Milwaukee Bucks: 5 lineups to use against the Boston Celtics

BOSTON, MA - APRIL 15: Joe Prunty of the Milwaukee Bucks looks on during the third quarter of Game One of Round One of the 2018 NBA Playoffs against the Boston Celtics during at TD Garden on April 15, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) /

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4. Jason Terry, Sterling Brown, Parker, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Tyler Zeller.

This might seem like a mismatch of players, but the Bucks are going to need to rely on their bench for some stretches of the game.

This grouping provides the team with a nice blend of shooting, scoring, length and rebounding- grabbing 54.7 percent of available rebounds in the regular season. The rebounding is the key.

Antetokounmpo moves over as the defacto point guard on offense with Terry guarding the position on defense. When the Celtics throw Shane Larkin out there, it gives someone for Terry to guard without being lit up.

In the regular season, this grouping played 42 minutes together and had a 6.5 net rating. That’s more than enough to sustain Milwaukee during the end of the second and third quarters and beginning of the first and fourths when the second units are playing.

Besides, this is why Prunty takes Antetokounmpo out early in the first, so he can have some run with the backups and lift the units up.

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