Final: Bucks 116, Celtics 91 -- Bucks crush Celtics to end season

The worst series of Kyrie Irving's career ended with an embarrassing thud on Wednesday night as he scored just 15 points on 6-of-21 shooting with a team-low minus 25 plus/minus in a crushing 116-91 loss to the Bucks. Irving was far from the only player who struggled on the worst shooting night of the year for the Celtics with Al Horford (4-of-13), Jayson Tatum (3-of-10) and Gordon Hayward (3-of-9) and Jaylen Brown (3-of-9) all giving the C’s next to nothing on the offensive end in a must-win game. Giannis Antetokounmpo led six different Bucks scorers with 20 points in a balanced offensive effort as they cruised for the second half after building a double-digit lead in the tail end of the first half.

The Bucks win the best-of-seven series 4-1, advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals while the C's see their season comes to a close with four straight ugly losses.

• Stevens starts with Baynes at center instead of Morris and it’s a move that pays off with defense in slowing down Giannis.


• However, C’s can go no offense going with Baynes on the floor as he’s a minus 22 in the first half with the lack of spacing he provides


• Complete no show from Kyrie on both ends early who has 13 points on 5-of-16 shooting. His defensive lapses have been just as numerous as the last couple of games.


• Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown both playing too much hero ball with their shot selection, with a combined five points in the opening few minutes.


• C;s shoot 24 percent from the field and 13 percent from 3-point range in the first half with no one hitting more than one 3s.


• Stevens is going to have to ride his bench unit (Smart/Hayward/Morris) along with Horford and whoever else commits to defense in this game to have a chance in the second half.


• C’s lose their composure towards the end of the first half with Horford getting a tech after a non call on Giannis

• Malcolm Brogdon has been upgraded to probable and will likely come off the bench for the Bucks in his first action of the postseason.


• Marcus Smart came through his first appearance of the playoffs without any injury issues for his torn oblique in Game 4. He could be in line for a bigger chunk of the minutes load in Game 4.


• Brad Stevens needs to get proactive to give Celtics a chance in Game 5


• Kyrie Irving's questionable defensive choices left Celtics exposed in Game 4