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A disappointing end for the Bucks. They're a team with a lot of promise and potential, but I think this series showed a slowness and inability to effectively adapt that speaks to inexperience in certain key players, not least of all being Giannis.

There will be a bunch of GIANNIS EXPOOOOOSED, BUCKS EXPOOOOOSED, LOLOLOLOL!!1!1 posts and vids because that's the insufferable, toxic, pitiable internet culture we live in but I - a rational human being - will be watching the Bucks intently next season. There's a lot of potential, the team and especially Giannis have made major strides in a very short window. And Giannis in particular has shown a willingness to apply himself to improve.

But that's all in the future. Rught now, the Raptors head to the finals. Unfortunately, best day vs best day, the Raptors have less of a chance than the Bucks against the Warriors. And while the Raptors have shown themselves to be far better at adapting to adversity, they won't have their best day 6 or 7 times in a row, which is what they will need. Add to that they are coming out of a 6 game vs the Warriors coming out of a sweep, this is going to be uggly. The Warriors very likely have one of their typical "woops, forgot how to tie our shoelaces" games and the Raptors might grab one, but I don't anticipate much more than that.