In 2000, the Clay Mathematics Institute of Cambridge, Massachusetts offered a prize of $1 million dollars to anyone who could solve one of seven “unsolvable math problems”. 19 years later, only one of the problems has been solved. Just down the road from Cambridge in Boston, another set of minds has set to work trying to solve a problem that has vexed NBA teams for the entirety of the 2018-19 season: How do you stop, or even slow down, Giannis Antetokounmpo?
The Boston Celtics are underdogs in their second round series against the upstart Milwaukee Bucks for a handful of reasons.