It’s been somewhat of a sleepy season for the defending champion Bucks. Their 3.6 net rating is the worst mark of a Milwaukee team since 2018. Injuries have kept the team’s best players from sharing the floor together, with only one (one!) Bucks lineup having logged more than 60 minutes together. (The NBA-best Suns have 10 such lineups.) And even Giannis Antetokounmpo seems perfectly happy perfecting his dad jokes as opposed to campaigning for his third MVP (though he’s arguably having the best season of his career). And yet, with only a handful of games left in the regular season, with all the question marks everywhere else in the East, the Bucks are starting to look more and more like the heavy favorite to return to the Finals.
All of a Sudden, the Bucks Are Looking Like the Bucks
