Everything you know is wrong

Forget the regular season and previous rounds when analyzing playoff matchups

The Bucks spent the significant majority of the regular season looking like the obvious best team in basketball, if not one of the best teams in the history of the league. They were on pace for 70-plus wins until Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton both sustained minor injuries in early March, and they were carrying a top-five point differential o…