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The 2020–21 Milwaukee Bucks season was the 53rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On April 30, 2021, the Bucks clinched the Central Division for a record 10th time with a win over the Chicago Bulls. The Bucks finished the season with a 46–26 record (equal to 52 wins in an 82-game season), good enough for ...
The 2021–22 Milwaukee Bucks season was the 54th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Bucks entered the season as defending champions after winning the 2021 NBA Finals against the Phoenix Suns in the previous season in six games as the first team since the 2015–16 Cleveland Cavaliers to come back after trailing 2–0.
Milwaukee's 1971 NBA title in their 3rd year of existence marks the Bucks as the fastest team ever to go from being an entirely new franchise to being an NBA champion. With their 2021 title, the Bucks are now the only NBA franchise to win championships while having been in both the Western (1971) and Eastern (2021) conferences.
Year Western champion Coach Result Eastern champion Coach Finals MVP [a] Ref; Basketball Association of America (BAA) 1947: Chicago Stags (1) (1, 0–1): Harold Olsen: 1–4
The 2021 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2020–21 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs.In this best-of-seven playoff series, the Eastern Conference champion Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Western Conference champion Phoenix Suns, 4–2, winning their first NBA championship in 50 years and second overall.
NBA Most Improved Player. Giannis Antetokounmpo – 2017; NBA Sixth Man of the Year. Ricky Pierce – 1987, 1990; NBA Sportsmanship Award. Jrue Holiday – 2021; NBA Coach of the Year. Don Nelson – 1983, 1985; Mike Budenholzer – 2019; NBA Executive of the Year. John Hammond – 2010; Jon Horst – 2019; NBA Teammate of the Year. Jrue ...
However, the Bucks then lost in game seven, and did not return to the NBA Finals until 2021. As the 1974–1975 season began, Abdul-Jabbar suffered a hand injury and the Bucks got off to a 3–13 start. After his return, other injuries befell the team, sending them to the bottom of their division with a 38–44 record.
[14] [15] At the end of the season, he won the NBA Coach of the Year for the second time in his career and also won the National Basketball Coaches Association's Coach of the Year Award. [16] On July 20, 2021, Budenholzer led the Milwaukee Bucks to an NBA championship, defeating the Phoenix Suns in six games, as the Bucks became the fifth team ...