Three observations on the Boston Celtics’ Game 3 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks

After nearly beating the Milwaukee Bucks on their homecourt despite awful offensive games from both All-Star forward Jayson Tatum and veteran point guard Marcus Smart, it’s understandable that fans of the team are pointing to a number of questionable calls late in the fourth quarter of Game 3 as a reason for the loss.

And though there was indeed a likely goaltend missed and 3-point shot that should have been called instead of a simple foul before the shot on Smart in one of the game’s final plays, there are plenty of other takeaways worth reflecting on to make sense of what happened on Saturday afternoon.

Let’s start with the officiating though, given how prominent it was in the game’s outcome.

Boston fans were not very pleased with how Game 3 unfolded for the Celtics, who played to Milwaukee’s strengths. https://t.co/Bm3LLRJy8u

— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) May 8, 2022