Eight games left. An eternity. A blip in time.
With the Milwaukee Bucks sitting 2.5 games ahead of the Cleveland Cavaliers for the East’s second seed, the team will now enter the final phase of the balancing act that has defined much of its season: Getting guys rest v. getting them a few more reps before everything gets really real.
If you’re the type to look ahead to each week to predict what the team will do (the hell I’ve willingly submitted myself to since starting this “column”), this Monday-to-Sunday stretch is an interesting conundrum.