Get the brooms out!
That's a phrase we hear during playoff time, when Team A is about to send Team B off to Cancun via a sweep. But are all sweeps created equal?
Nope.
Some sweeps are full of blowouts galore (read: the 2016-17 Golden State Warriors path through the West), while others are just as gripping as a seven-gamer. In terms of gauging the competitiveness of a sweep, margin of victory, average margin of victory, and net rating (points minus opponent points per 100 possessions) are oftentimes better barometers than wins and losses.