With tomorrow’s matchup in Cleveland, the is sun at last setting on the NBA regular season. The Milwaukee Bucks are once again headed for the postseason with a credible claim to return to the NBA Finals. That they are considered contenders with very little argument is still an unfamiliar place for Bucks fans to be, but now we’re about to return to very well-traveled ground.
The games matter again.
In all seriousness, the regular season is not meaningless. Not totally. The games decide who is admitted to the playoffs, in what order, and legitimate data can be extracted to inform what to look for in a specific series matchup.