As the Milwaukee Bucks and their fans had the luxury of a few days off to soak in the dramatic conclusion of an epic series between the Toronto Raptors and Philadelphia 76ers, minds inevitably drifted to how both teams would match up if they were to advance to the Conference Finals.
Perhaps with the Bucks’ exploits against the Celtics fresh in the mind, there was one area of weakness that particularly jumped out for both teams, and one that Milwaukee should be confident of exploiting now that Toronto is confirmed to be their Conference Finals opponent.
As so much of the discourse surrounding the Raptors/76ers series focused on whether either coach had enough players they could trust to even stretch their rotation to a meager seven or eight players, Mike Budenholzer was talking to the media about increasing the returning Malcolm Brogdon‘s minutes starting from Wednesday’s Game 1.