It was close to impossible to like the Bucks teams of recent seasons. That was not simply because they lost so often. This team gives you the feeling that it wants to defend. It gave the Cavaliers the same feeling. That's half the battle right there, when we have effort.
Effort is everything.
This is true. I mean, it's one thing to have a leader, and it's another thing to have somebody who can play defense and lead by example. Now, the Bucks have, as Allen points out, swing man Michael Curry, setting a defensive tone, and power forward Tyrone Hill doing the same thing. Hill was primarily responsible for the job on Kemp. If he had some help from his friends, it was still a remarkable job.