Milwaukee Bucks: 3 advantages in first round series against Miami Heat
The Milwaukee Bucks have a talent advantage against the Miami Heat
This is certainly the most debatable point to make, but it’s certainly one that Jrue Holiday declared ahead of the start of the series when meeting with the media Tuesday afternoon.
Jrue Holiday, when asked for his thoughts on playing Miami by @ZoraStephenson.
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"I feel like talent-wise we have a bit more of that but there's things that we have to do to be able to match their energy, things that we can utilize and things that we have in our advantage."
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As Holiday pointed out himself, talent alone won’t carry the Bucks to an NBA Finals bid or solely help them get through the Heat in this upcoming rematch. However, it’s clear that the trio of Antetokounmpo, Holiday and Middleton has helped shore up the Bucks’ top-line talent deficiency from what we’ve seen of the Bucks this regular season.
Of course, this is the time of year in which the Bucks’ core has to prove they are up capable of leading the way towards a deep playoff run. After all, Miami made the case for having strength in numbers last season in dismantling the Bucks in the playoffs.
The Heat will look to show exactly that again, even as the likes of Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo are playing the best basketball of their careers this season, respectively. With this challenge waiting for them, the Bucks’ ‘Big 3’ will have to show they’re up to the task of getting past the very team that ended their season last year.
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The Bucks’ first round series with the Miami Heat surely looks like it will be one of the more thrilling first round series to open up this year’s playoffs. This time around, though, let’s hope the Bucks can learn some of the lessons that have historically sunk them in the playoffs.