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Al Horford has played in four Game 7s. Jason Terry has been in three Kelvin Benjamin Jersey , his teams winning them all.

For them, this is old hat.

For just about everyone else who’s had any role in this Boston-Milwaukee series, however, this is new or relatively new territory. The ultimate game awaits the Bucks and Celtics on Saturday night, when their Eastern Conference first-round series ends on Boston’s home floor – the winner moving into the second round to face the Philadelphia 76ers, the loser going home for the summer.

”We’re going to be in a tough position,” Milwaukee guard Eric Bledsoe said. ”We’ve just got to come out and fight. … We’ve just got to find a way.”

The Celtics have been in more Game 7s than any franchise in NBA history. This will be the 32nd such game for Boston, which has gone 22-9 in its previous ones. Milwaukee is going to Game 7 for the 10th time; the Bucks’ franchise is 2-7 so far in those.

”Super exciting,” said Bucks guard Malcolm Brogdon, when asked about how he feels about making it to what will be his first Game 7. ”This is what you prepare for the whole season, training camp, the offseason, it all builds up to this. We’ve got to come out and play with energy and not get out of character.”

The Celtics won a Game 7 last season against Washington in the second round, albeit with quite a different roster. There’s four members of the current Boston rotation – Horford Demarcus Walker Jersey , Jaylen Brown, Terry Rozier and Marcus Smart – who played for the Celtics in that game, and the moment clearly wasn’t too big for them. That foursome shot a combined 13 for 22 in that matchup.

”We have a lot of new pieces, and even for some guys that were (with Boston last year), it’s different,” Horford said. ”Game 7s are fun.”

Boston reserves Aron Baynes and Shane Larkin have a little taste of Game 7s past as well: They were on opposite sides of the San Antonio-Dallas deciding game in 2014, both playing a few minutes off the bench, neither scoring.

For Milwaukee, Terry was part of Game 7 wins in his 20s and 30s, and now will aim to be part of one in his 40s. Bledsoe appeared in his only Game 7 to date six years ago, and most of the rest of the Bucks have never been on this sort of stage.

Both teams are 3-0 at home in this series, and the Celtics obviously hope that form holds on Saturday at TD Garden.

”Our guys get to experience a Game 7,” Celtics coach Brad Stevens said. ”Which, again Johnny Hekker Jersey , we didn’t want. But it’s a Game 7 in TD Garden. It’s what you play for. It should be what you’re most excited about, what you work for all summer, what you work for all year. It’s a blast.”

A look at the Bucks-Celtics first-round series finale:

BUCKS AT CELTICS

Series tied 3-3. Game 7, 8 p.m. EDT, TNT.

NEED TO KNOW: Home teams still win Game 7s about 80 percent of the time, an obvious good sign for the Celtics, but in five of the last six seasons a road team has prevailed once. If Milwaukee pulls this off, the Bucks will become the sixth No. 7 playoff seed since 1984 to eliminate a No. 2 seed – and would end the NBA’s longest drought without a series win. The Bucks haven’t been to the second round since 2001.

KEEP AN EYE ON: Bucks F Giannis Antetokounmpo decided he needed to be more aggressive before Game 6, then led the team with 31 points and 14 rebounds to help Milwaukee avoid elimination. A Game 7 win – especially one in a place as storied as Boston – would only accelerate Antetokounmpo’s rise toward superstardom, if he isn’t there already.

PRESSURE IS ON: Anyone who tries a 3-pointer. These teams are fairly reliant on the long ball, and they have struggled in Games 5 and 6 to get anything going from beyond the arc. The teams combined to shoot 19 for 64 from beyond the arc in Game 5 and 18 for 62 in Game 6, part of the reason why neither club has reached the 100-point mark since Game 4.

INJURY UPDATE: Bucks C John Henson (back) has missed the last four games.

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AP Sports Writer Genaro C. Armas contributed.

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The Latest on the parade for the Golden State Warriors (all times local):

1:20 p.m.

Golden State Warriors players got off their buses to sign autographs and high-five fans and even posed for photographs holding brooms during their championship parade in Oakland.

JaVale McGee, Nick Young and Jordan Bell ran along the barriers holding the crowd back and mingled with fans and even hugged some of them.

Even coach Steve Kerr joined in on the fun and walked up to crowd to sign autographs during the team’s victory parade Tuesday.

McGee, who was wearing only shorts Charles Clay Jersey , said, ”I’m just excited to be here with these guys. Our fans are amazing! All the love that they show is just beautiful.”

Young, also just in shorts during a very warm afternoon, swept the ground with a broom as dozens of fans held up their phones to take his picture.

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12:15 p.m.

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry has gotten off the double-decker bus to the cheers of the crowd.

Curry is holding the Larry O’Brien Trophy up in the air as dozens of cameras surround him.

Officials had promised a more interactive parade this year for the team that has won three championships in four years.

Klay Thompson used a megaphone from the bus to say hello to the crowd but his greeting was drowned out.

Teenager Adriana Carnecer of San Francisco says she is a lifelong fan and is excited the team will be closer to home.

The back-to-back champions plan to move to San Francisco next year.

The 15-year-old says the team, which has won three championships in four years, has started ”something that’s going to be greater than it already is.”

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11:25 a.m.

Gold and blue confetti is raining down in downtown Oakland, California, as a parade to celebrate the Golden State Warriors’ third NBA title in four years gets underway.

Warriors guard Klay Thompson is throwing T-shirts to fans and waving from the top of an open, double-decker bus.

Fans arrived hours before the start of the parade Tuesday to get a prime spot along the route.

The NBA champions have gone back-to-back, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-85 on Friday night to finish off a sweep of the NBA Finals in the fourth consecutive meeting between the clubs.

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10:40 a.m.

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry is promising fans the team will ”get greedy” and win more championships.

Curry says he never imagined the team would have a parade ”let alone two and now three.”

Curry spoke during a short interview Tuesday with the team that was broadcast live before the start of the parade through Oakland, California.

He says ”this is for you guys.”

The guard is wearing a large sun hat and under it a ”RUN TMC” baseball cap in honor of Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin, the namesakes for the Don Nelson-coached Warriors teams during the 1989-90 and 1990-91 seasons.

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9:15 a.m.

Oakland resident Jasmine Culp says she is elated to attend her third Warriors parade with her three children.

The 36-year-old mother painted her lips blue and dressed in a sparkling golden sequined dress, sash Tracy Walker Jersey , and blue-gold feather accessories to attend the parade Tuesday that she says has become a family tradition.

Culp says she and her family love that they can kick off the summer by dressing up to celebrate the Warriors.

She acknowledges it will be sad to see the Warriors move to San Francisco because they team is ”a big part of our city.”

Still, she says she will travel over the bridge to support her team.

The Warrior are set move to Chase Center, a new arena being built in San Francisco, in October 2019.

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7:00 a.m.

Golden State Warriors fans in gold and blue T-shirts and holding signs that read ”Dynasty” are already lining the streets along the team’s parade route in Oakland, California.

Hundreds of fans have taken their places behind barriers set up along the route early Tuesday, four hours before the celebration is set to start at 11 a.m.

The parade will start at Broadway and 11th Street in downtown and the team has promised to interact with fans more than in previous years.

The NBA champions have gone back-to-back, beating LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-85 on Friday night to finish off a four-game sweep of these NBA Finals. It was the fourth consecutive finals between the clubs.

It was their third championship in four years.

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12:30 a.m.

For the second straight year, throngs of Oakland fans will get to celebrate the Golden State Warriors with a parade for a team some are calling a basketball dynasty.

Hundreds of thousands of fans are expected to line downtown Oakland streets Tuesday to cheer the Warriors winning their third NBA title in four years.

The NBA champions have gone back-to-back, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 108-85 on Friday night to finish off a sweep of these NBA Finals in the fourth consecutive meeting between those clubs.

City streets have been lined with gold and blue banners along the parade route and shop and restaurant owners say they are getting ready to open their businesses during the big celebration.

Officials say as many as 1 million fans are expected to attend.

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