NBA: 10 takeaways after the first week of the playoffs

NBA Boston Celtics Kyrie Irving (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)
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NBA Milwaukee Bucks
NBA Milwaukee Bucks Giannis (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Giannis and the Bucks just might be enough to take down the Warriors

Between everything we’ve seen thus far in the first-round of the NBA Playoffs, there might not be a team more impressive than the Milwaukee Bucks. Even with their injuries. And a big reason why is Giannis Antetokounmpo and the job that Mike Budenholzer has done this season.

Every time I watch the Bucks, I fall in love with this team more and more. So much so that they are getting me to the point of believing that they have a more than decent chance to upend the Warriors in a potential NBA Finals matchup later this season.

Perhaps I’m giving this team too much credit for regular season success, and maybe we should see what they do in the second round against the Celtics first, but the Bucks pass the eye test in a hypothetical matchup with Golden State.