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The Milwaukee Bucks found out the hard way just how good the Miami Heat are. The Bucks became the first team to be knocked out of the 2013 NBA Playoffs as the Heat notched an 88-77 win in game four on Sunday to sweep Milwaukee. Adding insult to injury, the Heat were able to easily handle the Bucks in game four, despite the fact that Dwyane Wade was inactive for the game.
One has to wonder what is going through the mind of Bucks starting point guard Brandon Jennings after this series. After all, Jennings is the guy who, before the season started, predicted that his below .500 Bucks would beat the defending NBA Champion and 66-win Heat in the series. Inexplicably, Jennings also predicted that Milwaukee would pull off the upset in six games.
Jennings looked like he was doing his best to back up his prediction in game one when he was the main source of offense for the Bucks, scoring 26 points and dishing out two assists. He then proceeded to play three of the worst games possible by a starting point guard. In the last three games of the series, Jennings averaged just nine points and 4.7 assists per game and shot an awful 24.3 percent from the field and a putrid 11.1 percent from beyond-the-arc. He also turned the ball over 2.7 times per game.
Really, though, the prediction that Jennings made before this Heat series epitomizes the type of player that Jennings is. When Jennings is on the floor, he plays almost like he’s delusional; he plays like he’s an elite scorer when he’s never consistently shown that’s who he is. Comparably, he thought his team was a contender when they really never had a chance against Miami.
Four games into the series and the Bucks have been eliminated and Jennings looks like an arrogant fool for his prediction. Now as Jennings and the Bucks enter the off-season, the question now becomes what is going to happen with Jennings this summer as he becomes a restricted free agent. There’s no doubt he has talent, but all he’s proven to be in this league so far is an inefficient chucker that chooses to take bad shots instead of managing the game. That’s obviously going to decrease his value in the free agent market. Whichever team takes him will definitely be taking a gamble.
Cody Williams is a Senior NBA Writer with Rant Sports. Follow Cody on Twitter @TheSizzle20 and like his Facebook page.
