Season Restart

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It will be interesting to see how coach Budenholzer handles the 8 "seeding games." There is no home-court advantage and the Bucks can be no worse than 2nd in the East. Milwaukee is 6 games ahead of Toronto in the loss column and 9 games ahead of current #3 Boston. However, I am sure the coaching staff will want to re-build chemistry during those 8 games and lock down the #1 seed in the East. Fatigue or load management shouldn't be a factor given the 3+ month layoff.

There should also be some incentive against a team like Miami, who is 2-0 against Milwaukee this season. Need to send them a message, as Miami could be a conference semifinal opponent. Other good measuring sticks will be matchups against fellow Eastern contenders Toronto and Boston, along with Houston and Dallas from the West. It should be interesting.