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Raptors to open playoff series against Bucks on Saturday

Game 2 expected to be Tuesday at the Air Canada Centre, in between home games Monday and Wednesday for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The Toronto Raptors will open their first-round playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday at the Air Canada Centre.

have avoided the dreaded mid-day start to Game 1 of their NBA playoff series.

After being accustomed to noon tipoffs the last two seasons, the Raptors will open their best-of-seven first-round series with the Milwaukee Bucks at 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Air Canada Centre, the league announced.

No other schedule information was officially available late Wednesday night but Game 2 is almost assuredly on Tuesday at the ACC, in between home games Monday and Wednesday for the Toronto Maple Leafs.