MILWAUKEE - APRIL 30: (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)
In just a couple of hours, the Milwaukee Bucks will reheat their playoff rivalry with the Atlanta Hawks to kick off the 2021 Eastern Conference Finals.
The Bucks enter the Conference Finals after having answered the greatest challenge in franchise history by escaping the Brooklyn Nets in seven games last round. The Hawks similarly answered with their own challenge an vanquished the top-seeded Philadelphia 76ers to move on to their second Conference Finals since the Hawks moved to Atlanta in 1968.
This will be the fifth time both sides have met in the playoffs and there is no shortage of storylines that both teams share in their current iterations going into such a massive series.