Boston celebrates: "Success is not accidental."

The Bucks are disappointed and miss Middleton

The Celtics defeated on the way to the Eastern Conference Finals, praising Grant Williams who equaled Kerry.

The ousted champion wonders what would have happened if the injured star had been healthy.

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The formidable Eastern Conference semifinal series between the Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks came last night (Sunday) to a particularly resounding end.

After already trailing 3: 2 in the series, forcing Game 7 with an away win, the Celtics completed the turnaround with a huge 81: 109 and 3: 4 in the series that sent the reigning champion home and scheduled a replay of the Eastern Conference Finals two years ago - against the Miami Heat.

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Game 7 left no room for doubt.

Taitum (Photo: Reuters)

The Celtics started the season with a 25-25 balance, but have since become a mid-sized team in the East and one of the strongest in the league.

"We're not something coincidental and the proof of that is our balance in the second half of the season," said coach Ima Yudoka, after the Celtics came back for the first time since 1988 from a 3-2 deficit to win the series.

The Greens' surprising hero in the game was Grant Williams, who used to get off the bench but this time started with a five.

The forward was passionate with career-high 27 points and seven 3-pointers, equaling the off-arc shooting record in Game 7 set by Steph Kerry (twice) and Marcus Morris.

Williams threw no less than 18 times off the arc, doubling his previous record of nine attempts, which he set in the second game against the Bucks.

Williams, who after the game had already earned the nickname "Grant Kerry" from teammate Jaylen Brown, scored just two threes from 14 attempts in the previous four games against the reigning champion, and punished her for leaving him free.

"I told him to keep throwing," Yudoka said, "The defense doesn't respect you more than it did earlier in the series.

Career record.

Williams (Photo: GettyImages, Adam Glanzman)

Williams threw no less than 18 times off the arc, doubling his previous record of nine attempts, which he set in the second game against the Bucks.

Williams, who after the game had already earned the nickname "Grant Kerry" from teammate Jaylen Brown, scored just two threes from 14 attempts in the previous four games against the reigning champion, and punished her for leaving him free.

"I told Grant to keep throwing," Judoka said, "the defense does not respect you more than it did earlier in the series. Jason Taitum, who scored 23 points, praised Williams: You need the supporting actors to star in their role. "

The loss will not affect the legacy.

Antocompo (Photo: Reuters)

On the losing side, Milwaukee digests that she will not connect two championships in a row and wonders what would have happened if Chris Middleton, who was injured in the second game of the first-round series against Chicago, had recovered.

"We could have helped Middleton," said Jero Holliday, "he hits big shots and makes big moves on both sides of the pitch." Yannis Antocompo added: "We are not looking for excuses.

Everyone came up to compete and give it their all.

That's what we've been doing since Game 3 against Chicago, with Middleton

it might have been a different story, but it did not have it for us. "

Points, 20 rebounds and 9 assists, which did not prevent defeat, coach Mike Bodenholzer complimented: "The way Yannis developed during the series, the way he played against a good defensive team with lots of good guards, was another stage in his growth."

"There will always be this moment where you can say that Ben could have been better at it, but I was very impressed with him in this series, how he found the way to attack, score and run the game. We did not complete the task, he has a big part in it, but I was impressed with the progress His in the series. "

The Bleach Report also stated that this series would not affect the Greek's legacy.

"This is not a moment to define or change his legacy. In many years, we may be frustrated by this series as a testament to a career in the Pantheon, it could also be the fuel that will push him to the top 10-15 all-time list." Huan, 27, Michael Jordan and LeBron C. "James took first championships at that age. No one had two MVP titles, a final MVP and a defensive player of the season at that age."

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