Is there such a thing as an important week in the NBA’s regular season? If there is, I think this one we’re coming up on would qualify as the most crucial the Bucks have had since the year began.
Two things make it so: First, the seeding in the East. My mind was made up a long time ago that, since we’re already this close, we might as well swing for the conference’s top seed while we’re here. Playing for a particular seed in hopes of specific matchups is tempting both fate and utter chaos, so why not throw caution to the wind and secure the sole sure-fire advantage a top team gets in playoff-long home court advantage?