What The Numbers Say About a Bucks-Nets Series

Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports The Milwaukee Bucks have a difficult path ahead. Standing between them and the NBA Finals are, in all likelihood, both teams sitting above them in the Eastern Conference regular season standings: the Brooklyn Nets and (probably) the Philadelphia 76ers. Both teams are a problem in their own right, but the Bucks won’t get to (probably) Philly unless they go through Brooklyn first...and the Nets are a tougher nut to crack.

Let’s get the obvious out of the way: the Brooklyn Nets are one of the most productive offenses in the history of the league. No, check that: the Nets are the most productive offense ever; per basketball-reference, Brooklyn’s offensive rating of…