Celtics

BOSTON – Just two nights after pulling off a remarkable Game 4 comeback win in Milwaukee

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Boston saw a 14-point fourth-quarter lead disappear Wednesday night at TD Garden

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As the Bucks got their revenge in the form of a 110-107 Game 5 win, giving them a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference Semifinals

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Boston had two chances to seal the deal during the final 15 seconds, but the defending champs delivered two championship-level plays – one on each end

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There was no beating around the bush during the Celtics’ postgame interviews: this one hurt. But that doesn’t mean that they can’t recover.

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The Bucks didn’t let their pain linger after suffering a stunning Game 4 loss on their home court

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And now it’s Boston’s turn to take a page out of Milwaukee’s book.

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“They did to us what we did to them the last game,” Marcus Smart acknowledged

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We've got to fight back. We don’t have time to worry about how we lost

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Rather than buckle under the pain from such a heartbreaking loss, the Celtics can use it to their advantage

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They know that they outplayed the Bucks for 85 percent of the game and that they just let one slip away

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And they also know that this series is far from over, especially given their track record of bouncing back this season

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Comedian Andy Dick arrested on suspicion of sexual battery in California

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