The Miami Heat can make a move, though, it won’t be easy nor extremely likely.
Any scenario that avoids the potential of a one-and-done game is a good thing. However, following two disappointing playoff finishes from the MVP of the league, the Bucks have flown fairly under the radar this season.
If the Heat does secure the 6th seed, don’t assume a walk in the park through the first round. Whomever they are fortunate, or unfortunate, enough to face here is capable of beating them.
When you look at the top three seeds currently, the Brooklyn Nets, the Philadelphia 76ers, and the Milwaukee Bucks, they are all extremely talented and should be motivated. The Nets want to prove that they aren’t a joke and that the talent on that team can be just that, a team that’s capable of winning a title.
The 76ers have under-performed for the last several seasons, relative to the talent they’ve had and should be itching to prove the naysayers wrong. Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks are in a similar boat.
Being the best regular season team across the last few years, they have yet to have success in the playoffs and want to right that ship. The fact that Miami handled them last season, as mentioned, definitely plays into that as well.
It’ll all be interesting. Either way though, if the Heat are clicking at peak efficiency, they won’t be anyone’s easy out either.