Milwaukee Bucks
Two-time NBA champions (1971, 2021).
The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball team based in Milwaukee. The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference. The team was founded in 1968 as an expansion team, and play home games at Fiserv Forum. Former U.S. senator Herb Kohl was the long-time owner of the team, but on April 16, 2014, a group led by billionaire hedge fund managers Wes Edens and Marc Lasry agreed to purchase a majority interest in the team from Kohl, a sale which was approved by the owners of the NBA and its Board of Governors one month later on May 16. The team is managed by Jon Horst, the team's former director of basketball operations, who took over for John Hammond. The Bucks have won two league championships (1971, 2021), three conference titles (Western: 1971, 1974, Eastern: 2021), 19 division titles (1971–1974, 1976, 1980–1986, 2001, 2019–2024), and the 2024 NBA Cup.
Quick Facts
- Conference
- Eastern
- Division
- Central
- Bucks nba championships
- 1 (1971)
- Pacers nba championships
- 0
- Regular-season meetings per year
- 4 (divisional schedule)
Lore & Background
The Bucks were awarded to Milwaukee on January 22, 1968. A fan contest named the team the Bucks, referencing Wisconsin's official wild animal, the white-tailed deer. They won their first NBA championship in 1971, sweeping the Baltimore Bullets. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (then Lew Alcindor) and Oscar Robertson led the team. After Abdul-Jabbar was traded in 1975, the Bucks rebuilt and won six straight division titles in the 1980s. They won their second championship in 2021.
Did You Know?
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Giannis Antetokounmpo are the only players to win Finals MVP for the Bucks.
- The Bucks recorded a then-NBA record 20-game win streak during the 1970–71 season.
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