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Bucks adjust, historically bust Boston's perimeter defense

I have never been less happy about being right.

After the Boston Celtics blew out the Milwaukee Bucks in Game One, I put together an analysis of how the Bucks might adjust in Game Two, and while I might have gotten a few minor details wrong, it was more or less exactly what I expected from coach Mike Budenholzer.

The substitutions were a mixed bad in terms of my predictions, as while Bud didn't make the moves I expected to switch up the defense, placing Niko Mirotic in Sterling Brown's starting slot, he did change the defense from the team's hallmark drop zone to a switching approach that gave Boston fits on both ends.