The Boston Celtics, with a sense of inevitability, put away the Milwaukee Bucks late in the fourth quarter for a 98-89 victory at the TD Garden. Paced by Kevin Garnett and receiving timely scoring from Rondo, Wallace and Allen, the Celtics improved to 8-1 in their last nine and condemned the Bucks to 1-8 over the same stretch.
The sound on the One HD broadcast was miked differently to the regular TNT games. Sounds from the floor, like shoes squeaking and the ball bouncing, were relatively absent, but sound around the rim, like ball in/on the basket, or Kendrick Perkins complaining about a call, were very clear. This setup also picked up the crowd noise effectively and gave me an insight into what an NBA game might sound like in the arena. The crowd, like the Celtics, were disinterested for most of the game except for a couple of short bursts. It was more like ‘chicken and egg’ than ‘horse and cart’ when I tried to decide which came first – the crowd’s cheers or the Celtics’ runs.
Celtics v Bucks is one of the more likely Eastern Conference first-round match ups, with John Hollinger’s playoff odds having the Bucks challenging the Raptors for the right to play the Celtics. But the Celtics’ “we’ll put the game away when we feel like it” dance with the crowd on Tuesday showed that Brandon Jennings and these Bucks won’t be repeating the drama that Derrick Rose and the Bulls brought to the Celtics in the first round in 2009. And perhaps sweeping the Bucks will be the Celtics first step toward claiming their second title in three years, and meeting their second president in three years.
The Celtics meet President Bush as NBA Champions in 2008
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