The Milwaukee Bucks held most of the cards going into the last day of the regular season.
They were in the East's No. 2 slot, one game ahead of the Boston Celtics, but knew Boston held the tiebreaker. The Bucks saw the Brooklyn Nets lurking as a potentially dangerous No. 7 seed.
The Bucks effectively conceded their final game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, sitting all their key regulars save for Jrue Holiday -- who played eight seconds before committing an intentional foul so he could log his 67th game, and trigger a $306,000 bonus.