Milwaukee Bucks: Ranking their biggest East challengers ahead of restart
As the Milwaukee Bucks prepare to restart their season in Orlando, their path out of the Eastern Conference is littered with formidable challengers.
After a trio of tune ups and getting used to life in Orlando, the Milwaukee Bucks are set to resume their 2019-20 season in a little over 48 hours.
More than four months away from game action and having to adjust to their new life of preparing for games, the Bucks will kick back on with their chase for an NBA championship and may be in better position to do so than last year.
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With that said, just to even reach the NBA Finals, something the Bucks haven’t done since 1974, is littered with plenty of challenges and challengers, all of whom are set on ending the Bucks’ season early just as was the case last season.
Throughout most of the 2019-20 season, the Bucks have done well in responding to and dispensing with those challenges from teams such as the Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers and the Toronto Raptors.
But the playoffs can be a different animal and furthermore, this is no ordinary season in any sense. The Bucks have been dominant for the vast majority of the regular season and falling short of that expectation once the seeding games get underway in Orlando opens the possibility for a team to challenge the Bucks’ hold at the top of the East and the NBA this year.
So without further ado, let’s run through the Bucks’ biggest challengers to stand in the way of coming out of the Eastern Conference and rank them from lowest to greatest threat, shall we?