Do the Bucks suck that much or are the Nets literally a force to be reckoned with?
The Nets are a force. They are unguardable. Nobody can stop them.
No matter how weak their defense is, their offense is better. They gain more on offense than they lose on defense by fielding an ultra-offense low-defense lineup. They can't be contained. Nobody can stop them. Not within today's NBA rule book.
However much of an advantage you think you have against their defense, you are at a larger disadvantage on defense against their offense.
Dunno why people give the Bucks more credit than the Celtics tbh.
Nets have 3 top 10 players. All 3 are kinda disliked for their off-the-court antics which might, for that reason, actually work. They're all used to controversies with the media so can find solace in that together.
But they're also, all three of them, literally the guys you want with the ball in their hands when you absolutely need a bucket.
It just kinda makes sense that it'd work out well.
But I suppose it's a 7 game series, I shouldn't be speaking like it's all done 'n dusted already.