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https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/12/14/18139925/nba-strength-of-schedule-thunder-heat-bucks

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Milwaukee Bucks
Record: 18-9

SOS: T-Fifth (ESPN), Ninth (B-R)

Here’s the team everyone should fear. The Bucks boast the NBA’s best net rating and Pythagorean record, which estimates a team’s “expected” record based on point differential and is more predictive of future performance than straight win-loss record—and Milwaukee hasn’t yet started picking on the Eastern cellar-dwellers. The Bucks have faced just eight sub-.500 opponents; for comparison, Toronto, Philly, and Boston are at 13 and Indiana a whopping 16. Meanwhile, no team currently with a winning record has faced as many opponents with .500 or better records than Milwaukee’s 19.

Unlike some of the bubble teams discussed above, the Bucks are already a playoff guarantee. The question becomes whether coach Mike Budenholzer, in his first season in Milwaukee, can keep his team among the elite. Milwaukee’s net rating sits at plus-8.6 so far, and the team has the easiest schedule of any remaining team, per Tankathon, as well as the star power and 3-point marksmen to blow out inferior opponents. The Bucks have already collected 11 wins of 15-plus points, tops in the NBA and one more than the Warriors, and plenty more are sure to come.

Could their net rating reach plus-10 by the end of the season? According to Basketball-Reference data, which extends back to the 1983-84 season, the only Eastern teams to reach a double-digit net rating are three Jordan Bulls teams, the 2007-08 Ubuntu Celtics, and the 66-win 2008-09 Cavaliers. Giannis might be coming for LeBron in more ways than expected.

 

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14 hours ago, beekay414 said:

Giannis gets absolutely screwed on charge calls routinely. Its maddening. They cant stop him from getting to the rim so they flop and get rewarded for it. It's a joke.

Eh he got screwed today but he also takes a lot of obvious charge calls as well. He always will unless he develops a midrange or 3 game. The only way to stop him is to get in his way. The refs definitely need to be better though. 

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