It wasn’t that long ago that fans of the Milwaukee Bucks would be thrilled with a 51-win season.
Go back six years and see how it feels, but now, 51 wins is a slight disappointment.
Milwaukee’s formerly outstanding defense slipped to the middle of the NBA rankings this year – but that’s about the same as last year.
They stepped it up in the postseason.
Despite the 51 wins, many experts are picking the Bucks to be one of the teams in the NBA Finals.
Jrue Holiday had one of the best seasons of his award-winning career while Giannis Antetokounmpo is one again in the Most Valuable Player conversation.
NBA experts are saying this could be the closest vote ever when an MVP is chosen.
There are indications that Nikola Jokic was leading the field as the regular season ended, but several columnists say you can’t go wrong if you pick Jokic, Antetokounmpo, or Joel Embiid.
All three players fill up the stat sheet.
Jokic averages 27 points, almost 14 rebounds, and eight assists a game.
Embiid led the league in scoring with 30.6 points a game, to go with almost a dozen rebounds and just over four assists.
Antetokounmpo was right behind Embiid in the scoring race with 29.9 points a game.
He also grabbed just under a dozen rebounds and almost a half dozen assists a game.
