Milwaukee Bucks 2024-25 NBA Championship Betting
For the first time after six seasons, the Milwaukee Bucks failed to win the Central Division championship. Following their 2021 NBA championship, the Bucks have slowly eroded into a second-class team. Indeed, Milwaukee is still good enough to make the playoffs, but its ability to win the championship is not what it used to be. Of course, Giannis Antetokounmpo is the face of the franchise and continues to produce at an elite rate. Head coach Doc Rivers took over a 30-13 team last season and has gone 65-53 instead, far below previous Milwaukee standards. In the first round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs, Milwaukee was eliminated 4-1 by the Indiana Pacers
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The Milwaukee Bucks' final regular season record was 48-34 straight up, 43-27-2 against the spread, and 43-38 over/under the total. Milwaukee was fifth in the Eastern Conference playoff standings, 16 games behind the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Milwaukee's NBA metrics were 13th for scoring offense, 4th for field goal percentage, 1st for 3-point field goal percentage, 28th for free throw percentage, and 23rd for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Bucks' metrics were 9th for scoring defense, 5th for field goal percentage permitted, 7th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 21st for defensive rebounding.
Key Players
This season, PF Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 30.4 points, 11.9 rebounds, and 6.5 assists per game. The Greek Freak was the 15th overall pick of the 2013 NBA Draft out of Greece by the Bucks. He eventually became the best player in basketball. Giannis is a 9-time All-Star, including this year, and he is a 2-time NBA MVP. He was the 2021 NBA Finals MVP. Just as important, Giannis is the best possible face of a franchise that can be found in sports.
G Damian Lillard was the sixth overall pick of the 2012 NBA Draft out of Weber State by the Portland Trail Blazers. He played for Portland until 2023-24. He is a 9-time NBA All-Star, including this year. This season, Lillard averaged 24.9 points and 7.1 assists per game.
Head Coach
Doc Rivers has a career record of 1162-816. Rivers was named one of the Top 15 Coaches in NBA History. He led the Boston Celtics to the 2008 NBA championship. Rivers was named the 2000 NBA Coach of the Year. As a player, he made the NBA All-Star Game, which lasted from 1983 through 1996.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 7)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2024–25 |
82 |
48 |
34 |
3rd, Central |
Lost in First Round, 1–4 (Pacers) |
| 2023–24 |
82 |
49 |
33 |
1st, Central |
Lost in First Round, 2–4 (Pacers) |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
58 |
24 |
1st, Central |
Lost in First Round, 1–4 (Heat) |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
51 |
31 |
1st, Central |
Lost in Conference Semifinals, 3–4 (Celtics) |
| 2020–21 |
72 |
46 |
26 |
1st, Central |
NBA Champions, 4–2 (Suns) |
| 2019–20 |
73 |
56 |
17 |
1st, Central |
Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1–4 (Heat) |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
60 |
22 |
1st, Central |
Lost in Conference Finals, 2–4 (Raptors) |
Milwaukee Bucks History
The Milwaukee Bucks have had a lot of success since joining the NBA, even if they’ve only won two NBA championships. They have made the playoffs 34 times, and they were immediate contenders after they went 27-55 in their expansion season in 1968-69.
Milwaukee was able to draft Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with the No. 1 overall pick in the 1969 NBA Draft, and that made the Bucks a franchise to be reckoned with from that point forward. They proceeded to win at least 55 games in each of the next five seasons, and they won the 1971 NBA Finals after going 66-16 during the regular season. Oscar Robertson joined Abdul-Jabbar for that season, and the Bucks only lost two playoff games on their way to the title. They made it to the 1974 NBA Finals, too, where they lost to the Boston Celtics in seven games.
Unfortunately, the Bucks were unable to keep Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as he never felt at home in Milwaukee. That led to Abdul-Jabbar being traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for a bevy of players and draft picks in the summer of 1975. The Bucks immediately dropped off, and although they had a successful run in the 1980s, they were never able to make it past the Eastern Conference Finals.
Milwaukee now has another destiny changing superstar in Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Greek Freak is the most talented player in the NBA, and he won the NBA Finals MVP en route to the Bucks winning the 2021 NBA Finals. Antetokounmpo has already signed a max extension with the franchise until the end of the 2025-26 season, so the Bucks don’t have to worry about losing another superstar in their prime as they did with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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