One team is one win away from winning the NBA Finals, an achievement 50 years in the making.
How Milwaukee got there almost defies logic.
Who knew that Giannis Antetokounmpo, picked 15th in a 2013 draft class that was repeatedly — and wrongly — called “weak”, would become one of the greatest forces of his generation? Who knew that Khris Middleton, a second-round pick thrown into the Brandon Jennings/Brandon Knight trade would become a stone-cold closer? Who knew that Jrue Holiday would possess the playmaking chops that the Bucks hoped they would be getting in Bogdan Bogdanovic and validate the monstrous trade package Milwaukee sent to New Orleans for his services?