In the final battle of the regular season, the Bucks took a break from their entire main rotation to let the bench players play, and the team eventually lost to the Cavaliers 115-133, entering the playoffs with a third-place finish in the East. In fact, before this game, the position of the Bucks is still uncertain, is the second or third place can be competed for, according to the general understanding, it is definitely to get a second place result, so that they will get more home advantage, but the Bucks did not choose to do so, they chose to give up this card position battle.
The reason the Bucks may not want to meet the Nets in the first round, and it can be predicted that the Nets will win the Pacers in the final game, so it will lock in the seventh place position, and play a playoff opponent, whether it is the Hawks or the Cavaliers, they will most likely enter the playoffs with the seventh place. The seventh-place team faces the second-place team in the East in the first round of the playoffs, so you can see the Bucks' intention to rest the main force before the rankings are fully settled.
It seems that the Bucks and alphabet brother are also really instigated, compared to playing bulls, they are certainly not willing to go to the first round to meet the Nets, although this year the Nets do not have Harden, but there are still Irving and Durant in the team, to know that the autumn is only with Irving and Durant the Bucks are very uncomfortable, if it is not the alphabet brother that operation, may be the Bucks fell in the Eastern Conference semifinals. According to Shams, Simmons is likely to make a comeback in the first round of the playoffs, and if it can be achieved, it will undoubtedly be good news for the Nets, at least the team has an additional wing defender and organizational offensive location.
On the contrary, the green army does not pick opponents, the last game is still to send the main force, even if you take the second place in the East, as long as you encounter the Nets, you are not afraid, and it is a big deal to start over after losing. Bucks last year's championship was criticized by many people, this year in the first round of the start of the pick opponent, if you want to get the recognition of the outside world, then do not rely on other "means" to succeed, with strength to defeat those strong opponents is not more able to have a strong voice?