The Eastern Conference’s third-seeded Milwaukee Bucks (49-33) will face the sixth-seeded Indiana Pacers (47-35) in the first round of the 2024 NBA playoffs. The two teams have not met in the postseason since 2000, when Reggie Miller, Jalen Rose and Dale Davis' Pacers beat Ray Allen, Sam Cassell and Glenn Robinson's Bucks.
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East: Bucks-Pacers
West: Wolves-Suns
How the Bucks got here
It has been a wild ride. The Bucks fired head coach Mike Budenholzer and traded veteran guard Jrue Holiday, both of whom helped them to a championship in 2021, respectively replacing them with first-year head coach Adrian Griffin and perennial All-Star Damian Lillard.