MILWAUKEE — Doc Rivers and the Milwaukee Bucks each have endured plenty of recent playoff disappointment.
Now they're joining forces as the Bucks attempt to meet sky-high expectations by winning their second title in four years. Rivers will make his debut on Monday when Milwaukee opens a five-game road trip against the reigning champion Denver Nuggets.
Coaching in Milwaukee represents a homecoming of sorts for Rivers, a former Marquette guard who says he got much of his basketball knowledge from former Golden Eagle coaches Al McGuire, Hank Raymonds and Rick Majerus.
''Coming back here, to a place that changed me as a literal person, is a dream,'' Rivers said Saturday at his introductory news conference.