Milwaukee Bucks: 5 Key Stats Ahead of Toronto Raptors Series
By Ti Windisch
The Milwaukee Bucks will take on the Toronto Raptors in the first round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs. These five stats will be key in deciding who goes to the next round.
After a season that had more ups and downs than all of Six Flags’ rollercoasters combined, the Milwaukee Bucks are playoff-bound. Their series against the Toronto Raptors starts on Saturday.
There is a lot to break down when teams match up in the playoffs. One pregame article usually suffices for regular season games, and we’ll continue to run those for the duration of Milwaukee’s playoff run, but a series needs more coverage than that.
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These teams will grow to know each other well by the time one of them wins four games against the other. They’ll game plan for each other, and tweak those game plans both during games and between them.
Even though inventive coaches may change up their strategy in the middle of a series (or even a game) there are still some telling statistics that can help describe how this series could go. The NBA Playoffs are a different beast from the regular season to be sure, but teams won’t be completely different than they were all year.
By going through and highlighting five of the most important statistics about these teams from their regular seasons, we’ll figure out some things to watch for when the Milwaukee Bucks and Toronto Raptors are battling in the first round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs.