2020–21 Milwaukee Bucks season

The 2020–21 Milwaukee Bucks season is the 53rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

2020–21 Milwaukee Bucks season
Head coach	Mike Budenholzer
General manager	Jon Horst
Owners	Wesley Edens & Marc Lasry
Arena	Fiserv Forum
Results
Record	13–8 (.619)
Place	Division: 1st (Central) Conference: 4th (Eastern)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Wisconsin
Radio	WTMJ

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position(s)	Nationality	School
1	24	R. J. Hampton	PG/SG	United States	New Zealand Breakers
2	45	Jordan Nwora	SF	Nigeria	Louisville

Roster

Roster listing

Milwaukee Bucks roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From G 6 Adams, Jaylen (TW) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1996-05-04 St. Bonaventure F 34 Antetokounmpo, Giannis 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 242 lb (110 kg) 1994-12-06 Greece F 43 Antetokounmpo, Thanasis 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 219 lb (99 kg) 1992-07-18 Greece G 12 Augustin, D. J. 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 183 lb (83 kg) 1987-11-10 Texas G 24 Connaughton, Pat 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1993-01-06 Notre Dame G/F 3 Craig, Torrey 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 221 lb (100 kg) 1990-12-19 USC Upstate F 25 Diakite, Mamadi (TW) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 224 lb (102 kg) 1997-01-21 Virginia G 0 DiVincenzo, Donte 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 203 lb (92 kg) 1997-01-31 Villanova G 7 Forbes, Bryn 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1993-07-23 Michigan State G 21 Holiday, Jrue 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1990-06-12 UCLA C 11 Lopez, Brook 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 282 lb (128 kg) 1988-04-01 Stanford G 15 Merrill, Sam 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1996-05-25 Utah State F 22 Middleton, Khris 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 222 lb (101 kg) 1991-08-12 Texas A&M F 13 Nwora, Jordan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1998-09-09 Louisville F/C 9 Portis, Bobby 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1995-02-10 Arkansas F 5 Wilson, D. J. 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 231 lb (105 kg) 1996-02-19 Michigan	Head coach Mike Budenholzer Assistant coach(es) Vin Baker Mike Dunlap Chad Forcier Darvin Ham Charles Lee Josh Oppenheimer Patrick St. Andrews Ben Sullivan Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate (TW) Two-way affiliate player Injured Roster Last transaction: December 18, 2020

Standings

Division

Central Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Milwaukee Bucks	14	8	.636	0.0	9–2	5–6	7–0	22
Indiana Pacers	12	11	.522	2.5	7–7	5–4	2–1	23
Cleveland Cavaliers	10	13	.435	4.5	7–6	3–7	2–3	23
Chicago Bulls	8	13	.381	5.5	3–7	5–6	0–2	21
Detroit Pistons	5	17	.227	9.0	4–7	1–10	0–5	22

Conference

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Philadelphia 76ers *	16	7	.696	–	23
2	Milwaukee Bucks *	14	8	.636	1.5	22
3	Brooklyn Nets	14	10	.583	2.5	24
4	Boston Celtics	12	9	.571	3.0	21
5	Indiana Pacers	12	11	.522	4.0	23
6	Atlanta Hawks *	10	12	.455	5.5	22
7	Toronto Raptors	10	12	.455	5.5	22
8	New York Knicks	10	13	.435	6.0	23
9	Cleveland Cavaliers	10	13	.435	6.0	23
10	Charlotte Hornets	10	13	.435	6.0	23
11	Orlando Magic	9	14	.391	7.0	23
12	Chicago Bulls	8	13	.381	7.0	21
13	Miami Heat	8	14	.364	7.5	22
14	Washington Wizards	5	14	.263	9.0	19
15	Detroit Pistons	5	17	.227	10.5	22

Game log

Preseason

2020 preseason game log Total: 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–1)
Preseason: 0–3 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 12 Dallas L 102–112 Giannis Antetokounmpo (25) Bobby Portis (12) Bobby Portis (13) Fiserv Forum 0–1 2 December 14 Dallas L 112–128 Giannis Antetokounmpo (24) Giannis Antetokounmpo (14) Augustin, Holiday (6) Fiserv Forum 0–2 3 December 18 @ New Orleans L 113–127 Khris Middleton (29) Donte DiVincenzo (8) Jrue Holiday (5) Smoothie King Center 0–3
2020–21 season schedule

Regular season

2020–21 game log Total: 13–8 (Home: 9–2; Road: 4–6)
December: 2–3 (Home: 1–0; Road: 1–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 December 23 @ Boston L 121–122 Giannis Antetokounmpo (35) Khris Middleton (14) Khris Middleton (8) TD Garden 0 0–1 2 December 25 Golden State W 138–99 Khris Middleton (31) Giannis Antetokounmpo (13) Jrue Holiday (6) Fiserv Forum 0 1–1 3 December 27 @ New York L 110–130 Giannis Antetokounmpo (27) Giannis Antetokounmpo (13) Antetokounmpo, Middleton, Holiday (5) Madison Square Garden 0 1–2 4 December 29 @ Miami W 144–97 Khris Middleton (25) Bobby Portis (9) Jrue Holiday (7) American Airlines Arena 0 2–2 5 December 30 @ Miami L 108–119 Giannis Antetokounmpo (26) Giannis Antetokounmpo (13) Giannis Antetokounmpo (10) American Airlines Arena 0 2–3
January: 9–5 (Home: 6–2; Road: 3–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 6 January 1 Chicago W 126–96 Giannis Antetokounmpo (29) Antetokounmpo, Portis (12) Giannis Antetokounmpo (8) Fiserv Forum 0 3–3 7 January 4 Detroit W 125–115 Giannis Antetokounmpo (43) Antetokounmpo, Middleton (9) Donte DiVincenzo (9) Fiserv Forum 0 4–3 8 January 6 Detroit W 130–115 Giannis Antetokounmpo (25) Bobby Portis (10) Khris Middleton (7) Fiserv Forum 0 5–3 9 January 8 Utah L 118–131 Giannis Antetokounmpo (35) Khris Middleton (10) Bobby Portis (8) Fiserv Forum 0 5–4 10 January 9 Cleveland W 100–90 Khris Middleton (27) Bobby Portis (11) Khris Middleton (6) Fiserv Forum 0 6–4 11 January 11 @ Orlando W 121–99 Giannis Antetokounmpo (22) Khris Middleton (10) Antetokounmpo, Augustin (4) Amway Center 0 7–4 12 January 13 @ Detroit W 110–101 Giannis Antetokounmpo (22) Brook Lopez (11) Giannis Antetokounmpo (10) Little Caesars Arena 0 8–4 13 January 15 Dallas W 112–109 Giannis Antetokounmpo (31) Bobby Portis (13) Khris Middleton (6) Fiserv Forum 0 9–4 14 January 18 @ Brooklyn L 123–125 Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) Giannis Antetokounmpo (12) Giannis Antetokounmpo (7) Barclays Center 0 9–5 15 January 21 LA Lakers L 106–113 Giannis Antetokounmpo (25) Giannis Antetokounmpo (12) Holiday, Middleton (7) Fiserv Forum 0 9–6 – January 22 Washington Postponed (COVID-19) (Makeup date: TBA) 17 January 24 Atlanta W 129–115 Giannis Antetokounmpo (27) Giannis Antetokounmpo (14) Giannis Antetokounmpo (8) Fiserv Forum 0 10–6 18 January 27 @ Toronto W 115–108 Antetokounmpo, Middleton (24) Giannis Antetokounmpo (18) Giannis Antetokounmpo (9) Amalie Arena 0 11–6 19 January 29 @ New Orleans L 126–131 Giannis Antetokounmpo (38) Giannis Antetokounmpo (11) Khris Middleton (8) Smoothie King Center 0 11–7 20 January 30 @ Charlotte L 114–126 Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) Giannis Antetokounmpo (18) Giannis Antetokounmpo (9) Spectrum Center 0 11–8
February: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 21 February 1 Portland W 134–106 Jrue Holiday (22) Bobby Portis (8) Khris Middleton (9) Fiserv Forum 0 12–8 22 February 3 Indiana W 130–110 Giannis Antetokounmpo (21) Giannis Antetokounmpo (14) Giannis Antetokounmpo (10) Fiserv Forum 0 13–8 23 February 5 @ Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 0 24 February 6 @ Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 0 25 February 8 @ Denver Ball Arena 0 26 February 10 @ Phoenix PHX Arena 0 27 February 12 @ Utah Vivint Smart Home Arena 0 28 February 14 @ Oklahoma City Chesapeake Energy Arena 0 29 February 16 Toronto Fiserv Forum 0 30 February 18 Toronto Fiserv Forum 0 31 February 19 Oklahoma City Fiserv Forum 0 32 February 21 Sacramento Fiserv Forum 0 33 February 23 Minnesota Fiserv Forum 0 34 February 25 New Orleans Fiserv Forum 0 35 February 28 LA Clippers Fiserv Forum
March: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 36 March 2 Denver Fiserv Forum 0 37 March 4 @ Memphis FedExForum 0
2020–21 season schedule

Transactions

Overview

Players Added Via draft Via trade Via free agency

Players Lost Via trade Via free agency Waived

Trades

November 18, 2020[1]	To Milwaukee Bucks 2020 ORL second-round pick (#45)	To Orlando Magic 2022 IND protected second-round pick 2026 MIL second-round pick
November 18, 2020[2]	To Milwaukee Bucks rights to İlkan Karaman (2012 #57)	To Cleveland Cavaliers 2022 MIL first-round pick 2025 MIL second-round pick
November 24, 2020[3]	To Milwaukee Bucks Jrue Holiday (from New Orleans) Draft rights to Sam Merrill (#60) (from New Orleans)	To Denver Nuggets Draft rights to R. J. Hampton (#24) (from Milwaukee)
	To New Orleans Pelicans Steven Adams (from Oklahoma City) Eric Bledsoe (from Milwaukee) 2024 right to swap first-round pick with MIL (from Milwaukee) 2025 MIL first-round pick (from Milwaukee) 2026 right to swap first-round pick with MIL (from Milwaukee) 2027 MIL first-round pick (from Milwaukee)	To Oklahoma City Thunder George Hill (from Milwaukee) Zylan Cheatham (from New Orleans) (Sign and trade) Josh Gray (from New Orleans) (Sign and trade) Darius Miller (from New Orleans) Kenrich Williams (from New Orleans) (Sign and trade) 2023 DEN protected first-round pick (from Denver) 2023 WAS second-round pick (from New Orleans) 2024 CHA second-round pick (from New Orleans)

Re-signed

Player	Signed
Pat Connaughton[4]	November 24

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Jaylen Adams[5]	November 24	Portland Trail Blazers
Mamadi Diakite[5]	November 24	Virginia
Torrey Craig[6]	November 26	Denver Nuggets
Bryn Forbes[6]	November 26	San Antonio Spurs
Bobby Portis[6]	November 26	New York Knicks
D. J. Augustin[7]	November 28	Orlando Magic

Subtractions

Player	Signed	New Team
Ersan İlyasova[8]	November 19
Robin Lopez[9]	November 22	Washington Wizards
Wesley Matthews[10]	November 22	Los Angeles Lakers
Sterling Brown[11]	November 26	Houston Rockets

References

1. "Magic acquire 2 future 2nd-round Draft picks from Bucks". NBA.com. November 18, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
2. "Cavaliers Acquire JaVale McGee from Los Angeles Lakers". NBA.com. November 23, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
3. "Jrue Holiday traded to Milwaukee in 4-team deal; Steven Adams to New Orleans". NBA.com. November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
4. "Milwaukee Bucks Re-Sign Pat Connaughton". NBA.com. November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
5. "Milwaukee Bucks Sign Jaylen Adams And Mamadi Diakite To Two-Way Contracts". NBA.com. November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
6. "Bucks Sign Torrey Craig, Bryn Forbes and Bobby Portis". NBA.com. November 26, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
7. "Milwaukee Bucks Sign D.J. Augustin". NBA.com. November 28, 2020. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
8. "Milwaukee Bucks Requested Waivers On Ersan Ilyasova". NBA.com. November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
9. "Wizards sign Robin Lopez". NBA.com. November 22, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
10. "Lakers Sign Wesley Matthews". NBA.com. November 22, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
11. "Rockets Announce Roster Additions". NBA.com. November 26, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2020.