Umaximum na in the The NBA says that winning the regular season doesn’t matter…until it does. Generate automatisms (winners), team trends and point out who and who isn’t. Therefore, the Milwaukee Bucks can’t stop being considered, at the height of the season in which we manage (after the All-Star break, final stretch), the top candidate for the title along with the Boston Celtics, Denver Nuggets and Phoenix Suns. But in another dimension. Not surprisingly, 16 victories under his arm are big words.
16 wins. The month of February without defeat, and the sensation of being a team with resources for all possible outcomes. When Giannis Antetokounmpo was missing after getting injured against the Bulls before the All-Star, they did not stop winning and appeared other figures like Jrue Holiday against Phoenix. And in March they enter with ‘Anteto’ back (33+15 and 31+7, against Nets and Magic), and a wardrobe that continues to contribute. The 45-17 record is no joke.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo, unstoppable against the Magic
Not everything is attack. Because they are the second best defense in the league. The best in the defensive rating classification, conceding only 109.1 points per 100 possessions. And the best defensive rebounding in the league. Antetokounmpo and his ability in his own ring, Brook López increasingly sacrificed and the pressure exerted by names like Jrue Holiday.
The margin of progression
The Bucks, unlike other great NBA teams, also have room for improvement. If possible. Because its key pieces, Antetokounmpo, Lopez, Holiday and Middleton have barely started starting games together. Specifically, only four games. The pieces that gave the 2021 ring and those that determine the worth of the Wisconsin State project. For one reason or another they have not been able to form together, but the team does not change the final result. they win. And a lot.
So much so that his much-criticized coach (who knows…) Mike Budenholzer is placed in a historical and unattainable range. It is his third season as coach in which he has reached streaks of more than 15 victories. Only Red Auerbach, one of the great historical titans in those Celtics as winning as ‘bad guys’, surpasses him with five. ‘Coach Budenholzer’ ranks up there with Mike D’Antoni and Phil Jackson. The Bucks are not in fashion. They are the great team to watch.
