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Boston Celtics win 109-81, advance to Eastern Conference finals against Miami Heat
By The Associated Press

• Monday, May 16, 2022, 6:40am

The Milwaukee Bucks and star Giannis Antetokounmpo wilted in Game 7 of their second-round playoff series and saw their hopes of repeat NBA championships come to an end.

The Boston Celtics won 109-81 to advance to the Eastern Conference finals against the Miami Heat.

Antetokounmpo scored 25 points with 20 rebounds and nine assists, but he tired playing 43 of the game’s first 46 minutes and missed several close-in shots he usually makes.

Jrue Holiday scored 21 points and Brook Lopez had 15 points and 10 rebounds for the defending NBA champions.

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (full article available here.):

The defending champion Milwaukee Bucks missed a chance to knock out the upstart Celtics with Boston earning a 108-95 victory Friday night at Fiserv Forum to even the best-of-seven series at 3-3.

Game 7 is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Sunday at TD Garden in Boston. The teams have alternated victories in the series.

“It’s the first team to four,” Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said. “We want to be the team to four. The back-and-forth, I don’t think a team has won two games in a row this series. It’s just been one after the other. And now it’s the finality.”

Jayson Tatum scored 46 points on 17-for-32 shooting to outduel the Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo, who had 44 and 20 rebounds. Tatum’s hot hand with 16 points in the fourth quarter buried Milwaukee.

“He was unbelievable,” Antetokounmpo said. “He was knocking down shots, tough shots. Getting to his spots. You got to give him credit. He played unbelievable. He led his team to a win

Wednesday, May 11th, 2022 10:14 PM
By JIMMY GOLEN – AP Sports Writer

BOSTON (AP) Bobby Portis made a putback off Giannis Antetokounmpo’s missed free throw with 15 seconds left, Jrue Holiday snuffed Marcus Smart on Boston’s final two possessions and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Celtics 110-107 on Wednesday night to take a 3-2 series lead.

Antetokounmpo had 40 points and 11 rebounds, Holiday finished with 24 points, eight rebounds and eight assists and Portis added 14 points and 15 rebounds for the defending NBA champion Bucks.

Milwaukee has a chance to wrap up the Eastern Conference semifinal in Game 6 at home Friday night. The Celtics need a win to force a decisive seventh game back in Boston on Sunday.

A full report may be found here.

By Chris Lindeke, Assistant Athletic Director, Strategic Communications and Branding, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

NCAA Announcement

UW-Whitewater Regional Web Page

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater women’s tennis team will host seven teams for the first three rounds of the NCAA Division III Championship this Thursday-Saturday at the Warhawk Outdoor Tennis Complex in Whitewater.

The Warhawks (19-4 overall) will face Illinois Tech, the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference champion, on Thursday at 9 a.m. The winner will face the winner of the Grinnell/Northwestern (Minn.) match, which takes place Thursday at 12 p.m., in the second round on Friday at 10 a.m.

Thursday’s other first-round match-up includes Carleton (Minn.) and Luther (Iowa) at 3 p.m.. The winner will take on Chicago in Friday’s second round at 1 p.m.

The two remaining teams will compete for the regional title Saturday at 11 a.m.

UW-Whitewater claimed its 15th straight Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship and won the WIAC Team Tournament on April 30 to punch its ticket to the NCAA Tournament for the 14th consecutive season.

The winner of this weekend’s regional advances to the NCAA Championship, which is set for May 23-25 in Orlando, Fla.

See below for the schedule of this week’s matches.

Thursday, May 12 – First Round

Match 1 – UW-Whitewater vs. Illinois Tech, 9 a.m.

Match 2 – Grinnell vs. Northwestern (Minn.), 12 p.m.

Match 3 – Carleton vs. Luther, 3 p.m.

Friday, May 13 – Second Round

Match 4 – Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2, 10 a.m.

Match 5 – Winner of Match 3 vs. Chicago, 1 p.m.

Saturday, May 14 – Third Round

Match 6 – Winner of Match 4 vs. Winner of Match 5, 11 a.m.

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

The Bucks head back to Boston with the series even at 2-2 after the Celtics win a bruising Game 4

In what has been a knock-down, drag-out second-round series in the NBA playoffs, the Milwaukee Bucks missed a chance to put the Boston Celtics in a stranglehold.

Jayson Tatum and Al Horford each scored 30 points and both made big plays down the stretch as the Celtics earned a bruising 116-108 victory in Game 4 Monday night at Fiserv Forum.

Boston’s victory evened the best-of-seven matchup at 2-2. Game 5 is Wednesday night at TD Garden in Boston.

News8000.com reports, “Sparta and UW-Whitewater grad Ryan Wisniewski suited up alongside the likes of second-round pick Christian Watson Friday afternoon for the first day of Packers rookie minicamp. The wide receiver Wisniewski is in camp on a tryout basis, running drills with other undrafted players and 2022 draft selections.”

Click here for the article in News8000.

By Chris Lindeke, Assistant Athletic Director, Strategic Communications and Branding, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Box Score

The No. 39 ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men’s tennis team secured its first ever New Jersey Athletic Conference championship Saturday with a 5-0 victory against The College of New Jersey at the Warhawk Outdoor Tennis Complex.

The Warhawks (21-2 overall) also clinch the league’s first-ever automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, which begins next week.

UW-W, the NJAC West Division champion for the second straight year, won all three doubles matches to take a 3-0 advantage against the Lions (13-3).

Niclas Goltz and Ryan Mitchell earned the first team point with an 8-4 triumph at the third position. John Zakowski and Alex Gray were next on the board with an 8-4 victory at the first position.

Rory Calabria and Cole Lindwall made it 3-0 thanks to an 8-5 win at the second position.

Zakowski posted a 6-4, 6-0 triumph at No. 1 singles to increase the UW-W lead to four before Gray sent the match to decision with a 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory at No. 5 singles.

Two of the remaining four singles matches were in a third set.

UW-Whitewater will make its 13th appearance in the NCAA Tournament in the last 15 seasons. The team will find out its regional draw Monday via press release on NCAA.com.