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Milwaukee Bucks


Milwaukee Bucks

The Milwaukee Bucks are a NBA team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They play in the Eastern Conference as part of the Central Division with the Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers, Detroit Pistons, and Cleveland Cavaliers.

About Milwaukee Bucks

The Milwaukee Bucks were formed in January 1968 when the NBA awarded a franchise to Milwaukee Professional Sports and Services, Inc. (Milwaukee Pro), a group headed by Wesley Pavalon and Marvin Fishman.The Bucks' record that year earned them a coin flip against their expansion brethren, the Phoenix Suns, to see who would get the first pick in the upcoming draft. It was a foregone conclusion that the first pick in the draft would be Lew Alcindor of UCLA.

While it was expected that Alcindor would make the Bucks respectable almost overnight, no one expected what happened in 1969–71. They finished with a 56–26 record—a nearly exact reversal of the previous record. This was good enough for the second-best record in the league, behind the New York Knicks. The 29-game improvement was by far the best in league history at that time.

The following season, the Bucks got an unexpected gift when they acquired Oscar Robertson, known as the Big O, in a trade with the Cincinnati Royals. Subsequently, in only their third season the Bucks finished 66–16—the second-most wins in NBA history at the time, and still the most in franchise history.

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