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What’s insane is Middleton and Giannis scored like 15 points combined and the rest of the team scored 100+ and blew out the Heat.

I don’t like the fact Giannis keeps getting dinged but honestly it’s Milwaukee, not Boston, that’s now the deepest team in the league.  Lopez and Holiday are playing top notch.   Portis, Allen, Ingles, Crowder, Pat C and even Carter are capable of giving you 12-15 points a night and they can all hit shots.  Hell, the Green kid might not defend well but dude can shoot.

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@MNPackman posted:

If they stay healthy the Bucks are going to be a very difficult out in the playoffs.

I think only Boston will have a chance to beat them in the playoffs. Don't underestimate how good Tatum is. He's basically about 95% of prime KD right now.

Depth is great for grinding out the regular season, but in the playoffs the rotation shrinks to about 8. If healthy, it's

Giannis, Middleton, Holiday, Lopez, G. Allen, Portis, Connaughton, and Crowder with cameos from Matthews and Jevon Carter depending on the matchups.

Lopez gets played off the floor in almost every game against the Celtics as does Allen, so you have to play Crowder/Matthews more minutes against Tatum and Brown. It may come down to whether the guys Bud has to use to body up Tatum and Brown (Crowder/Matthews) can hit enough open 3s against the Giannis wall for the Bucks offense to score enough points.

Tatum is playing well, no question about it.  The difference now is with a healthy Middleton and Crowder and Matthews they can throw multiple defenders at him and unlike last year Tatum and Brown will actually have to play defense.   That’s why having Middleton is so important.  You can’t leave him alone and same deal now with Crowder.

If the Bucks end up playing Boston I would imagine Allen and Carter and to some extent Lopez will play less minutes.  

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