Bucks fans getting ready for Game 3 against the Celtics

 

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The game may be in Boston, but the Bucks haven't forgotten about their fans back at home.

In the Deer District fans are getting ready to watch tonight's game.

"I took off half a day from work, and I came here to enjoy myself!"

In celebration of the Bucks playoff run Bango rode along with fans on the decked out HOP.

"I'm feeling exhuberated!"

Jerome West was one of those riders, and a lucky winner of a pair of tickets to Wednesday’s Game 5.

"Little did I know that the excitement that I had brought me two Bucks tickets," said West.

Fans have been getting ready since this morning, many grabbing swag to wear to support their favorite team.

Some even decked out in green from head to toe.

"I'm ready for the game tonight,” said one Bucks fan Richard Gonzales. “Everybody is excited, if you go outside everybody's got the fever, everybody's running around."

The place to be of course, right at the Deer District.

Mecca Sports Bar and Grill right across from Fiserv Forum had its grand opening today as well, welcoming the Bucks faithful from all over with 65 state of the art screens to watch the game on.

Fans saying it's a great time to be in Milwaukee.

"Just to have something positive for the city to focus on, it just gives everybody a little more hope and a little more happiness and we all need that."

Game 3 against the Celtics is set to start tonight at 7.