BOSTON \u2014 After winning 16 consecutive games, the Milwaukee Bucks surpassed the Celtics for number one in the Eastern Conference and remained atop the East ever since.<\/p>\n
After beating the San Antonio Spurs 137-93 Sunday, Malcolm Brogdon<\/strong> admitted during his media availability that he\u2019s had Milwaukee on his mind of late and that the Bucks\u2019 ascension to first place last month initially shockwaves across the Celtics\u2019 locker room. Amidst the league\u2019s longest win streak of the season, Boston struggled.<\/p>\n The Celtics went 3-4 in their first seven outings after the break but have recently regained their focus of late \u2014 posting a 7-2 record since then, and are currently on a three-game winning streak.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we\u2019re getting more and more locked in,\u201d Brogdon<\/a> said after Sunday\u2019s blowout win. \u201cWhen Milwaukee took the number one seed from us after the break, sort of a shock to us \u2014 that we had dropped. Because we had created some separation between us and them, and that\u2019s something we want \u2014 we want the number one seed. I think this team understands the importance of having home-court advantage in the playoffs. So, that\u2019s something we\u2019re going after.\u201d<\/p>\n