NetsDaily · Jun 9, 2021
With dominance over Bucks, are Nets now title favorites?
Photo by Steven Ryan/Getty ImagesMany pundits thought the Nets-Bucks series would be THE series, a mini-Finals between the two best teams remaining in the playoffs. The West, they said, wasn’t going to produce a challenger the equal of Brooklyn or Milwaukee.
Of course, the Nets have dominated in Games 1 and 2, building leads of 17 and 49 (!) at Barclays Center ... even without James Harden who’s expected to back soon ... or soon enough.
Now, the Nets who’ve been betting favorites for most of the season are the team to beat according to almost everyone who follows basketball. The band wagon is getting full.
As Ian O’Connor of the Post writes Wednesday...