Rut Funnels and Pinch Points: When big bucks start covering lots of ground ... “Then I run them all summer, through the fall, and then usually into mid- to late January. I don’t run them ...

Heading into the NBA’s postseason games on April 22, 459 playoff series in league history had seen a team fall into a 0-2 deficit ... consistently countered big Bucks shots with timely baskets ...

With some early confidence, Haliburton consistently countered big Bucks shots with timely baskets of his own to stem any sort of building offensive momentum, even though he struggled once again ...