The two most celebrated Bucks teams of this century — leading up to this year anyway — each had a clear identity as an offensive team or a defensive team. They arrived in that order.
First, the 2000–01 Light It Up version sported the second-best offense in the NBA, in a virtual tie with the Lakers (that is, the prime Shaq/Kobe Lakers who won the title and went 0–2 in the regular season against the Bucks). They launched threes at one of the highest rates in the league, were one of the most accurate shooting teams from the field, beyond the arc, and at the line, and were led by an offense-first Big Three (Allen, Cassell, Robinson).