooting to win game #2 at home. Kevin Garnett added a double-double and Rajon Rondo was one assists shy of a double-double of his own.

The Celtics played great Playoff defense, allowing 39% shooting from the Bucks, including just 3/12 from downtown. Bogut and Warrick shot just 10-25 combined and Redd and Jennings went 14-40 from the field and 2-7 from three (Jennings 1-6).

The Celtics jumped out to a quick 10-point lead, 14-4, and finished the first quarter up by 12. They increased it with every quarter, never allowing the Bucks to come closer then 13 points. Brandon Jennings hit his only three with 2 seconds left in the fourth to narrow the lead to 10.

Kyle Korver, Andray Blatche and Eddie House saw extended playing time, but they only managed to pile in 13 points, the same as Luc Mbah a Moute, whose scoring is up since returning to the bench.

The series now shifts to Milwaukee for games #3 and #4.


FINAL SCORE (Record after the game)
MIL (1-1) | 92 |
BOS (1-1) | 102 |

Player of the Game : Paul Pierce


| 29 PTS | 10 REBS | 5 ASTS | 3 STLS | 0 BLKS | 12-22 FG | 3-6 3 PT FG | 2-2 FT

Key Performers :

Bucks :

Andrew Bogut : 16 points, 9 rebounds
Michael Redd : 16 points, 7 assists, 4 rebounds
Hakim Warrick : 14 points, 9 rebounds, 8-8 FT
Brandon Jennings : 18 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds, 2 steals, 8-26 FG
Thaddeus Young : 5 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks, 3 steals
Luc Mbah a Moute : 13 points, 5 rebounds, 6-12 FG, (Bench)

Celtics :

Kevin Garnett : 16 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks, 3 blocks, 7-12 FG
Rasheed Wallace : 15 points, 2 assists, 7 rebounds, 2 blocks
Rajon Rondo : 17 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists, 7-10 FG
Tony Allen : 8 points, 2 assists, 3-4 FG (Bench)
Luis Scola : 5 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists (Bench)
Jason Williams : 6 points, 2-3 FG, 2 minutes (Bench)


Bogut dominating the offensive glass.


Bill Walker with half of his points on the night.

[Martti.]

Conference Finals

Team	Score	Team	Series score
(1) Los Angeles Lakers	117-91	(6) Memphis Grizzlies	Lakers lead 2-0
(1) Boston Celtics	102-92	(3) Milwaukee Bucks	Series tied 1-1

NLSC-ers Watch :

Lenny Crabman | MEM | 11 GP | 0 GS | 2.6 PPG | 0.5 RPG | 1.4 APG | 0.82 SPG | 0.09 BPG | 11.1 MPG

[Fresh8]

Great coverage man. Hope you win Game 3 and 4!

[Clutch]

| 29 PTS | 10 REBS | 5 ASTS | 3 STLS | 0 BLKS | 12-22 FG | 3-6 3 PT FG | 2-2 FT

safe to say, "You can't handle The TRUTH!" GL in gm 3

(btw, hope these are the Celtics who show up for the Finals tonight IRL... )

[megarover]

Pierce had a great all-round game. I recommend boxing out next time

[kibaxx7]

What a game by The Truth. Hope you can get a triumph back home bro, if not 2!

[Martti.]

Back home.
Blog entry #9

Back home again for games 3 and 4. Gotta get both of em so we can finish things up in Boston and on to the Finals, yeaah!

Also, Kemp hasn't mentioned anything about moving the team anymore, since we're doin so well and the arena is full every night.

Gotta practice, can't win if you don't practice, you know.

- Gone, BJ3

Posted by Brandon Jennings

[cavs4872]

That screenshot of Pierce at the top looks really nice. Sorry about the loss, but it's a fresh series now and you've got home court advantage.

[Martti.]

Bucks can't handle the Truth vol 2, Pierce goes for 34.
Bucks (101) - Celtics (115)

Pierce going for 30+ for the second straight game.

Paul Pierce and Rasheed Wallace set the tone early on, scoring 55 though three quarters as the Celtics cruised to an easy win in game #3.

Rajon Rondo chipped in 12 points and 11 assists and Kevin Garnett had an all-around game with 16 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists. Luis Scola powered the bench play with 13 points and 9 rebounds, both his series highs.

For the Bucks, Andrew Bogut scored 21 points, Hakim Warrick added a double-double. Michael Redd and Brandon Jennings combined for 35 points, but struggled like in game #2, combining to go 14-36 from the field.

Pierce and Wallace scored the majority of the Celtics points and the Bucks had no answers for the two, as the Celtics jumped out to a 16-point lead in the first quarter and a 20-point lead by intermission.

The Bucks crawled back to 16 by the end of the third, but quick buckets from Pierce erased the last dreams the Bucks has about a comeback. Pierce went on to score 9 points in 3 minutes, going perfect 4-4 from the field. Rasheed emphatically dunked on Andrew Bogut to increase the lead to 22.

The rest of the score was set by reserves and the Bucks got the lead down to 14 by the end of the game.

The Bucks can tie the series in game #4 or go down 3-1 with the next game in the TD Garden.


FINAL SCORE (Record after the game)
MIL (1-2) | 101 |
BOS (2-1) | 115 |

Player of the Game : Paul Pierce


| 34 PTS | 6 REBS | 6 ASTS | 1 STLS | 2 BLKS | 14-20 FG | 2-4 3 PT FG | 4-5 FT

Key Performers :

Bucks :

Andrew Bogut : 21 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 blocks
Michael Redd : 20 points, 2 assists, 5 rebounds, 3-6 3PT
Hakim Warrick : 19 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 8-14 FG
Brandon Jennings : 15 points, 9 assists, 6 rebounds, 4 steals, 6-17 FG
Thaddeus Young : 14 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 4-5 FG, 3-3 3PT, 3-3 FT
Luc Mbah a Moute : 6 points, 3 rebounds, 3-4 FG, (Bench)

Celtics :

Kevin Garnett : 16 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 block, 7-9 FG
Rasheed Wallace : 32 points, 3 rebounds, 11-17 FG, 3-6 3PT, 7-8 FT
Rajon Rondo : 12 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists
Luis Scola : 13 points, 9 rebounds, 6-12 FG (Bench)


Perfect Celtics play - Bogut couldn't rotate on time and Rondo got the easy two.


Sheed was unconscious, exploding for 32 points.

[Martti.]

Conference Finals

Team	Score	Team	Series score
(1) Los Angeles Lakers	94-83	(6) Memphis Grizzlies	Lakers lead 3-0
(1) Boston Celtics	115-101	(3) Milwaukee Bucks	Celtics lead 2-1

[megarover]

Pretty nice title. SOMEBODY needs to lock Pierce down though. And when Wallace is scoring big numbers against you that's when you know there are problems

[dare]

Who is guarding Pierce? Better have someone else to guard him.