The NBA and NHL both announced the schedule for the upcoming second round series that involve both the Boston Celtics and Boston Bruins. The Celtics-Milwaukee Bucks best of seven has the days of the games scheduled but only one game time, which is the opener on Sunday in Milwaukee with the rest of the game times to be announced. The Bruins-Columbus Blue Jackets series begins tonight in Boston with all game times and days scheduled, except for games six and seven which would be determined if necessary later on in the series.
The fourth seeded Boston Celtics (53-33) face the top NBA overall seed in the Milwaukee Bucks (64-22) with both teams coming off first round series sweeps. Here is the schedule for the best of seven:
Game 1 at Milwaukee Sun 4/28 1 pm
Game 2 at Milwaukee Tues 4/30 TBA
Game 3 at Boston Fri 5/3 TBA
Game 4 at Boston Mon 5/6 TBA
Game 5 at Milwaukee Wed 5/8 TBD (if neccessary)
Game 6 at Boston Fri 5/10 TBD (if neccessary)
Game 7 at Milwaukee Mon 5/13 TBD (if neccessary)
The second seeded Boston Bruins (53-27-9) had to go the full seven games to fend off the Toronto Maple Leafs. The eighth seed is the Columbus Blue Jackets (51-31-4) who have been off for a week and a half after pulling off a stunning sweep of the top seeded Tampa Bay Lightning in four games. Here is the schedule for the best of seven:
Game 1 at Boston Thurs 4/25 7 pm
Game 2 at Boston Sat 4/27 8 pm
Game 3 at Columbus Tues 4/30 7 pm
Game 4 at Columbus Thurs 5/2 7:30 pm
Game 5 at Boston Sat 5/4 7:15 pm (if neccessary)
Game 6 at Columbus Mon 5/6 TBD (if neccessary)
Game 7 at Boston Wed 5/8 TBD (if neccessary)
