BOSTON: Bobby Portis made a putback off Giannis Antetokounmpo’s missed free throw with 15 seconds left, Jrue Holiday snuffed Marcus Smart on Boston’s final two possessions and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Celtics 110-107 on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) to take a 3-2 series lead.

Antetokounmpo had 40 points Smart drove to the basket but and 11 rebounds, Holiday finished Holiday blocked him and came with 24 points, eight rebounds away with the ball, throwing it off and eight assists and Portis added Smart while falling out of bounds. 14 points and 15 rebounds for the Pat Connaughton made a pair of defending NBA champion Bucks. free throws with six seconds left,

Milwaukee has a chance to wrap then Holiday stole the ball from up the Eastern Conference semiSmart on his desperation dash for final in Game 6 at home Friday a potential game-tying 3-pointer. (Saturday). The Celtics need a win The Bucks won two of the three to force a decisive seventh game games in Boston to swipe homecourt back in Boston on Sunday. advantage.

The Celtics led by 14 in the Antetokounmpo had his best fourth quarter before the Bucks shooting game of the series, going closed the gap, tying it at 105 16 for 27, but he also committed on Holiday’s 3-pointer with 43 seven turnovers. seconds left. Jayson Tatum, who Jaylen Brown scored 26 points for scored 34 points in all, hit a pair of Boston, 16 of them in the third — and free throws to give Boston the lead. 12 of those in the last four minutes of

Antetokounmpo went to the the quarter, when Boston turned a 7168 line with a chance to tie it and edge into a 12-point lead. made the first, then Portis grabbed the rebound of the second and put it in off the backboard to give Milwaukee its first lead since early in the second quarter.

Grizzlies 134, Warriors 95

In Memphis, Jaren Jackson Jr., Desmond Bane and Tyus Jones each

scored 21 points and the Memphis Grizzlies routed the Golden State Warriors to avoid elimination and force a sixth game in the Western Conference semifinal.

Dillon Brooks added 12 points for Memphis. Ziaire Williams and Brandon Clarke had 11 apiece and De’Anthony Melton 10. Steven Adams had 13 rebounds, six offensive.

The Grizzlies never trailed, turning in their best performance of this series to pull to 3-2 even with All-Star guard Ja Morant sitting out his second straight game because of a bone bruise in his right knee. They improved to 4-11 when facing elimination.

Memphis scored 77 points in the first half, the most in franchise postseason history. The Grizzlies

pushed their lead to 55 in the third quarter, threatening the three biggest postseason blowouts in NBA history. Their 52-point lead after three tied for the largest in a playoff game in the past 70 years.

When Memphis fans chanted “Whoop That Trick! Whoop That Trick!” early in the fourth, Stephen Curry laughed on the court laughing while Draymond Green swung

a towel in unison with the crowd.

Game 6 is Friday (Saturday in Manila) in San Francisco, where the Warriors have won five straight playoff games and their last seven overall.

Klay Thompson led Golden State with 19 points, Jonathan Kuminga added 17, Curry had 14 and Damion Lee and Moses Moody each had 10.