It took the Boston Celtics seven games to dispatch Milwaukee in the first round of the playoffs last spring, but the 2019 Bucks are a much different team. Top-seeded Milwaukee will have the homecourt advantage and enters as the favorite when it hosts the fourth-seeded Celtics in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Sunday.

The Golden State Warriors barely escaped the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference finals last season and limp into the rematch a round earlier and with plenty of questions to answer. The top-seeded Warriors will try to steal Game 1 and maintain homecourt advantage when they host the Rockets in the semifinals on Sunday.