On to the next one, as they say.
With the Miami Heat out of the way, the Bucks will have a chance to sit back and relax for about a week before they begin their second round series. Barring an extremely strange collapse given the talent disparity, Milwaukee will likely be facing off against the Brooklyn Nets as we largely expected. Going into that round, you couldn’t be blamed for being either solidly confident or solidly worried.
For the confident crowd, you’re likely working from a host of different angles. You’ve got the 2-1 regular season record between these teams (with the gigantic caveat that none of those games featured all three of Kyrie Irving, James Harden, and Kevin Durant) and the fact that Giannis Antetokounmpo got essentially anything he wanted against Brooklyn’s defense:
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