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Bucks to Face Celtics in Playoffs

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The Milwaukee Bucks will face the second-seeded Boston Celtics in the first round of the NBA playoffs.

The Bucks, who are making only their third playoff appearance this decade, will take begin their playoffs on Sunday in Boston.

The Celtics are without their two best players, Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward. Irving will miss the remainder of the season following surgery to clean out a bacterial infection in his knee. Hayward hasn’t played since displacing his foot from the rest of his leg in a horrific opening night injury in Cleveland.

The Cleveland Cavaliers will take on the Indiana Pacers, the Toronto Raptors face the Washington Wizards and the Philadelphia 76ers face the Miami Heat in other Eastern Conference series.

Out west the Houston Rockets face the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Golden State Warriors face the San Antonio Spurs, the Portland Trailblazers will face the New Orleans Pelicans and the Utah Jazz face the Oklahoma City Thunder