Tagged Milwaukee Bucks

“Passionate bandwagon Bucks fan” Hannibal Buress pissed off Toronto fans by booing the Raptors at last night’s game

May 20, 2019

Though we have no solid data to back up this claim, it's safe to assume the Milwaukee Bucks bandwagon has more people on it than ever before. As the long-struggling and oft-overlooked franchise continues its ma...

Show your non-trademarked love for Milwaukee (and the Bucks) with Milwaukee Knockoff

Matt Wild

May 16, 2019

Milwaukee. We all love Milwaukee. The Bucks! The Brewers! The 8,000 flags! The city is far from perfect, of course, but the fact remains that Milwaukee Pride™ has never been stronger. But what if you wan...

5 things to watch in the Bucks-Raptors Eastern Conference Finals

Dan Shafer

May 15, 2019

The Milwaukee Bucks are favorites to win the Eastern Conference Finals. In this storybook dream season few saw coming, we’ve now arrived at the penultimate round where the Bucks not only have a chance to advanc...

Remembering the 2001 Milwaukee Bucks and the controversial Eastern Conference Finals

Nik Kovac

May 15, 2019

Eighteen years.A child born in May 2001 is now eligible to vote.Or to serve in the military. Back in the spring and through the summer of 2001, such a commitment had meant, for about a generation, less ...

10 not-that-interesting facts about Giannis Antetokounmpo

Josh Hoppert

May 8, 2019

The following article originally appeared in the April edition of Colectivo Coffee‘s “Off The Record” print-only periodical/crossword puzzle. You can pick up “Off The Record” free of charge at all 13 Milwaukee-...

The Bucks lost and Brother Ron got his car towed

Justin Kern

April 28, 2019

"… Babylon is nothing else than an infinite game of chance." –Jorge Luis BorgesThe entire sports world stared at Milwaukee, for a while, through a camera's funnel cartography on Sunday afternoon. It felt ri...

5 things to watch in the Bucks-Celtics second-round showdown

Dan Shafer

April 28, 2019

The second-round playoff series between the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics is going to be a war. The preseason favorite to sit atop the post-LeBron Eastern Conference squares off against the top-seeded brea...

Watch the Milwaukee Bucks dye the Milwaukee River green

Matt Wild

April 12, 2019

Friday morning, in advance of Sunday's playoff game, the Milwaukee Bucks dyed the Milwaukee River green. Well, the city and members of Plumbers Local 75 union did the actual dyeing (below the McKinley Avenue br...

Winter is coming…and so are the NBA Playoffs

Nick Hoppert

April 11, 2019

In case you weren't aware, local fans of exciting television are entering a once-in-a-lifetime convergence of fantastic programming: the highly anticipated final season of the insanely popular HBO series Game O...

From 15 to 60 wins: Watching the Bucks complete a 5-year turnaround

Dan Shafer

April 8, 2019

Most of the fans in attendance at the sold-out Fiserv Forum on Sunday night stuck around to the final bell, and with good reason. The Milwaukee Bucks had just notched their 60th win of this magical, gift-from-a...

Here’s nosebleed video of Ja Rule playing the Bucks halftime show

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 23, 2019

Fresh off the epically disastrous Fyre Festival (and, um, announcing that he wants to throw another music fest), never-boring rapper Ja Rule played the Milwaukee Bucks halftime show Saturday night. Yep, Ja Rule...

Giannis Antetokounmpo stars in Greek airline’s safety video, is the best

Tyler Maas

February 12, 2019

Giannis Antetokounmpo can do no wrong.The young superstar has led his Milwaukee Bucks to an NBA-best 42-14 record this year and earned a spot as a team captain for next weekend's All-Star Game. In the proce...

Fiserv Forum celebrates 1 millionth fan, gives her beer, Road to WrestleMania tickets, more

Matt Wild

February 7, 2019

Wednesday night, moments before the Milwaukee Bucks took on the Washington Wizards, Fiserv Forum recognized and celebrated its one millionth fan (!). Yes, more than one million people (!) have attended Bucks an...

Hear Bill Clinton talk about how good he thinks the Bucks are

Tyler Maas

February 5, 2019

No matter what your personal politics are, we can all agree on this one thing: the Milwaukee Bucks have been pretty amazing this season.The Giannis Antetokounmpo-led team currently boasts an NBA-best 39-13 ...

Brook Lopez should compete in the NBA All-Star Game’s Three-Point Contest

Tyler Maas

February 4, 2019

The NBA All-Star Game is next weekend and, for once, the Milwaukee Bucks will play a prominent part in the mid-winter festivities. Heading into tonight's game in Brooklyn, the Bucks have posted an NBA-best 38-1...

Some guy is designing posters for every Milwaukee Bucks game in 2019

Tyler Maas

January 30, 2019

Through 49 games of the 2018-19 season, the Milwaukee Bucks have the best record in the NBA. As we've said before, the team is really, really good. They've been especially great in January. Including last night...

Midseason Report: The Milwaukee Bucks are having their best season in decades

Dan Shafer

January 14, 2019

Midway through the 2018-19 season, the Milwaukee Bucks have been one of the NBA’s best teams. They have the second-best record in the league, and you could make a good argument that the Bucks have been the best...

Brook Lopez autographed some dude’s microwave

Tyler Maas

December 5, 2018

Following nine (mostly) good seasons with the Nets and a year with the Lakers, Brook Lopez signed a team-friendly one-year, $3.38M deal with the Bucks this summer. Though the 2018-19 campaign is young, the vete...

8 reasons you should jump on the Milwaukee Bucks bandwagon

Dan Shafer

November 27, 2018

As recently as a few years ago, if you wandered into a Milwaukee bar between October and April with the hopes of watching the local professional basketball team, you’d probably have had to ask the bartender, “h...

2018-19 Milwaukee Bucks promotional giveaways, ranked

Tyler Maas

October 17, 2018

With Packers season in full swing and the Brewers fighting for National League supremacy, it’s hard to believe that another Milwaukee Bucks season is already here. Yes, the young franchise’s 2018-19 campaign wi...