(#8) Bucks - (#1) Celtics Series

We're kicking off the second round here with the Celtics and Bucks, and I'm going to predict a sweep. I actually have a hard time imagining this Celtics team losing until they get see either the Bulls or Sixers in the Conference Finals. I mean, the Celtics have 11 Hall of Famers and Paul Pierce, who basketball-reference gives a 96.3% chance of making the Hall of Fame, and who my own personal "Greatness Formula" has ranked as the 58th greatest player of all-time with a score of 211.9 to begin this season. But let's see what happens. (By the way, I am adamantly not a Celtics fan... this team is just flat out stacked.)



Game 1: Bucks 96 - Celtics 109

Ultimate Bucks
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1983-84  Sidney Moncrief*	47	5/14	0/0	3/3	4	10	9	0	2	4	2	13
1978-79  Marques Johnson*	38	5/12	0/1	5/5	1	6	2	2	2	4	3	15
1984-85  Terry Cummings*	31	7/14	0/0	1/2	0	4	4	1	1	2	4	15
1974-75  Bob Dandridge*	30	4/10	1/2	0/0	0	3	4	2	0	0	3	9
2000-01  Ray Allen*	30	7/15	4/7	1/1	1	6	2	0	1	0	2	19
1996-97  Vin Baker	27	4/5	0/0	1/1	1	4	3	0	1	0	3	9
1984-85  Paul Pressey	13	2/4	0/0	0/0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	4
1986-87  Ricky Pierce	11	4/6	0/0	0/0	1	3	0	0	0	1	2	8
1995-96  Glenn Robinson	10	1/5	0/2	2/2	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	4
1968-69  Jon McGlocklin	2	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1976-77  Brian Winters	1	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS		39/86	5/13	13/14	8	37	28	6	8	11	20	96
Ultimate Celtics
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1984-85  Larry Bird*	41	5/15	1/2	2/2	2	7	8	3	2	2	4	13
1963-64  Bill Russell*	40	10/13	0/0	6/9	11	27	3	3	1	0	1	26
1952-53  Bob Cousy*	37	3/15	0/3	3/3	1	4	10	0	0	4	1	9
1971-72  John Havlicek*	30	6/12	0/3	2/2	1	3	2	0	1	0	1	14
1955-56  Bill Sharman	23	4/8	1/1	1/4	0	2	4	0	0	3	1	10
1964-65  Sam Jones*	21	5/10	0/3	0/0	2	4	2	1	1	0	1	10
1986-87  Kevin McHale	18	6/8	0/1	3/4	0	3	2	3	0	1	1	15
2001-02  Paul Pierce	13	1/2	0/1	0/0	0	4	2	0	0	1	0	2
1959-60  Tommy Heinsohn	8	1/1	0/0	0/0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
1988-89  Robert Parish	7	4/5	0/0	0/0	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	8
1952-53  Ed Macauley	1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972-73  Dave Cowens	1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
TOTALS		45/89	2/14	17/24	18	57	35	11	5	12	12	109
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Bill Russell (Ultimate Celtics)

Game 2: Bucks 86 - Celtics 115

Ultimate Bucks
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1983-84  Sidney Moncrief*	46	7/16	0/0	4/6	0	6	6	1	1	4	2	18
1978-79  Marques Johnson*	40	3/16	0/2	0/0	3	7	3	2	1	4	2	6
1974-75  Bob Dandridge*	33	6/13	0/1	2/2	2	8	2	0	2	1	3	14
1996-97  Vin Baker	31	4/7	0/0	1/2	4	9	2	0	2	0	1	9
2000-01  Ray Allen*	26	3/7	1/3	2/2	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	9
1984-85  Terry Cummings*	21	4/11	0/0	1/3	1	4	5	0	1	1	5	9
1995-96  Glenn Robinson	17	4/9	0/2	2/2	1	4	0	0	1	1	3	10
1986-87  Ricky Pierce	12	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	0	1	2	0	1	3	0
1984-85  Paul Pressey	11	2/3	0/0	0/0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	4
1968-69  Jon McGlocklin	2	1/1	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
1976-77  Brian Winters	2	2/3	1/2	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
TOTALS		36/87	2/11	12/17	12	42	20	5	8	15	20	86
Ultimate Celtics
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1984-85  Larry Bird*	41	6/13	0/0	2/2	1	9	4	3	0	4	3	14
1963-64  Bill Russell*	39	5/10	0/0	1/2	6	17	5	6	3	3	3	11
1952-53  Bob Cousy*	34	6/14	1/1	6/9	1	6	8	1	2	2	3	19
1971-72  John Havlicek*	30	6/10	1/1	2/2	0	2	5	1	1	1	0	15
1964-65  Sam Jones*	23	10/15	1/1	1/1	0	2	3	0	2	1	0	22
1986-87  Kevin McHale	20	4/7	0/0	1/2	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	9
1955-56  Bill Sharman	20	2/5	0/0	2/2	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	6
2001-02  Paul Pierce	15	2/6	0/2	6/7	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	10
1959-60  Tommy Heinsohn	8	2/3	0/0	1/1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
1988-89  Robert Parish	7	1/1	0/0	0/0	1	3	3	0	1	0	1	2
1952-53  Ed Macauley	2	0/0	0/0	0/0	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	0
1972-73  Dave Cowens	2	0/1	0/0	2/2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
TOTALS		44/85	3/5	24/30	13	55	32	12	10	14	13	115
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Bill Russell (Ultimate Celtics)

Game 3: Celtics 103 - Bucks 91

Ultimate Celtics
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1984-85  Larry Bird*	40	11/19	1/1	2/2	1	6	6	3	1	2	1	25
1963-64  Bill Russell*	38	4/11	0/0	1/4	4	20	6	6	1	0	0	9
1952-53  Bob Cousy*	36	3/9	0/2	4/4	0	2	7	2	1	5	1	10
1971-72  John Havlicek*	27	3/7	0/0	0/0	1	5	5	0	0	0	2	6
1964-65  Sam Jones*	22	8/15	1/1	4/5	1	3	1	1	1	2	0	21
1986-87  Kevin McHale	21	6/9	0/0	2/2	2	3	2	2	1	0	1	14
1955-56  Bill Sharman	18	2/5	0/1	0/0	0	4	1	0	1	1	0	4
2001-02  Paul Pierce	17	4/7	2/3	0/0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	10
1959-60  Tommy Heinsohn	8	0/0	0/0	2/2	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	2
1988-89  Robert Parish	6	0/0	0/0	2/2	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	2
1952-53  Ed Macauley	4	0/2	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972-73  Dave Cowens	4	0/3	0/0	0/0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS		41/87	4/8	17/21	13	55	29	17	6	14	6	103
Ultimate Bucks
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1983-84  Sidney Moncrief*	44	4/11	0/0	2/2	2	6	7	2	2	1	2	10
1974-75  Bob Dandridge*	34	7/17	0/2	2/2	1	6	4	1	1	2	2	16
1978-79  Marques Johnson*	32	7/16	0/1	0/0	2	10	2	1	0	2	4	14
1984-85  Terry Cummings*	31	6/11	0/0	2/2	2	8	0	1	1	2	2	14
2000-01  Ray Allen*	28	3/9	0/1	2/3	0	3	2	0	0	0	2	8
1996-97  Vin Baker	27	5/10	0/1	2/2	5	11	1	2	1	1	1	12
1986-87  Ricky Pierce	15	1/4	0/0	0/0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	2
1995-96  Glenn Robinson	15	5/11	2/4	0/0	1	2	2	0	0	2	1	12
1984-85  Paul Pressey	10	0/2	0/1	0/0	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	0
1976-77  Brian Winters	4	1/3	1/3	0/0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
TOTALS		39/94	3/13	10/11	13	48	21	7	7	12	17	91
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Bill Russell (Ultimate Celtics)

Game 4: Celtics 112 - Bucks 93

Ultimate Celtics
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1963-64  Bill Russell*	38	5/10	0/0	2/2	5	17	1	3	0	3	1	12
1952-53  Bob Cousy*	34	5/13	1/2	6/6	4	7	10	1	0	2	2	17
1984-85  Larry Bird*	33	6/13	0/0	5/5	1	9	5	0	2	0	3	17
1971-72  John Havlicek*	29	6/13	2/2	0/0	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	14
1955-56  Bill Sharman	22	5/10	1/2	0/0	1	3	5	0	1	1	1	11
2001-02  Paul Pierce	20	5/8	3/4	1/2	2	5	2	0	1	0	0	14
1986-87  Kevin McHale	19	3/10	0/0	4/4	5	8	2	1	0	0	0	10
1964-65  Sam Jones*	19	2/7	1/1	2/3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	7
1959-60  Tommy Heinsohn	11	2/6	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4
1988-89  Robert Parish	6	1/3	0/0	0/0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
1952-53  Ed Macauley	4	1/3	0/0	0/0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
1972-73  Dave Cowens	4	1/2	0/0	0/0	2	4	2	0	1	0	0	2
TOTALS		42/98	8/11	20/22	21	56	31	5	8	7	10	112
Ultimate Bucks
PLAYER	MIN	FGM/FGA	3PM/3PA	FTM/FTA	OREB	REB	AST	BLK	STL	TO	PF	TP
1978-79  Marques Johnson*	40	6/15	0/1	4/4	4	11	3	2	1	1	0	16
1974-75  Bob Dandridge*	33	7/12	0/1	0/2	2	5	1	1	0	2	1	14
1984-85  Terry Cummings*	30	9/18	0/0	5/6	2	5	1	1	0	4	3	23
2000-01  Ray Allen*	26	4/9	2/5	0/0	1	3	5	0	1	3	1	10
1983-84  Sidney Moncrief*	24	3/7	0/0	0/0	5	10	1	0	0	1	4	6
1996-97  Vin Baker	21	4/9	1/1	0/0	1	5	1	2	1	0	2	9
1995-96  Glenn Robinson	17	3/9	0/2	0/0	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	6
1986-87  Ricky Pierce	14	1/3	0/0	0/0	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	2
1984-85  Paul Pressey	12	1/4	0/1	0/0	0	2	3	0	0	1	2	2
1968-69  Jon McGlocklin	11	0/1	0/0	0/0	1	1	3	1	0	1	2	0
2005-06  Michael Redd	7	1/4	0/2	0/0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2
1976-77  Brian Winters	7	1/2	1/1	0/0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3
TOTALS		40/93	4/14	9/12	19	54	19	8	3	14	17	93
* - denotes game starter
Player of the Game
Bill Russell (Ultimate Celtics)

Yeah, that went pretty much as expected. Sorry Milwaukee, but you never really stood a chance. We'll see if the Pistons or the upstart Magic can take a game from the Celtics in the next round.