There is, in fact, a silver lining to the first-round deficits that the Milwaukee Bucks and Portland Trail Blazers face: Each team has a chance to make NBA playoff history.
To assume this stance is to push the boundaries of optimism. Falling behind 3-0 in a best-of-seven series is by no means a blessing disguised as a working, safety-pin-packed voodoo doll. In every past case, it has been a postseason death sentence.
History tells us a 3-0 mountain is one that cannot be climbed. No team has ever successfully crawled out of this hole, according to WhoWins.com. If the Bucks or Blazers do it, it would be a first.
Still, these two squads are alive and in position to both make and defy history, after answering the call to arms in Game 4 and, in Milwaukee's case, Game 5.
Determining which team is more equipped to tackle the seemingly impossible task at hand is a matter of matchups. It depends not only on their ability to play better, but on the vulnerability of the squads they're competing against.
Injuries, wins and losses, momentum and individual player performances all factor into any possib ...
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