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This is actually a PSA to myself. I'm the guy who looked at the first game of the playoffs for each Eastern Conference team, when Cleveland looked shaky, Boston lost to Chicago at home, the Wiz played uninspiring basketball against a hapless Hawks team and took Milwaukee's big Game 1 win over Toronto as an omen. Such a big omen that I placed a bet at +5000 on the Bucks making the Finals. Sure, I'm a grad student, so I only bet $5, but I was more confident than not that I'd get the $250 payout. But, I have taken a breath and realize that I wasted that Lincoln. Here's some breaking news to me and all the others on the hype train to the Cream City (that is a weirdly soothing nickname for a city): the Bucks aren't making the Finals because they're not ready yet. They're probably not going to win this series against the Raptors, let alone beat the Cavs AND the Wizards or the Celtics. It's not happening this year, and that's completely fine. Here&