On this day: Milwaukee Bucks' history at the Bradley Center

The Milwaukee Bucks are in their 30th and final season playing at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. By the time this season ends, the Bradley Center will have hosted 1,204 regular-season games and at least 41 playoff games.

Many of those games have themselves been memorable or have featured remarkable moments. Over the course of the season, the Journal Sentinel's Matt Velazquez will select one — sometimes two — notable games that occurred at the Bradley Center for each calendar day throughout the regular season and extending into the playoffs.

Check back each day to learn about — or relive — some of the Bradley Center's most memorable games. Many, but not all, are going to be positive moments for the Bucks. There will be buzzer-beaters, triple-doubles, franchise records and other stellar performances.

There also will be tough losses and extraordinary performances by opposing teams and players. Of course, part of any team's history involves both great highs and unforgettable lows.

APRIL

4/28/2013: Facing a sweep at the hands of the top-seeded Miami Heat, the Bucks never led or so much as tied the score at any point on the way to an 88-77 loss in Game 4 to close their 2012-’13 campaign. The Bucks got within one point early in the third quarter then missed three chances to take the lead. Then, after a Heat free throw, the Bucks committed a pair of turnovers, missed two shots to tie and were called for a shot-clock violation. That would be as close as they would get, as the Heat took control of the game for good in the fourth quarter with a barrage of four three-pointers in just over three minutes to build the margin back up to double digits. Monta Ellis was one of just three Bucks in double figures, leading the team with 21 points. LeBron James recorded 30 points, eight rebounds and seven assists to pace the Heat.

4/27/1991: Bucks guard Jay Humphries sank a three-pointer at the buzzer to force overtime, but even with the benefit of an extra frame Milwaukee was unable to take home the win, falling 116-112 and slipping into an 0-2 hole in their best-of-five, first-round playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers. Philadelphia center Rick Mahorn broke a 112-112 tie with a layup with 19 seconds remaining in overtime. Humphries then launched another shot from beyond the arc, but this time his try was off the mark and 76ers forward Ron Anderson closed out the game with two free throws with two seconds left. Alvin Robertson led the Bucks with 31 points, seven assists, six rebounds and five steals in the loss and Humphries contributed 24 points and eight assists, with his missed trey in overtime representing his only miss in three tries from beyond the arc.

4/26/2018: With the Bucks and the Bradley Center both facing elimination, Milwaukee came through with a 97-86 win over the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of their first-round playoff series. Giannis Antetokounmpo put the Bucks on his back, scoring 31 points and adding 14 rebounds in the victory, which was played in front of a sellout crowd that included former United States president Bill Clinton and NBA commissioner Adam Silver. Malcolm Brogdon finished with 16 points, including a critical three-pointer that gave the Bucks some fourth-quarter breathing room, and Middleton also added 16 points on 7 of 8 shooting in the win.

4/25/2015: With the shot clock off and the score tied, the Chicago Bulls put the ball in the hands of former MVP Derrick Rose as they tried to sweep the Bucks out of the playoffs. Rose drove toward the free-throw line where with about 2 1/2 seconds left he was stripped by Khris Middleton, who immediately grabbed the ball and turned to launch a shot. Instead the whistle blew because Bucks coach Jason Kidd had smartly called a timeout once Middleton had gained possession with 1.3 seconds left. That set up a sideline out of bounds on the Bucks’ offensive end of the court. With Jared Dudley inbounding, Jerryd Bayless ran the baseline against Rose before making a hard cut back toward the hoop. Dudley hit Bayless with a perfect pass and Bayless turned and popped in a layup at the buzzer to give the Bucks a 92-90 victory that sent the series back to Chicago for Game 5. O.J. Mayo led the Bucks with 18 points off the bench while Jimmy Butler had 33 to carry to the Bulls.

4/24/1993: The Bucks ended their season with a record of 28-54 and on an eight-game losing streak with a 108-106 loss to the Charlotte Hornets. During that game, the Bucks retired No. 33 in honor of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who in six seasons in Milwaukee from 1969-’75 established himself as the team’s all-time leading scorer with 14,211 points and leading rebounder with 7,161. He won the Rookie of the Year award in 1969-’70. He earned the MVP award next season by leading the Bucks to 66 wins and averaging 31.7 points and 16.0 rebounds per game before helping Milwaukee claim its first NBA title in 1971.

4/23/2015: The Bucks led the Chicago Bulls by as many as 18 points in the second quarter of Game 3 in their first-round playoff series, but it got much closer after that. The Bulls, which led the series 2-0, stormed back to build a double-digit margin early in the fourth quarter and were up 10 with under three minutes to play. Knowing their season was at stake, the Bucks roared back, with Khris Middleton scoring eight points, including back-to-back three-pointers, as part of an 11-0 run that put the Bucks up one with 11.0 seconds left. That’s when Derrick Rose, who led the Bulls with 34 points, got fouled and split the free throws. Middleton then missed to bring about overtime. The teams traded baskets in the extra frame, but neither scored in the final 2 1/2 minutes to bring about a second overtime period. Chicago took over from there, scoring the first 12 points of the period to defeat the Bucks, 113-106. Giannis Antetokounmpo finished with 25 points and 12 rebounds, Michael Carter-Williams had 19 points and Middleton finished with 18.

4/22/2001: The Bucks didn’t bring their A-game for their 2001 playoffs opener, but they didn’t need it anyway. The Big Three of Glenn Robinson, Ray Allen and Sam Cassell combined to shoot 17 of 52 from the field to combine for 48 points, but Milwaukee got a monster performance from Scott Williams, who put up a team-high 19 points and 16 rebounds, to lead the Bucks to a 103-90 victory over the Orlando Magic. The win was Milwaukee’s 10th in a row over Orlando. Tracy McGrady led the Magic with 33 points, nine rebounds and eight assists.

4/21/1990: The Bucks went into the playoffs with a nice little two-game win streak thanks to a 96-95 win over the lowly New Jersey Nets, one in which the Bucks needed a 27-19 fourth quarter to eke out the win. Milwaukee got 23 points and 10 assists from Jay Humphries and 19 points, eight rebounds from Jack Sikma in the victory. The win was the Bucks’ second 96-95 victory in as many games and set them as the sixth seed in the playoffs matched up against the Chicago Bulls.

4/20/2017: Coming off a strong showing in Games 1 and 2 of their first-round playoff series against the Toronto Raptors, the Bucks came home and dismantled the Raptors, 104-77, in front of a raucous, sellout crowd. The Bucks led wire-to-wire, building a 20-point lead by the end of the first quarter and that margin ballooned to as many as 34 in the third quarter. Khris Middleton led all scorers with 20 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo chipped in 19 and Greg Monroe had 16 off the bench. Toronto guard DeMar DeRozan was held without a field goal (0 for 8) for the first time since January 2015 — also in a game against the Bucks. The victory gave the Bucks a 2-1 series lead.

4/19/1990: Coming off an eight-point loss to Cleveland, the Bucks held on for a 96-95 win over the New York Knicks. Jack Sikma sank the go-ahead free throws in the final minute and the Knicks put up multiple shots, with the third going in, but he the referees ruled it came after the buzzer. The win was significant for the Bucks in that it kicked off a 20-game home winning streak — the longest in franchise history. The streak spanned into the next season, lasting until January 1991.

4/18/1998: The Bucks were already on their way to their seventh straight trip to the NBA draft lottery, but Tom Hammonds and the Minnesota Timberwolves decided to add insult to injury in the final game of the season. With the game tied, Hammonds knocked down a turning, fadeaway jumper from the baseline as time expired to give the Timberwolves a 111-109 win. Milwaukee’s season-ending loss came despite what was then a career-high, 40-point performance from Ray Allen to close out his strong second pro season.

 4/17/2006: With their No. 1 spot in the Eastern Conference locked up, the Detroit Pistons sent out what amounted to a JV team against the Bucks and Milwaukee took full advantage on the way to a 113-93 victory in their regular-season home finale. Six Bucks scored in double figures led by Michael Redd and Bobby Simmons putting up 19 points each while T.J. Ford added 16 points and 11 assists. The victory kept the Bucks in the running for the fifth seed in the East, but a loss the next day in Washington dropped Milwaukee down to eighth and a first-round matchup with the Pistons. The Bucks lost that series in five games.

4/16/1996 & 4/16/2014: The 2013-'14 Bucks season finale was a forgettable contest — a 111-103 loss to the Atlanta Hawks that concluded Milwaukee’s worst season at 15-67. The event that preceded the night’s game at the Bradley Center was an important and memorable one, though. That’s when Bucks owner Herb Kohl officially announced he had sold the Bucks to New York hedge-fund investors Wes Edens and Marc Lasry for $550 million. Along with the sale, Kohl put up $100 million of his own money toward the construction of a new arena and the new owners committed to do the same, beginning the project toward a new arena with $200 million and showing a commitment to keep the Bucks in Milwaukee.

In 1996, the Chicago Bulls set the NBA record with their 70th win by beating the Bucks, 86-80. The Bucks led for much of the game and held a 68-62 advantage heading into the fourth quarter. That’s when the Bulls turned up the heat on defense and held the Bucks to 12 points over the final quarter. “We came out and put a lot of pressure on ourselves to try to end the whole 70 concept right here in Milwaukee,” Michael Jordan said after the game. “Sorry, Milwaukee, but the best opportunity for us to end it was right here.” Chicago went on to win 72 games and win the first championship of their second 1990s three-peat.

“We drove up here on the bus and there were helicopters flying above the night before, the day before when we drove up," former Bulls player and current Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr said during his final visit to the Bradley Center in January 2018. "I remember it being a pretty close game, it was a low-scoring game, it wasn’t very pretty. I think we were a little nervous, but we won late and it was a fun bus ride back to Chicago.”

4/15/2013: The Bucks spent most of the night battling back against the Denver Nuggets and with 14.2 seconds left found an unlikely way to pull ahead. Monta Ellis, who missed the morning’s shootaround with an intestinal illness, nailed a three-pointer and was fouled by Denver’s Evan Fournier. Ellis, who finished with 38 points — one off his season high — sank the free throw to put the Bucks up one. That lead did not stick long, though, as Nuggets guard Ty Lawson knocked down an 11-foot jumper over Ellis with 9.3 seconds left to give the Nuggets a 112-111 victory. The Bucks, which didn’t have any timeout remaining, got the ball to J.J. Redick for a three-pointer as time expired, but Redick’s shot bounced out, sending the Bucks to their fifth straight loss.

4/14/2002 & 4/14/2008: Ray Allen etched his name into Bucks history on this day in 2002 by making 10 of 14 three-pointers as part of a 47-point outburst in a 98-91 victory over the Charlotte Hornets at the Bradley Center. Allen’s 10 triples are the most in a game by a Bucks player and came in the midst of a season in which he set a franchise record with 229 three-pointers. This record-setting performance helped the Bucks end a five-game losing streak, but ultimately Milwaukee came a game short of making the playoffs, finishing the season with a 41-41 record. More history was made at the Bradley Center six years later, though it wasn’t all good for the Bucks. On the positive side, Ramon Sessions set a franchise record with 24 assists to go along with 20 points, but the Chicago Bulls shot the lights out, going 63 of 94 from the field (67.0%) en route to a 151-135 win over the Bucks. Chicago’s shooting percentage was the highest allowed by the Bucks in franchise history.

4/13/2003: Sam Cassell scored 33 points and the Bucks earned their first win over the Indiana Pacers during the 2002-’03 season, 107-98. The game featured 11 technical fouls, including seven in the third quarter. One of those was assessed to Pacers coach Isiah Thomas, who after the referees had called a technical on Ron Artest, punched his clipboard, shattering it across the court. Thomas cut his hand in the process and needed attention from the team’s trainer.

4/12/2006: The Bucks maintained a lead for most of the second half before falling behind by one with 28 seconds left on a three-pointer by Antawn Jamison. Milwaukee called timeout and brought Michael Redd back in the game, who had carried the Bucks throughout the second half. He didn’t wait long to make a difference, scoring with 19.9 seconds left to put Milwaukee ahead. That basket gave Redd 21 second-half points and 24 for the night. T.J. Ford then stole the ball from Gilbert Arenas in the final seconds and sealed a 100-97 victory with a pair of free throws. Ford finished with 16 points, six assists and five steals.

4/11/1995: The Bucks and Detroit Pistons battled into overtime, but it wasn’t close for long. Marty Conlon opened the scoring in the extra frame with a three-pointer and Vin Baker added a basket shortly after to give Milwaukee a five-point cushion that endured to give them a 114-109 victory. Baker, only in his second year at the time, set what was then a career high with 31 points on 12 of 25 shooting to go with 12 rebounds and nine assists. Glenn Robinson added 30 points in the victory while Conlon contributed 16 points and 11 rebounds off the bench. Allan Houston led the Pistons with 36 points on 15 of 22 shooting.

4/10/2017: Giannis Antetokounmpo made history in the Bucks’ home finale with his eighth career triple-double, recording 10 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in Milwaukee’s 89-79 victory over the Charlotte Hornets. With his eighth triple-double, Antetokounmpo — in just his fourth season at 22 years old — tied Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most triple-doubles in franchise history.

4/9/2011: The Bucks built an 18-point halftime lead and held on to beat the Cavaliers, 108-101. Drew Gooden played a starring role, recording his first career triple-double with 15 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists before fouling out in 37 minutes of action. Milwaukee’s John Salmons led all scorers with 32 points on 14 of 18 shooting. Gooden’s second triple-double came less than a year later on March 14, 2012, when he had 15 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds, again versus the Cavaliers.

4/8/1993 & 4/8/2008: There were two record-setting performances among the Bucks games played at the Bradley Center on this day, though neither is a particularly fond memory for Milwaukee. In 1993, Miami Heat guard Brian Shaw set the record for the most three-pointers by a Bucks opponent in franchise history with 10 in a 117-92 Heat win. Shaw went 11 of 16 from the field in 10 of 15 from long distance in just 32 minutes of action. In 2008, Andrew Bogut recorded the only triple-double of his career, though it won’t show up in the record books that way because one of the categories in which he reached double digits was turnovers. Bogut had 15 points, 15 rebounds and tied the franchise record with 10 turnovers, which are the most by a Bucks player at the Bradley Center. The Bucks also lost that game, 107-104, to the eventual-champion Boston Celtics in overtime.

4/7/1998: When it comes to games at the Bradley Center, no Bucks player has ever done what Ervin Johnson did on this night. The 6-foot-11 center, in his first season in Milwaukee, swatted away eight shots to help the Bucks score a 114-105 win over the Toronto Raptors. Johnson’s blocks, the most by a Bucks player at the Bradley Center, were just two short of giving him a triple-double as he scored 24 points on 10 of 13 shooting and collected 10 rebounds in the victory.

4/6/1991: Fred Roberts was the Bucks’ best shooter throughout the 1990-’91 season whether you judge that by field goal percentage (53.35%) or effective field goal percentage (53.6%). However, he wasn’t a volume scorer at just 10.8 points in 25.8 minutes per game. That changed during this week in 1991, with Roberts putting up a career-high 32 points in a win over Philadelphia on April 2. Four days later, on this day 27 years ago, Roberts eclipsed that career-high with 34 points — a total that stood as his best for the rest of his career — in a 133-114 win over the New Jersey Nets at the Bradley Center. He went 12 of 16 from the field, making 9 of his 10 free throws as well in the victory.

4/5/2016: J.R. Smith made seven three-pointers in the first half and the Cleveland Cavaliers ultimately sank 18 triples on the night in beating the Bucks, 109-80. At the time, the 18 three-pointers were the most allowed by the Bucks in a single game in franchise history. "We've got to play harder," Bucks coach Jason Kidd said after the loss. "Our energy...against the best you've got to be ready to compete. If not, you're going to get destroyed. And that's what happened tonight."

4/4/1990: Alvin Robertson, who had played just six minutes in Milwaukee’s previous two games because of an ejection and suspension for fighting, scored 10 of his team-high 30 points in overtime to net the Bucks a critical 121-116 victory over the Indiana Pacers. Robertson’s performance included a clutch offensive rebound with a minute left in overtime in which he darted into a cluster of Pacers, grabbed the ball and put it back to give the Bucks a three-point lead. The Bucks were fortunate to get to overtime when Detlev Schrempf 15-footer from the baseline bounced off the rim with a second left in regulation. Indiana’s Reggie Miller led all scorers with 31 points in the loss.

4/3/2010: The Bucks beat the Phoenix Suns, 107-98, but the most memorable result of this game was a scary injury that crushed the Bucks’ hopes of making noise in the playoffs. With 4 1/2 minutes left in the second quarter, Suns forward Amar’e Stoudemire missed a 16-footer and Bucks guard Carlos Delfino got the rebound. Delfino then fired a pass ahead to center Andrew Bogut, who had streaked ahead and caught the pass for a dunk. While dunking, Stoudemire lightly put his hand on Bogut’s back, which was enough to send Bogut off balance. He lost grip of the rim and flipped to the ground, breaking his right arm while trying to catch himself. It was ultimately determined Bogut had fractured his right index finger, broke the radius and ulna bones in his right forearm and suffered a dislocated right elbow and bone chips in that elbow.

4/2/2011: With 2.5 seconds left in the fourth quarter and the game tied, the Bucks inbounded to Brandon Jennings, who was wide open for a three-pointer. His uncontested shot fell short, though, bouncing off the front of the rim. Frustrated with that miss, Jennings turned in a dominant overtime performance, scoring nine of Milwaukee’s 14 points in the extra period to lead the Bucks to a 93-87 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers. Jennings finished with 13 points, John Salmons led the Bucks with 19 points and eight assists and Drew Gooden added 12 points and 12 rebounds off the bench.

4/1/2009 and 4/1/2016: In 2009, second-year guard Ramon Sessions recorded the first and only triple-double of his career to date with 16 points, 16 assists and 10 rebounds against the Los Angeles Lakers. His effort wasn’t enough though, as Kobe Bryant led the Lakers — which would go on to win the championship that season — to a 104-98 win with 30 points. Sessions’ triple-double was the 10th at the Bradley Center and the first recorded in a loss. Seven years later, Giannis Antetokounmpo put together his fifth triple-double in 20 games with 18 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists in a 113-110 win over the Orlando Magic. Jabari Parker scored the go-ahead basket with 10.1 seconds left and finished the night with 26 points on 12 of 14 shooting.

MARCH

3/31/2017: The Bucks closed out the best March in team history with a 108-05 overtime win over the Detroit Pistons. Rookie Thon Maker played a critical role, including scoring five points in overtime and slapping an offensive rebound out to Khris Middleton for a crucial three-pointer in the final minute. As a team, the Bucks attempted a franchise record 36 three-pointers in the win, making 14 of them. Milwaukee’s victory made it 14-4 in the month, marking just the third time the team has won 14 or more games in a calendar month. The other two times came during the team’s championship season in 1970-’71, when the Bucks won 16 games in February after winning 15 in January. 

3/30/1999: In the first 28 games of the lockout-shortened season, Glenn Robinson had already made three shots that either forced overtime or gave the Bucks an outright win. On this night at the Bradley Center, he added another clutch shot to that list. The Bucks, which trailed the Washington Wizards by 10 points late in the fourth, used a 15-5 run to tie the score. Milwaukee got the ball with a chance to take the lead and Ray Allen drew the defense to himself before kicking out to Robinson, who calmly sank a 20-footer with 3.1 seconds left to send the Bucks to a 107-105 victory. The key basket gave Robinson 11 points on just 4 of 13 shooting on the night. Allen had carried the scoring load, pouring in 25 points on 8 of 12 shooting including making all three of his attempts from beyond the arc.

3/29/1989: The Chicago Bulls used a 10-0 run to take the lead in the fourth quarter and had an answer for everything Milwaukee tried down the stretch to send the Bucks to a 106-102 defeat, clinching a 6-0 season sweep. Chicago’s Michael Jordan, who had recently switched to playing point guard, record his third straight triple-double with 32 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds. The Bucks played most of the game without second-leading scorer Ricky Pierce, who was pulled from the game with 1:56 left in the first quarter after picking up his second foul and never returned. That’s because as Pierce went to the bench he shot a comment at coach Del Harris, who then followed Pierce down the bench to give him a piece of his mind and ultimately decided not to put Pierce back in the game. Terry Cummings led the Bucks with 24 points, Jack Sikma had 23 and Sidney Moncrief added 20 in the loss.

3/28/2006: Charlie Bell was not selected in the 2001 NBA draft. He went on to play 7 games for two teams in 2001-’02 before spending three seasons playing abroad. He returned to the United States by joining the Bucks in 2005. He played in 59 regular-season games for Milwaukee that season and on this day in the 48th he recorded his first and only triple-double in a 132-110 win over the Phoenix Suns. Bell finished the game with 19 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds.

3/27/1990: If you like offense and shot-making, this was the game for you. The Bucks made an incredible 55 of 85 shots in a 133-127 victory over the Phoenix Suns, a field-goal percentage of 64.7% that still stands as the team’s best at the Bradley Center. Ricky Pierce led the Bucks with 30 points on 12 of 20 shooting, Jay Humphries added 26 (12 of 16) and Brad Lohaus chipped in 23 (9 of 11). Phoenix kept up thanks largely to Kevin Johnson, who scored 44 points in the loss. The Suns also earned 40 free throws and shot 51.2% from the field.

3/26/2006: When Toronto Raptors forward Chris Bosh left the game with a sprained thumb less than seven minutes into the contest, the Bucks know their chances at scoring in the paint would be much better with Toronto’s best shot blocker out of the equation. Milwaukee attacked aggressively all night, earning 45 free throws compared to 17 for Toronto, and ultimately came out with a 125-116 overtime victory. Michael Redd led the Bucks with 35 points, including making 13 of 14 free throws, and Joe Smith chipped in 19 points with 11 coming at the foul line. The game was tight throughout, featuring 17 ties and 18 lead changes, and got to overtime when Raptors rookie Charlie Villanueva — who had a career-high 48 points — scoring at the rim with 9.2 seconds left in regulation to tie the score. Redd then missed a layup at the buzzer, but went on to score eight of Milwaukee’s 16 points in overtime.

3/25/1989: The Bucks were without Terry Cummings (illness) and Paul Pressey (sprained ankle) but went toe-to-toe with the Cleveland Cavaliers and ultimately pulled out a 113-105 overtime victory in front of a sellout crowd. Milwaukee trailed by as many as 19 in the second quarter before using a 20-3 run to help regain stability and ultimately tie the game heading into halftime. The Bucks trailed by seven with under six minutes to go but answered right back and the two teams traded a pair of baskets and a bunch of misses to send the game to a bonus frame. In overtime, which the Bucks played without Jack Sikma who fouled out in the final minute of regulation with 19 points and 15 rebounds, Ricky Pierce led Milwaukee with seven of his team-high 29 points. “I’m not eloquent enough to do this game justice,” Milwaukee coach Del Harris told the Milwaukee Journal. “It was a Herculean effort.”

3/24/2015: The Bucks looked dead in the water against the Miami Heat, trailing by 16 points with just under 10 minutes to go. But thanks to stellar defense that only allowed seven points the rest of the way Milwaukee made a major comeback. With 13 seconds left, Ersan Ilyasova split a pair of free throws to get the Bucks within two. Following Ilyasova’s missed free throw, Jerryd Bayless alertly tied up Heat forward Michael Beasley to force a jump ball with 10.8 seconds left. Bayless won then tip then got the ball back and drove for a layup that was off the mark. The rebound nearly went out of bounds but center Zaza Pachouli saved it right to Khris Middleton who quickly hoisted a three-pointer ahead of the buzzer that swished through the net to give the Bucks an improbable 89-88 victory.

3/23/2001: In a preview of the first round of the 2001 playoffs, the Bucks cruised to a 115-103 win over the Orlando Magic. Glenn Robinson led Milwaukee with 26 points, Tim Thomas added 20 off the bench and Ray Allen nearly recorded a triple-double with 17 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists in the victory. Orlando got within five points with 2 1/2 minutes left thanks in large part Tracy McGrady’s 33 points and Mike Miller’s 28, but the Bucks salted away the win by hitting eight of their final 10 free throws.

3/22/1997: It wasn't pretty, but the Bucks eeked out an 80-79 win over the New York Knicks despite scoring just 10 points in the fourth quarter. The Knicks, which were playing without guard John Starks who was suspended by the team for an altercation at practice, had three shots in the final seconds that would have won the game. Charlie Ward missed a floater, Charles Oakley had a tip-in slip off the rim and Patrick Ewing missed a tip-in of his own. With 1.1 seconds left, Milwaukee’s Sherman Douglas and Ward tied the ball up and Douglas slapped the ensuing jump ball across the court to end the game. Forward Armen Gilliam led the Bucks with 20 points on 10 of 16 shooting while Vin Baker contributed 16 points and 12 rebounds and Glenn Robinson finished with 16 points. Douglas was the only other Bucks player in double figures with 10 points to go with eight assists.

3/21/2001: The Bucks got off to an uncharacteristically slow start, shooting a measly 27% from the field in the first quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers. They hit their stride from there, though, owning the advantage in each of the next three quarters, including scoring 67 points in the second half, to score a 107-100 victory in front of a deafening home crowd. Milwaukee’s Big 3 carried the Bucks with Sam Cassell scoring 27 points, Glenn Robinson adding 26 and Ray Allen contributing 16. Outside of Shaquille O’Neal, who had 36 points and 13 rebounds and Rick Fox who put up 19 points, the Bucks kept the rest of Los Angeles under wraps on the way to their first season sweep of the Lakers in a decade.

3/20/1994: With the game tied and under 30 seconds left, Philadelphia 76ers forward Tim Perry grabbed a key offensive rebound. It didn’t stay his possession long, though, as Milwaukee point guard Eric Murdock snuck behind him and poked the ball away. Bucks guard Lee Mayberry picked up the loose ball and got it back to Murdock, who pushed ahead for a fast break that he ended with a pass back to Vin Baker who threw down the go-ahead dunk with 12 seconds left. 76ers guard Dana Barros put up a jumper just before the buzzer that bounced off the rim and the Bucks claimed a 103-101 victory. Blue Edwards led Milwaukee with 23 points while Murdock chipped in 18 points, seven rebounds, six steals and four assists.

3/19/1995: The Bucks trailed the Boston Celtics by 10 entering the fourth quarter but buckled down defensively and chipped away at the deficit to get within a point with less than 30 seconds remaining. That’s when they put the ball in the hands of rookie Glenn Robinson, who had already made 10 of his 13 shots. Robinson put up a rare miss, but an offensive rebound by Marty Conlon give the Bucks new life. The ball again found Robinson and this time, with three Celtics defenders all over him, he nailed a high-arching baseline jumper with 12 seconds left. Jon Barry came up with a steal at the other end and the Bucks escaped with a 95-94 victory. Robinson finished with 28 points, Vin Baker added 13 points and 12 rebounds and Conlon chipped in 15 points off the bench. Boston, which was led by 23 points and 16 assists from Sherman Douglas, scored just 12 points in the fourth quarter.

3/18/1989: In a game between two teams that would go on to meet in the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, the Bucks dismantled the Detroit Pistons, 117-100, to end Detroit’s nine-game winning streak. The Bucks took the lead in the opening minutes and refused to give it up, though it wasn’t until a 37-23 third quarter that Milwaukee gained some breathing room. Terry Cummings led the Bucks with  26 points, Jack Sikma contributed 21 and Paul Pressey and Ricky Pierce each finished with 19. When the Bucks and Pistons met again, Detroit got the last laugh, sweeping Milwaukee in the second round of the playoffs on the way to winning the 1989 championship.

3/17/2016: Giannis Antetokounmpo (15 points, 11 assists) and Greg Monroe (14 points, 10 rebounds) each recorded double-doubles as the Bucks knocked off the injury-decimated Memphis Grizzlies, 96-86, blocking a Bradley Center-record 17 shots in the process. The game featured a scuffle between Milwaukee’s John Henson and Memphis’ Matt Barnes that nearly extended into the locker room after both were ejected. During halftime, the team honored its longtime broadcasting duo, Jon McGlocklin and Jim Paschke, celebrating their 30 years of broadcasting Bucks games together.

3/16/2004: The Portland Trail Blazers got out to a 16-4 lead and built their advantage as high as 20 points in the third quarter, but the Bucks kept fighting. After trailing the whole game, the Bucks took their first lead with 58.3 seconds left on a 19-footer by Brevin Knight. Zach Randolph responded with a bucket at the other end to put the Blazers back in front. After a timeout, Keith Van Horn knocked down an 18-footer to give the Bucks a one-point lead with 25.3 on the clock. After a timeout with 6.2 seconds left, the Blazers got the ball to Randolph, who missed a shot in the lane. The rebound bounced to Damon Stoudamire, though, and he hit an off-balance jumper with 0.6 seconds left to lift Portland to a 100-99 victory. Michael Redd led the Bucks with 26 points in the loss.

3/15/2009: Facing the reigning-champion Boston Celtics, which were playing without Kevin Garnett, the Bucks took control of a close game in the fourth quarter and claimed an 86-77 victory to provide a bright spot on the way to an otherwise bleak season. The Bucks used a 9-1 run, including seven points from Charlie Villanueva who had a team-high 19, to take an 11-point lead midway through the final period. Boston then battled back to within three, but Milwaukee held the Celtics scoreless over the last three minutes of the game to secure the win. That victory preceded a five-game losing streak as the Bucks didn’t win consecutive games after the all-star break on the way to a 34-48 record.

3/14/1995: Vin Baker recorded the first and only triple-double of his career with 12 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists in a 99-86 win over the Charlotte Hornets. Glenn Robinson added a double-double of his own with 27 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Bucks in both categories.

3/13/1991: The Bucks led the Chicago Bulls by five with under three minutes remaining before falling behind due to a series of miscues. Fred Roberts lost the ball inside for a turnover and later was the one holding the ball when the referees whistled a five-second violation. Following an off-balance miss by Jay Humphries in the lane and a turnover by Danny Schayes, the Bulls took a three-point lead with five seconds left on a pair of Michael Jordan free throws. With a chance to force overtime on the line, Milwaukee’s Frank Brickowski put up a shot along the three-point arc at the buzzer. It went down, but the officials were uncertain whether it should count for three points or two. One referee had put his hand up to signal a three while another had indicated it was a two. After a meeting at midcoast, the verdict from the refs was Brickowski’s foot had been on the line, meaning despite the dramatic end the Bucks fell, 102-101. Schayes led the Bucks with 19 points and 13 rebounds in the loss while Jordan carried the Bulls with 39 points.

3/12/2010: The Bucks led the Utah Jazz for most of the night, including holding a 10-point lead late in the third quarter. A five-minute scoring drought spanning the third and fourth quarters changed that as Utah used an 11-0 run to take a one-point lead with under nine minutes to go. The game stayed in a four-point window and was tied when Bucks center Andrew Bogut missed a short shot in the paint that Ersan Ilyasova put back to give Milwaukee a two-point lead with 27.2 seconds to go. The Jazz missed each of their next two shots, including a layup by Carlos Boozer after which the Jazz forward expressed his frustration to the officials and was summarily assessed a pair of technical fouls and ejected from the game. The Bucks were able to salt away the win at the free-throw line, making all six of their attempts on the way to a 95-87 victory, their fifth in a row and 11th in 12 games. John Salmons led the Bucks with 24 points, Brandon Jennings added 23 and Bogut finished with 16 points and 12 rebounds.

3/11/1989: Matched up against the top offense in the NBA, the Bucks used their physicality to their advantage to stifle the Phoenix Suns in a 100-93 victory. The Bucks held the Suns to 25 points under their league-leading season average by limiting fast-break opportunities and using their size to dictate the pace. Terry Cummings led the Bucks with 33 points on 13 of 20 shooting. Sidney Moncrief hit a trio of three-pointers off the bench on the way to 14 points and Jack Sikma added a double-double with 12 points and 14 rebounds in the victory.

3/10/1999: Just 17 games into his first season as the coach of the Bucks, George Karl faced off with his former team, the Seattle SuperSonics, on this day in 1999. He had spent seven seasons in Seattle, including leading the Sonics to the 1996 NBA Final, before being ousted in the summer of 1998. Karl’s new team held the upper hand on this day, with the Bucks winning, 101-97, to push their win streak to six games. Glenn Robinson scored 22 points while Ray Allen and Tyrone Hill reached finished with 19.

3/9/2010: Facing the Boston Celtics, which were on the way to their second NBA Finals appearance in three years, the Bucks proved they belonged in the conversation as one of the more formidable teams in the Eastern Conference with an 86-84 win, their 10th victory in a span of 11 games. Milwaukee trailed by three midway through the fourth quarter, but a string of six consecutive baskets over a three-minute period turned things around as they used a 14-2 run to take an 86-79 lead. The Bucks didn’t score again in the nearly three minutes after that, but the Celtics’ comeback attempt came up short as Paul Pierce missed a 19-footer at the buzzer that would have sent the game to overtime. Center Andrew Bogut paced the Bucks with 25 points, 17 rebounds and four blocks while Carlos Delfino made five of his eight three-point attempts to finish with 19 points. Rajon Rondo led the Celtics with 20 points and Kevin Garnett had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Former Buck Ray Allen had just three points as he missed all three of his field-goal attempts in the game.

3/8/2003: The Bucks trailed the Golden State Warriors, 102-85, with 10 minutes, 19 seconds left in the fourth quarter and it looked like Milwaukee — one day after evening its record at 31-31 — was going to slip back under .500. But that’s when the Bucks got hot from long range, hitting six three-pointers, including a game-tying triple by Gary Payton with 3.4 seconds left, as part of a 41-point fourth quarter to send the game to overtime. Milwaukee didn’t need the help of any three-pointers in the extra frame to put up 16 points on the way to a 138-133 victory. Payton finished with 28 points and 10 assists while Sam Cassell added 28 points and 13 assists in the victory. Antawn Jamison paced the Warriors 40 points on 14 of 21 shooting and Gilbert Arenas chipped in 30.

3/7/2015: Khris Middleton scored 30 points for the first time in his career to lead the Bucks to a 91-85 win over the Washington Wizards. It was a positive end to a celebratory night as the team retired Bob Dandridge’s No. 10 during a ceremony at halftime. Dandridge was the eighth Bucks player to have his number retired and the first since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had his number retired in 1993.

3/6/2016: Giannis Antetokounmpo and Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook had dueling triple-doubles in a game the Thunder ultimately won, 104-96. Antetokounmpo filled up the stat sheet with 26 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, four blocks and three steals in the loss. Westbrook had 15 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds while his teammate, Kevin Durant, added 32 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists of his own.

3/5/1999: With the Bucks trailing by one and the shot clock off, Terrell Brandon drove at New York Knicks forward Larry Johnson and earned a foul with eight seconds left. Brandon made both free throws and Knicks center Patrick Ewing, who had a game-high 24 points, missed a 13-foot baseline jumper at the buzzer as the Bucks held on for an 88-87 victory. Brandon had 16 points off the bench to supplement Glenn Robinson’s team-high 19 points and Tyrone Hill’s 15 points and 11 rebounds. Milwaukee native Latrell Sprewell, who was playing in his first game since suffering a stress fracture in his right heel, provided 18 points off the bench for the Knicks, including 14 in the first half.

3/4/2013: Overtime was in the cards for the Bucks for the second game in a row, but it took a 27-footer by Brandon Jennings with 8.4 seconds left in regulation to make that happen. J.J. Redick then scored Milwaukee’s first eight points in overtime to lead a 109-108 victory over the Utah Jazz. Monta Ellis paced the Bucks with 34 points while Jennings had 20 points and 17 assists. Redick finished with 17 points off the bench.

3/3/2001: The Bucks were in the midst of one of their most successful seasons while the Bulls were limping toward the finish of a 15-win campaign, but the two I-94 rivals went toe-to-toe on this date. Chicago’s Elton Brand tied the game and sent it to overtime with a 7-footer with 25.5 seconds left in regulation, Milwaukee’s Sam Cassell kept it going to a second overtime with a last-second three-pointer in the first bonus frame and the Bucks escaped with a 126-122 win in double overtime. Glenn Robinson put the Bucks ahead by one with 30.8 seconds left before the Bulls’ Michael Ruffin missed a pair of free throws. Milwaukee’s Darvin Ham put the game on ice by making three of his four free throws in the final 14.4 seconds. Cassell led the Bucks with 40 points and 10 rebounds while Robinson added 31 points and Ray Allen had 27. Chicago’s Fred Holberg, now the coach of the Bulls, had his best game in the loss. “I had my best game ever here,” Holberg said in December 2017 before the Bulls’ last game at the Bradley Center. “I’m not a horn tooter … but I had 28 points and 13 assists.”

3/2/2013: The Bucks led the Toronto Raptors by eight heading into the fourth quarter, but that advantage quickly evaporated as the two teams went back-and-forth down the stretch. Ersan Ilyasova put Milwaukee up by two with 6.9 seconds left with a bucket at the rim, but Toronto’s Alan Anderson tied it right back up with an inside basket of his own with 1.6 seconds left to send the game to overtime. The Bucks made sure the extra frame wasn’t as dramatic as the fourth quarter, living in the paint during a 7-0 run to open overtime. The Raptors never got within one possession as the Bucks claimed a 122-114 victory. Ilyasova had 29 points and 11 rebounds, Larry Sanders added 13 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks and Brandon Jennings finished with 11 points and 19 assists. 

3/1/1992: The Bucks earned a 109-106 overtime win over the Atlanta Hawks to end a five-game losing streak, but it was certainly an adventure getting there. Milwaukee led by 10 with 3 1/2 minutes left in regulation and remained ahead by six, 102-96, with 14 seconds left in regulation. Struggles at the free-throw line — the Bucks went 1 of 6 in the final 30 seconds — kept the game interesting and the Hawks made them pay as center Blair Rasmussen hit a three-pointer with 9.5 seconds left before forward Duane Ferrell sent the game to overtime with a tough three from deep on the corner to beat the buzzer. Atlanta took a four-point lead at the start of the extra frame, but the Bucks rallied with a 7-0 run that concluded with a free throw by Jay Humphries and a pair from Moses Malone in the final 14 seconds to seal the win. Dale Ellis (26 points) led a group of seven Bucks players in double figures with Malone adding 19 points and 13 rebounds.

FEBRUARY

2/29/2016: The Bucks have only played at the Bradley Center three times on Leap Day and the most recent occurrence provided plenty of history. Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded his second triple-double in a week with 18 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists while Jabari Parker scored a career-high 36 points and Khris Middleton added 30 in a 128-121 win over the Houston Rockets. It was the first time a Bucks player has recored a triple-double when two teammates scored 30-plus points since Oscar Robertson (14 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (31 points) and Bob Dandridge (30 points) accomplished the feat on March 19, 1974. Antetokounmpo and Parker also became the first teammates age 21 or younger in NBA history to record a 35-point game and a triple-double in the same night. Middleton’s perfect 15 for 15 mark at the foul line matched a franchise record for most free-throw attempts without a miss.

2/28/2012: Milwaukee built a 22-point lead in the first half and led for more than 42 minutes in this one, but the Bucks found themselves trailing by one with 6.8 seconds left when Washington Wizards guard John Wall dropped in a running eight-footer. Following a timeout, Milwaukee’s Brandon Jennings drove the lane and put up a jumper that bounced off the rim, but forward Ersan Ilyasova was there to tip it in with 2.2 seconds left. Washington’s Roger Mason was whistled for traveling at the other end and the Bucks held on for a 119-118 win. Seven Bucks scored in double figures led by a season-best 28 points from Mike Dunleavy Jr. Jennings (14 points, 10 assists), Ilyasova (13 points, 11 rebounds) and Drew Gooden (15 points, 10 rebounds) each recorded a double-double.

2/27/2004: The Bucks and Memphis Grizzlies went back and forth in a game that featured 16 ties and 19 lead changes. With less than five minutes remaining, Keith Van Horn, who had 30 points on the night, gave the Bucks some breathing room with a seven-point spurt to turn a tied game into a five-point Milwaukee lead. That didn’t last, though, as Memphis’ James Posey tied the game on three separate occasions in the final two minutes, including on a 12-footer with 34.1 seconds left. Posey then fouled Milwaukee’s Michael Redd with 22.0 seconds left, but Redd only made one of his two free throws to give the Grizzlies a chance for the win with the shot clock off. After a timeout, Grizzlies wing Shane Battier missed an 11-footer and Desmond Mason grabbed the rebound and finished the 106-104 win with a free throw at the other end.

2/26/2008: With 5.9 seconds left, Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James dropped in a basket to even the score at 102. The Bucks had no timeouts left, so Michael Redd took the ensuing inbound and immediately pushed across half court, stopped about 27 feet from the basket, pump faked and lofted a shot over the outstretched left arm of Wally Szczerbiak. The shot caught nothing but net, giving the Bucks a 105-102 victory. Redd finished with 25 points, with that trey representing his only make in four attempts from long range. Mo Williams, who made a key 7-0 run by himself to erase a 92-85 deficit in the fourth quarter, led the Bucks with 37 points, seven rebounds and six assists. James finished with 35 points in a game the Cavaliers led for more than 30 minutes.

2/25/2001: The Bucks led by 17 points entering the fourth quarter and were well on their way to a 122-95 blowout of the Golden State Warriors, but coach George Karl opted to leave Glenn Robinson in the game. Robinson had scored 33 points through the first three quarters and had a chance at eclipsing his career-high of 44 points if he stayed in. Robinson did just that, stroking a three-pointer with 3 minutes, 44 seconds left to set a new career-best with 45 points. Karl subbed him out 19 seconds later, drawing a standing ovation.

2/24/2004: In the 55th game of his rookie season, Bucks guard T.J. Ford re-entered the game about midway through the fourth quarter. About a minute later, he came off a pick-and-roll was fouled by Mark Madsen of the Minnesota Timberwolves while making a layup. Ford, however, landed hard on his tailbone and lost all feeling in his extremities. With 4:34 on the clock, he was stretchered off the court. Ford, who had spinal stenosis, didn’t return until the 2005-’06 season as he recovered from surgery that fused his C-3 and C-4 vertebra together. And the game? The Bucks lost it, 108-102.

2/23/2001: The Vancouver Grizzlies made their final visit to the Bradley Center on this date, with the Bucks earning a 93-81 victory. The Grizzlies made their first two shots in the fourth quarter to pull within one with 10:53 to play, but it was all Bucks after that. Vancouver went 3 of 14 from the field with six turnovers from that point on while the Bucks used an 18-7 run on the way to a comfortable win. Ray Allen led the Bucks with 29 points, including six three-pointers, and added seven rebounds and seven assists. About a month later, Grizzlies owner Michael Heisley announced the team would be moving to Memphis.

2/22/2016: A sellout crowd came to the Bradley Center to see Kobe Bryant’s final game in Milwaukee. Fans wearing all colors cheered just about every time the future Hall of Famer touched the ball on the way to 15 points on 3 of 12 shooting. The capacity crowd was treated to another kind of history, too, as Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded his first triple-double with 27 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists — along with 4 blocks and 3 steals — in a 108-101 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. Antetokounmpo was able to visit with Bryant after the game, getting advice from him about how to take the next step.

2/21/2006: Coming out of the all-star break, the Bucks had every opportunity to score a key win against the New Jersey Nets. But they didn’t have Vince Carter and on this night that was the difference in an 89-85 loss. Milwaukee grabbed the lead in the first two minutes of the game and didn’t trail again until the final minute of the fourth quarter. Carter played a huge role in New Jersey’s second-half push, scoring 24 of his game-high 45 points in the third quarter. He followed that up by scoring all 14 of the Nets’ points over the final 5 1/2 minutes of the game while the Bucks collected just 14 points in the entire fourth quarter. Michael Redd and Bobby Simmons led the Bucks with 18 points each while Nets point guard Jason Kidd had 12 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds.

2/20/1995 & 2/20/2002 & 2/20/2009: This date had too many notable occurences to cut it down to one or two memorable moments, so here are three.

• In 1995, the Orlando Magic absolutely demolished the Bucks at the Bradley Center, scoring a whopping 152 points in regulation — including 49 in the third quarter, the most by a Bucks opponent in a single quarter. The Magic shared the love in that game, dishing out 46 assists on 60 made baskets, which was also the most ever by a Bucks opponent. Shaquille O’Neal led all scorers with 30 points while Anfernee Hardaway had 25 in handing the Bucks a 152-104 loss, Milwaukee’s worst regular-season home loss in team history.
• The Bucks didn’t get the hometown whistle on this night in 2002, but they really didn’t need it. Milwaukee shot a franchise-low 3 free throws — making all of them — as the Houston Rockets were called for just seven fouls in this contest. The Bucks still ran away with a 115-76 win. Michael Redd had 29 points off the bench in the win and Glenn Robinson added 21 points to go with six rebounds, six assists, five steals and two blocks.
• No opposing player has scored more points at the Bradley Center than LeBron James’ output on this day in 2009. In that game, a 111-103 Cleveland Cavaliers victory, James put up 55 points, which remains his fourth-most points during a game in his career. He went 16 of 29 from the field, including 8 of 11 on three-pointers, along with 15 of 22 from the free-throw line.

2/19/2001: The game went back and forth throughout, with the Bucks and San Antonio Spurs entering the final minute deadlocked in a tie. Following a timeout by the Bucks, Glenn Robinson, who tied for the team lead with 23 points, knocked down a 13-footer to put Milwaukee ahead then stole the ball from David Robinson at the other end. He missed a second 13-footer, but Ervin Johnson grabbed the offensive rebound, setting up a foul on Tim Thomas that led to Thomas making one of two free throws. San Antonio’s Derek Anderson missed a potential game-tying three-pointer and Milwaukee guard Sam Cassell iced the 102-98 victory with a free throw to snap San Antonio’s four-game win streak and kick off what would become a five-game win streak for the Bucks.

2/18/1992: Moses Malone, who scored 30 or more points over 200 times during his 1,455 games in his 21-year career in the ABA and NBA, did so for the first time in a Bucks uniform on this night in 1992 in a 128-116 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Malone concluded his season-high scoring night with a steal and dunk for a three-point play in the final minute. As a team, the Bucks shot 54.2% from the field with five players joining Malone in double figures, including Dale Ellis with 26 points, Alvin Robertson with 18, Frank Brickowski with 16 points and 10 rebounds and Jay Humphries with 13 points and 10 assists. The victory boosted the Bucks to 20-6 at the Bradley Center to that point in the season.

2/17/2004: The Bucks didn’t show any signs of rust in their first game out of the all-star break in trouncing the Orlando Magic, 127-104. Milwaukee guard Michael Redd, who was coming off his first all-star appearance, led the Bucks with 27 points including four three-pointers. Five other Bucks scored in double figures, including Joe Smith who had 17 points and 10 rebounds while T.J. Ford contributed six points and 12 of Milwaukee’s 32 assists. The Magic didn’t have that kind of scoring spread as Tracy McGrady collected 41 points on 15 of 31 shooting while only one other Orlando player reached double digits.

2/16/2011: The Bucks are 0-4 at the Bradley Center on Feb. 16, though they had every opportunity to pull out their game in 2011 against the Denver Nuggets, a contest that went down as a 94-87 loss. Milwaukee led by as many as five in the fourth quarter and went ahead 86-83 on a layup by John Salmons with 4:23 left that put him at a team-high 33 points. However, that marked the Bucks’ final made field goal of the night as they missed their final 10 shots in the loss. The Nuggets, led by 38 points and 12 rebounds from Carmelo Anthony, took control from there.

2/15/2018: As far as history goes, this matchup between the Bucks and the Denver Nuggets was full of it. On the positive side for the home team, Giannis Antetokounmpo had 36 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds to set the franchise record for most career triple-doubles in a Bucks uniform with nine, passing Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. While Antetokounmpo played a starring role, his effort wasn’t enough to put Milwaukee over the top in a 134-123 loss. Denver’s Nikola Jokic had a triple-double by halftime, setting an NBA record for the fastest recorded triple-double (14 minutes, 33 seconds of playing time). He finished with 30 points, 17 assists and 15 rebounds. As a team, the Nuggets made 24 three-pointers, the most ever by a Bucks opponent and one shy of tying the NBA record for the most in a game.

2/14/2003: The Bucks must have loved playing at the Bradley Center on Valentine’s Day, as they went 5-1 in their six games on that day with all five victories coming by double digits. In 2003, with the Bucks and Detroit Pistons tied heading into the fourth quarter, Michael Redd boosted Milwaukee to a 96-86 win by scoring 10 of his 12 points in the final period. Tim Thomas led the Bucks with 21 points while Anthony Mason had a double-double with 12 points and 14 rebounds in the win.

2/13/1993: The Bucks led by as many as 14 points with less than three minutes left, but missed seven of 18 free throws in the final 90 seconds to allow the Indiana Pacers to creep back in and make things close in what eventually became a 117-115 Milwaukee victory. Frank Brickowski paced the Bucks with 27 points, including making all 15 of his free-throw attempts, and also grabbed 13 rebounds. Rookie Todd Day, who scored 23 points, left the game early in the fourth quarter after dislocating his left elbow while tracking down a loose ball and missed nearly a month due to the injury.

2/12/2003: Two of the best offensive teams in the NBA, the Bucks and Dallas Mavericks engaged in a shootout with Milwaukee’s firepower besting Dallas — owners of the best record in the NBA — in a 120-114 victory. Ray Allen led the Bucks with 28 points, including five of their 12 three-pointers, to go with nine rebounds and seven assists. Tim Thomas added 27 points and Sam Cassell had 15, including a 12-footer with 25.2 seconds left that gave Milwaukee a three-point lead. Dirk Nowitzki had 27 points, Steve Nash added 26 and Michael Finley had 25 for Dallas in the loss, which concluded a season sweep for the Bucks and dropped the Mavericks to 17-3 against the Eastern Conference.

2/11/1999: After a lockout that delayed the start of the season, the Bucks played their home opener — the latest in their history — on this night at the Bradley Center. It was the first game on the home bench for head coach George Karl and in front of a loud, near-capacity crowd, the Bucks welcomed the return of the NBA season with a 95-75 victory over the New Jersey Nets to improve to 3-0. Five Bucks players scored in double figures, led by Ray Allen with 19 points and Glenn Robinson with 18.

2/10/1994: The Chicago Bulls, which had been jolted by Michael Jordan’s retirement to play baseball prior to the season, still had no problem with the Bucks on this night in a 97-80 win. Bulls forward Horace Grant dished out a career-high 10 assists and collected 15 rebounds, getting as close as he would in his career to a triple-double, falling short by five points. Grant had plenty of opportunities to score but went just 2 of 12 from the field. Todd Day led the Bucks with 26 points in the loss.

2/9/2016: The Bucks squandered a 19-point, fourth-quarter lead against the Boston Celtics, with Boston tying the game on a three-pointer by Jae Crowder with 23.1 seconds left. Greg Monroe, who led the Bucks with 29 points and 12 rebounds, put Milwaukee back in the lead with a hook shot with one second left. Then things got a little wacky. Bucks guard Jerryd Bayless fouled Kelly Olynyk during the ensuing inbound and Olynyk hit both free throws to tie the score with no time coming off the clock. Then, following a timeout, Avery Bradley fouled Bucks wing Khris Middleton with 0.6 seconds left as he received the inbound pass to try a last-second shot. Middleton made the first free throw and intentionally missed the second to give the Bucks a 112-111 win.

2/8/2017: The storyline entering this night centered around how, with Khris Middleton coming back from hamstring surgery after missing the whole season to this point, the Bucks were about to have their big three — Middleton, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jabari Parker — back together. It didn’t last long. In the third quarter, Parker made a strong move to the hoop and his left knee buckled, sending him to the ground. He was diagnosed with a torn left ACL — his second such injury in less than three seasons — the next day. Parker’s injury put a cloud over the game as the Bucks fell, 106-88, to the Miami Heat.

2/7/2009: Ramon Sessions, a second-year guard who made his way into the Bucks’ starting lineup after Luke Ridnour broke his thumb, put together one of the best games of his NBA career in a 126-121 overtime loss against the Detroit Pistons. He scored a career-high 44 points and dished out 12 assists over nearly 47 minutes in the defeat. In the process, he attempted 21 free throws and made 18, both Bradley Center records. Passing and getting to the free-throw line have since become staples in Sessions’ career, which has spanned 663 games. Huge scoring nights have not been as common, though, as Sessions has only scored over 30 points one other time, a 32-point performance on Feb. 16, 2011, as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

2/6/1996: With the game tied and 39 seconds left, Johnny Newman went to the free-throw line trying to put the Bucks ahead against the Dallas Mavericks. He did just that with his first attempt but missed the second. Luckily for the Bucks, Terry Cummings grabbed the rebound and got the ball to Vin Baker, who knocked down a 12-foot baseline jumper to put him at a team-high 36 points on the night. On the ensuing Mavericks possession, Baker blocked a jumper by Jim Jackson and the Bucks took over, with Randolph Keys sealing what became a 114-11 win with a pair of free throws. George McCloud led Dallas with 36 points, including 8 of 12 from three-point range, in the loss.

2/5/2000: Toronto’s first trip to the Bradley Center during the 1999-2000 season included a fight and three ejections on Jan. 15, 2000. The second matchup between these two teams wasn’t as dramatic as the Raptors claimed a 98-95 victory thanks in large part to 30 points, 11 rebounds, five assists, four steals and two blocks from Vince Carter. The Bucks scored just 34 points in the first half and trailed by 14 at halftime before rallying back to the point where they had a chance to tie the game in the final minute but Glenn Robinson, who scored a team-high 29 points, couldn’t connect on a three-pointer. During their 30 years at the Bradley Center, the Bucks were 0-4 at home on Feb. 5.

2/4/2012: In many ways, this was a forgettable game for the Milwaukee Bucks. Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose orchestrated a thorough shellacking, scoring 26 points, dishing 13 assists and tallying seven rebounds in a 113-90 Bulls victory. Chicago ran away with it early, scoring 67 points in the first half alone to take a 24-point lead into intermission. The one reason this game remains notable, though, is the Bucks committed just eight fouls on the night, the fewest in team history. In just 22 minutes, Bucks guard Brandon Jennings accumulated four of those fouls. Drew Gooden led the Bucks in scoring with 24 points.

2/3/2014: With the game tied and the shot clock off, Brandon Knight slowly set up his final shot. As the clock ticked down, he stepped into a three-pointer that caught nothing but net to with 1.4 seconds left to lift the Bucks to a 101-98 victory over the New York Knicks. Knight had a team-high 25 points in the victory while New York Carmelo Anthony and JR Smith had 36 and 30 points, respectively. The game had an extra layer of meaning for rookie Giannis Antetokounmpo, who had 15 points off the bench, because it marked the first time his parents and younger brothers saw him play an NBA game in person. The whole family had recently completed the immigration process and arrived from Greece to live with Giannis.

2/2/1992: The Bucks put together a strong, complete effort to beat the Seattle SuperSonics, 122-106. On offense, Milwaukee had seven players in double figures and shot an impressive 58.0% from the field. On defense, the Bucks collected 15 steals and blocked 10 shots. Dale Ellis led the Bucks in doing a bit of everything with a team-high 23 points to go with seven rebounds, five assists, two blocks and a steal in just 28 minutes. Moses Malone added 22 points, 13 rebounds, four blocks and three steals.

2/1/1990: Alvin Robertson racked up 16 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists for his second triple-double to lead the Bucks to a 129-11 win over the Orlando Magic. The victory was a total team effort. Eight Bucks scored in double-figures in a game Milwaukee led by 24 points heading into the fourth quarter.

JANUARY

1/31/1995: Vin Baker, who was in the midst of his first all-star season, made a three-pointer with 2.8 seconds left to send the Bucks to a 107-105 victory over the Dallas Mavericks. Baker had been just 2 of 8 on three-pointers to that point in the season, but made both of his three-point attempts on this night at the Bradley Center. He recalls it as one of his most memorable home games in four seasons with the Bucks. Rookie Glenn Robinson set an early career high with 38 points on 17 of 28 shooting in the win.

1/30/2003 and 1/30/2004: Michael Jordan scored 24 points to lead the Washington Wizards in his final game at the Bradley Center. It was one of his lower scoring outputs at the Bradley Center, though, as he averaged 32.9 points per game in 22 appearances. The Bucks won the game, 97-90, led by 31 points from Sam Cassell. One year later, the Bucks hosted LeBron James for the first time and earned a 101-95 victory. Michael Redd led all scorers with 24 points and James recorded 20.

1/29/1991: The game itself was forgettable, with the Bucks following up an 0-5 West Coast road trip with a dud against the Denver Nuggets, one of the worst teams in the league that season, in a 126-122 loss. But the game unquestionably featured a memorable moment, the kind you definitely don’t see every day. In the fourth quarter, Bucks coach Del Harris went out onto the court to protest after a foul hadn’t been called in Milwaukee’s favor. He did so, though, as Denver was on a fast break. Nuggets guard Michael Adams, who had 41 points on the night, slammed into Harris, with Harris holding his ground and Adams falling to the floor. As the Milwaukee Journal’s Tom Enlund wrote, “It was one of the Bucks’ few defensive (stops) of the night.” Harris was ejected.

1/28/2007: Milwaukee led for most of the game and held a 13-point advantage during the fourth quarter, but the New York Knicks refused to go away. The Knicks rallied to pull within two in the final minute but twice had their comeback denied by Mo Williams. Williams knocked down a 16-footer with 39.7 seconds left to push the Bucks’ lead back to four. Following a layup by Stephon Marbury, Williams beat the shot clock with a 20-footer to essentially seal the win with 3.1 seconds left. Jamal Crawford made things interesting with a three-pointer with 0.8 seconds left, but Williams made a free throw at the other end with 0.4 seconds on the clock and New York didn’t get another shot off as the Bucks won, 107-105. Williams had 30 points and 10 assists in the victory.

1/27/2008: The Bucks seemed well on their way to a victory when Charlie Bell put them up 11 points with 1 minute, 40 seconds remaining. But the Washington Wizards has other plans. Over those final 100 seconds, the Bucks missed both their shots and committed a pair of turnovers as the Wizards got every rebound and erased the deficit with time to spare when Racine native Caron Butler capped an 11-0 run with a seven-footer with 20.2 seconds left. Milwaukee got down by as many as four points in the overtime period before Mo Williams turned the tables over the final 1 minute, 20 seconds. He made back-to-back three-pointers to put the Bucks ahead and added a pair of free throws with 2.3 seconds left to help lift Milwaukee to a 105-102 victory. Butler finished with 40 points while Williams paced the Bucks with 25. Andrew Bogut added 18 points and 15 rebounds in the win.

1/26/2004: Milwaukee’s Joe Smith came up with a huge block on San Antonio Spurs center Tim Duncan with 2.8 seconds left and the Bucks up one, but that didn’t mean Milwaukee was out of the woods yet. The Spurs inbounded and Duncan put down a dunk as time expired, seemingly giving San Antonio the victory. But as the Spurs celebrated, the Bucks called for a replay and the referees obliged. Upon further review, Duncan’s game-winner came after time had expired and the call was reversed, giving the Bucks a 93-92 victory over the defending champions. Tim Thomas led the Bucks with 22 points while Michael Redd added 21 and Brian Skinner contributed 11 points and 13 rebounds.

1/25/2003: The Bucks took control in the second half on the way to an 88-75 victory over the Denver Nuggets. Sam Cassell paced the Bucks — which shot 50% from the field on just 62 attempts — with 26 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Ray Allen added 21 points in the win.

1/24/2009: With four minutes, 16 seconds left in the third quarter against the Sacramento Kings, Michael Redd’s season came to an end and the trajectory of his career changed. In that moment, he landed awkwardly on teammate Luke Ridnour’s foot after missing a shot near the hoop and tore the ACL and MCL in his left knee. The Bucks went on to claim a 106-104 win despite missing their last three shots and going just 3 of 6 from the free-throw line in the final minute. Richard Jefferson led Milwaukee with 20 points in 46 minutes.

1/23/2017: The Bucks snapped a five-game losing streak with a resounding 127-114 victory over the Houston Rockets. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a game-high 31 points with seven rebounds and four blocks. Jabari Parker chipped in 28 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.

1/22/2002: If you enjoy long-range shooting, this wasn’t the game for you. The Bucks went 0 of 15 from beyond the three-point arc — the most attempts in franchise history without a make — and the Phoenix Suns weren’t much better, finishing 4 of 17 from deep. Those made three-pointers essentially accounted for the difference as the Suns won, 92-81. Sam Cassell led the Bucks with 24 points in the loss while Tim Thomas and Ray Allen struggled mightily, combining to go 4 for 29 from the field and 0 for 12 from three-point range.

1/21/1990: Alvin Robertson recorded his first triple-double in a Bucks jersey, which was the 32nd in franchise history and the first at the Bradley Center. He had 19 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists in just 29 minutes in a 127-101 win over the Miami Heat. Robertson, who joined the Bucks in 1989 after opening his career with the San Antonio Spurs, recorded a rare quadruple-double on February 18, 1986, while with the Spurs when he had 20 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals.

1/20/2010: The Bucks survived a career night from Toronto Raptors forward Chris Bosh on the way to a 113-107 victory. Bosh, an 11-time all-star in his 13 seasons, put up a career-high 44 points on 15 of 25 shooting to carry the Raptors throughout the night. Milwaukee used a 6-0 run early in the fourth to break a tie and then maintained their lead for the final 8 1/2 minutes of the contest. Bucks center Andrew Bogut didn’t score a career-high like Bosh, but he did put up 27 points on 11-of-14 shooting to go with 12 rebounds and three blocks in the win.

1/19/1990: With 14 seconds left and the game tied, the Bucks ran a Jay Humphries-Jack Sikma pick-and-roll on their final play against the Los Angeles Lakers. Humphries was double-teamed and passed back to Sikma, who squared to shoot but instead fired a pass to Fred Roberts who had streaked into the lane. Roberts was fouled with 1.1 seconds left, missing the first free throw before making the second. Lakers center Mychal Thompson then missed a three-foot jump hook off the front of the rim, giving the Bucks a 103-102 victory in front of a sellout crowd. The Bucks squandered a 23-point lead in the win, but pulled out the victory thanks to Roberts’ late free throw.

According Tom Enlund’s story that ran in the next day’s Milwaukee Journal, Sikma had some advice before Roberts shot the first of his two free throws with 1.1 seconds left, which came after Roberts had missed his previous two: “I told him before the first one to think about his best sexual experience,” Sikma said. “He almost air-balled that one. I told him you’ve sure led a boring life.” According to Roberts, Ricky Pierce “said he’d kill me if I missed another one,” before Roberts sank the second.

1/18/2002: The Bucks trailed the Orlando Magic by 10 entering the fourth quarter but took over to claim a 115-110 victory thanks to a strong shooting effort in the final period. Milwaukee put up 42 points in that frame on 13 of 20 shooting while making all 13 of its free-throw attempts. That hot shooting was par for the course that night as the Bucks shot 53.9% from the field. Ray Allen scored a team-high 28 points while making 6 of 8 three-point attempts, Sam Cassell nearly put up a triple-double with 26 points, nine rebounds and eight assists and Tim Thomas added 22 points. Michael Redd had 15 points off the bench and Darvin Ham made all five of his shots to contribute 13 points.

1/17/1992: This game was anything but pretty. The Bucks shot under 38.9% from the field, lost the rebounding margin by 17 — including giving up 26 offensive rebounds to the New York Knicks — and committed 16 turnovers. But thanks in large part to 43 free throw attempts, of which they made 30, the Bucks battled to a 90-85 victory to end a four-game losing streak. Bucks forward Moses Malone had team-highs with 20 points and seven rebounds in the win.

1/16/1990: Sidney Moncrief was the star for the Bucks teams that won 50 games for seven straight seasons and appeared in the playoffs in each of his 10 seasons from 1979-’89. On this night, the Bucks honored him and retired his jersey No. 4. As for the game, Alvin Robertson scored a season-high 37 points to go with 16 rebounds and eight assists and Ricky Pierce contributed 31 points off the bench in a 134-126 win over the Golden State Warriors.

1/15/2016: Michael Carter-Williams came up with a key block in the final seconds of regulation and the Bucks took charge in overtime to earn a 108-101 victory. Giannis Antetokounmpo had six points, including a three-pointer, in the extra period on his way to 28 points along  with what was then a career-high with 16 rebounds. Carter-Williams nearly recorded a triple-double with 15 points, nine rebounds and seven assists while John Henson bounced back from getting dunked on by Paul Millsap late in the first quarter to anchor the Bucks inside with 10 points and six blocks.

1/14/2005: Michael Redd knocked down a three-pointer with 18.3 seconds left to tie Milwaukee's game against the Washington Wizards. However, the Bucks couldn’t get the final stop to force overtime in a 105-103 loss. Wizards guard Larry Hughes drove by Desmond Mason and deposited a layup with 0.7 seconds left to hand the Bucks their third loss in a row. Hughes finished with 23 points, eight assists and five steals. Redd topped all Bucks scorers with 20 points.

1/13/1995: Through three quarters, just about everything was going right for the Bucks against the Nw York Knicks — something that couldn’t have been said much during the 1994-’95 season. Milwaukee built a lead as large as 17 midway through the third and led by nine heading into the fourth. That’s when the Bucks’ offense ground to a halt. Glenn Robinson hit a three-pointer with 43 seconds left to give Milwaukee its first field goal of the final quarter. Eric Murdock added another with 0.4 seconds but it was too late as the Knicks scored a 91-88 win. The Bucks shot 2 of 12 in the fourth quarter and scored just 12 points. Robinson finished with a team-high 24 points while New York center Patrick Ewing had 24 points, 14 rebounds.

1/12/2000: The Bucks fell to the Los Angeles Lakers, 103-94, but during the game set a franchise record that has yet to be broken. Milwaukee made all 28 of its free throws, with Ray Allen leading the way with 10 conversions at the line. In terms of perfect free-throw shooting games, 28 without a miss remains the most in franchise history.

1/11/1992: With the benefit of hindsight, it’s possible to argue this game marked the beginning of the end for the 1991-’92 Bucks. Facing a floundering Sacramento Kings team that had won three of its past 61 road games, the Bucks let victory slip away in a 106-105 overtime loss. Lionel Simmons, who had 24 points and 12 rebounds, gave Sacramento the win at the free throw line with 4.8 seconds left in the extra frame. With their second loss in as many days to a sub-.500 opponent, the Bucks dropped from three games above .500 and began their downward slide to a 31-51 season.

1/10/2000: When it comes to keeping your foot on the pedal for all four quarters, the Bucks’ 137-87 victory over the Charlotte Hornets might be the perfect example. Milwaukee put up 31 or more points in each quarter, outscoring the Hornets by at least nine points each frame. The result was a 50-point victory in which the team tied its second-most points scored in a regulation game in Bradley Center history (the previous 137-point game was on Nov. 30, 1991). All 10 Bucks players who appeared scored at least eight points, with seven reaching double figures. Ray Allen led the way with 26 points and Tim Thomas added 21 off the bench as the Bucks shot an impressive 64.0% from the field.

1/9/2009: New Jersey Nets guard Bobby Simmons knocked down a three-pointer with 9.0 seconds left off a feed from Vince Carter — his career-high 14th assists, a number that still stands — to tie the score at 102. Coming out of a timeout, Bucks guard Luke Ridnour executed a crossover to get past Simmons and drove the lane. He put up a floater that went down with 0.5 seconds left to give the Bucks a 104-102 victory. Bucks guard Michael Redd had 24 points to lead all scorers.

1/8/2000: With 1.6 seconds left in double overtime, Washington Wizards guard Mitch Richmond hit a fadeaway to give the Wizards a one-point lead. Following a timeout, Bucks big man Scott Williams caught the inbound and spun past Washington center Jahidi White and deposited a layup with 0.2 seconds on the clock to give the Bucks a 130-129 victory. The game-winner was only Williams’ second basket of the night but with 7 of 10 shooting at the free throw line put him at 11 points. Glenn Robinson (34 points), Ray Allen (28 points) and Sam Cassell (16 points) topped the Bucks in scoring but all fouled out. Tim Thomas added 15 points off the bench and Ervin Johnson had seven points and 18 rebounds.

1/7/2011: Bucks center Andrew Bogut set a franchise record with 27 rebounds in a 101-95 overtime loss to the Miami Heat. Bogut grabbed 20 defensive and seven offensive rebounds in the defeat, adding 12 points, three assists, three steals and two blocks. Bucks guard Earl Boykins forced overtime with a layup with 1.8 seconds left but Milwaukee only scored four points in the extra frame. LeBron James led the Heat with 26 points, 10 rebounds, six steals and five assists.

1/6/1990: The Bucks had their offense humming, racking up 96 points through three quarters on the way to a 118-11 victory over the Chicago Bulls. The starters on both teams all scored in double figures, with Bucks sixth-man Ricky Pierce also kicking in 18 points in the win. Jack Sikma led the Bucks with 21 points to go with six rebounds and five assists while Alvin Robertson added 18 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists. Michael Jordan had 35 points, nine rebounds, five assists, five steals but also six turnovers for the Bulls.

1/5/1996: Sherman Douglas recorded the first and only triple-double of his career with 15 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in a 113-96 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. As a team, Milwaukee had 30 assists on 43 made baskets, with many of those passes going in the direction of Vin Baker, who led all scorers with 41 points on 16 of 28 shooting.

1/4/2000: The Bucks got off to a slow start, falling behind by 10 points heading into the second quarter, but Glenn Robinson wasn’t going to let things stay that way. The power forward known as “Big Dog” carried the Bucks throughout the night, tying his season high with 36 points on 17 of 23 shooting to lead Milwaukee to a 116-113 win over the Atlanta Hawks. Robinson knocked down a pair of jumpers to put the Bucks up one with 37 seconds left but missed a pair of free throws that would have made it a two-possession game. The Hawks’ three-point tries were off the mark as the Bucks successfully bounced back from an overtime loss in Philadelphia the night before.

1/3/2003 & 1/3/1992: Hall of Fame duo John Stockton and Karl Malone made their last trip to the Bradley Center together with the Utah Jazz in 2003. Together they led the Jazz to a 118-115 win over the Bucks with Stockton scoring 20 points and adding eight assists while Malone had 19 points. In 1992, the Bucks ended a six-game win streak for the Chicago Bulls with a 113-108 win despite 44 points from Michael Jordan. Seven Bucks scored in double figures led by 23 from Jay Humphries and 20 from Dale Ellis.

1/2/2010: This game between the Bucks and Oklahoma City Thunder wasn’t much of a shootout down the stretch. After a jumper by Kevin Durant that tied the game with 2:33 remaining, neither team scored again until the 3:37 mark of overtime when Bucks guard Michael Redd got a shot to fall, ending a 4-minute, 20-second Milwaukee drought. He scored the Bucks’ first six points in overtime before Luke Ridnour and Andrew Bogut alternated baskets to help the Bucks claim a 103-97 victory. Redd had a team-high 27 points while Bogut added 23 points and 15 rebounds. Durant led the Thunder with 31 points.

1/1/2011: This game represents the Bucks’ only New Year’s Day game during the Bradley Center’s 30-year run. It featured a battle between a pair of backup point guards, with J.J. Barea of the Dallas Mavericks leading all scorers with 29 points and the Bucks’ Earl Boykins putting up 26 points to lead Milwaukee as the Bucks claimed a 99-87 victory. Bucks forward Ersan Ilyasova recorded what was then a career high with 17 rebounds to go along with 16 points. Current Bucks coach Jason Kidd filled up the stat sheet in the loss with 14 points, nine assists, seven rebounds and six steals.

DECEMBER

12/31: No games.

12/30/1999: Trailing by 11 with under six minutes remaining, the Bucks leaned on their free-throw shooting to embark on a 17-5 run to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers, 91-90. Milwaukee made 16 of 17 free throws in the fourth quarter alone, including a pair by Tim Thomas with 13.6 seconds left to put the game at its final margin. Cleveland’s Bobby Sura, who had 19 points, 12 rebounds, missed a scoop shot at the other end before time ran out. Sam Cassell led the Bucks with 20 points, including 10 from the free-throw line on perfect shooting. Glenn Robinson added 17, with 16 coming in the first half, and Ray Allen had 15 points and seven assists. Allen also made a key defensive play, forcing a jump ball with 17 seconds left that led to Thomas’ deciding free throws.

12/29/2001: Ray Allen was out with left knee tendinitis. Glenn Robinson left the game in the fourth quarter due to a left thigh bruise. Playing without two of their stars at crunch time, the Bucks found a way to outlast the San Antonio Spurs, 102-99, in overtime to claim their third straight series sweep of San Antonio. Tim Thomas matched Robinson for the team-high with 24 points, with Thomas scoring two clutch buckets late in overtime to help put Milwaukee over the top. Anthony Mason came close to a triple-double, with what was then a season-high of 18 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists. Spurs center Tim Duncan topped all scorers with 38 points in the loss, including scoring San Antonio’s last five points in regulation to force overtime. In the extra frame, he scored four of the Spurs’ six points, but couldn’t connect on a last-second attempt at tying the game from beyond the arc.

12/28/2017: Prior to the Bucks’ final season at the Bradley Center, this date didn’t really have any memorable games or performances attached to it. In 2013, Minnesota’s Kevin Love had 33 points and 15 rebounds in a blowout of a Bucks team that went on to set a franchise low of 15 wins that season. Milwaukee’s Michael Redd scored 28 points to pace a 115-87 drubbing of the Houston Rockets in 2004 and the New Jersey Nets were fairly comfortable in earning an eight-point win in 2002. Then, in the Bucks’ final game at the Bradley Center in 2017, something truly memorable happened. The Bucks fell behind the Timberwolves by 20 in the third quarter, drawing boos from the home crowd. Over the final 19 minutes of the game, though, Milwaukee only heard raucous cheers as it battled back to build a lead as large as nine points in the final seconds of a 102-96 victory. Eric Bledsoe had 26 points and Giannis Antetokounmpo added 22 points, 10 rebounds in the win.

12/27/2008: The Bucks shot just 30.4% from the field in an 87-76 loss to the Detroit Pistons, their lowest shooting percentage at the Bradley Center. Center Andrew Bogut paced Milwaukee with 17 points but was 6 of 15 from the floor. Michael Redd was held to four points on 2-of-11 shooting and seven players off the Bucks’ bench combined to make 6 of 32 shots (18.8%), with Tyronn Lue missing all seven of his attempts, Charlie Villanueva going 1 of 7. Four Pistons scored in double figures, led by 19 points from Tayshaun Prince and 18 from Allen Iverson.

12/26/1990: Alvin Robertson recorded his fifth and final triple-double in a Bucks uniform — all of them coming at the Bradley Center — with 25 points, 16 rebounds and 12 assists in a 126-119 win over the Golden State Warriors. The game featured plenty of offense in the final 12 minutes with the two teams combining for 79 points in the fourth quarter. Jay Humphries and Ricky Pierce led the Bucks with 28 points each.

12/25: No games.

12/24: No games.

12/23/2016: Giannis Antetokounmpo was serenaded with M-V-P chants — something fairly new to him — as he set what was then a career-high with 39 points in a 123-96 win over the Washington Wizards. He had a chance for 40 points, but missed his final free-throw attempt. He added eight rebounds, six assists and two steals in the blowout. Jabari Parker had 21 points and eight rebounds and rookie Malcolm Brogdon scored 17 points on 7 of 7 shooting, the best output of his career to that point. Curiously, Mirza Teletovic went 0 of 9 from the field yet was plus-24 during his 24 minutes on the court.

12/22/2007: Yi Jianlian was nearly automatic in leading the Bucks to a 103-99 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats. The rookie center, who also had 10 rebounds, made 14 of his 17 shot attempts on the way to 29 points, the most in his one season with the Bucks. He had 15 points in the first half then scored three straight buckets out of the break as he added 10 points in the third quarter.

12/21/2000: The Bucks held the New Jersey Nets to 33.3% shooting on this night, the lowest percentage by an opponent at the Bradley Center. The Nets only had 29 points at halftime and 47 through three quarters, but rallied for 31 points in the fourth quarter to tie the game on a Stephon Marbury three-pointer with 5.6 seconds left. Ray Allen responded at the other end, clinching an 80-78 win by burying a 15-footer with 0.3 seconds left. Allen and Tim Thomas led the Bucks with 16 points each in the victory.

12/20/2006: The Bucks trailed the Miami Heat by three at halftime then turned things around in a big way in the second half. Milwaukee put up 68 points in the final two frames to run away with a 121-95 victory. Mo Williams starred for the Bucks, recording the first and only triple-double of his career with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.

12/19/2009: The Bucks had not won a home game on Dec. 19 in the Bradley Center-era until 2017 when they held off the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 119-116 win. Before that, this contest was as close as they got. Ersan Ilyasova scored off a feed from Brandon Jennings with five seconds left to give the Bucks a one-point lead over the Sacramento Kings. After a timeout, though, Kings guard Tyreke Evans, who had a game-high 24 points, made a layup with 0.9 seconds left and Andrew Bogut’s 12-footer at the other end was off the mark as Sacramento escaped with a 96-95 win. All five Bucks starters scored in double figures, led by Carlos Delfino’s 17 points. Bogut (15 points, 13 rebounds) and Ilyasova (14 points, 10 rebounds) each recorded double-doubles.

12/18/2004: Teams had trouble stopping Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson throughout his career and especially during the 2004-’05 season when he led the league with an average of 30.7 points per game. On this night in Milwaukee, Iverson put up 54 points, the most by any player — either on the Bucks or their opponent — in Bradley Center history at the time, to lead the 76ers to a 116-97 win over the Bucks. Michael Redd was Milwaukee’s top scorer with 29 points.

12/17/2002: The Bucks just needed one last stop to outlast the Toronto Raptors in regulation, but Lindsey Hunter had other plans, burying a 27-footer with 1.5 seconds left to send the game to overtime tied at 104. Milwaukee built a five-point lead early in the extra session on a three-pointer by Ray Allen, but Toronto crept back to take a one-point lead with 30 seconds to play. That margin stretched to three points when the Bucks inbounded with 14 seconds left hoping to get some payback for Hunter’s shot and send the game to another overtime. They didn’t get the chance as Tim Thomas had the ball stolen by Jerome Williams and Morris Peterson made a pair of free throws to give the Raptors a 122-117 victory. Allen led the Bucks with 37 points in the loss.

12/16/2009: With 5.4 seconds left on the clock and the Bucks leading the Lakers by a point in overtime, Lakers star Kobe Bryant caught an inbound pass just behind half court, drove inside the three-point arc, backed down Charlie Bell and turned for a fadeaway jumper. It caught nothing but net with the clock at zero to send the Bucks to a 107-106 loss.

12/15/2007: The Bucks had their way with the Minnesota Timberwolves, leading by as many as 12 points in the fourth quarter on the way to a 95-92 win. The final margin looked closer than it was because Rashad McCants hit a three-pointer with 1.2 seconds left. The most memorable aspect of the game was Bucks rookie Yi Jianlian, a 7-footer from China who the Bucks had taken with the No. 6 overall pick in the 2007 draft despite Jianlian’s apparent disinterest in playing in Milwaukee. In his 23rd NBA game, he set a new career high with 22 points, including eight in the final 3 1/2 minutes to help seal the win. That total remained the second-most points he scored for the Bucks in his year with the team before being traded to the New Jersey Nets in the summer of 2008.

12/14/2004: The five-win Bucks led the Sacramento Kings (13-6) by as many as 10 points with 7:23 remaining in the game, but the Kings bounced right back with a 12-0 run as the Bucks missed five shots in a row. The teams spent the final five minutes within two points of each other before Milwaukee's Mike James missed his first free throw of the night after making his previous five attempts to leave the game tied with 4.2 seconds left. Mike Bibby inbounded to Kings forward Chris Webber at the top of the key and Webber took a jab step with his right foot before launching a three-pointer that circled the rim and went down to give the Kings an 89-86 win. Desmond Mason had 23 points to lead the Bucks in the loss while Bibby paced the Kings with 27 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists.

12/13/2013: The Bucks held a two-point advantage and the opportunity to inbound the ball with 19.2 seconds left against the Chicago Bulls. The ball made its way to Gary Neal along the sideline where he was expecting to draw a foul. Instead, Bulls forward Joakim Noah reached for and grabbed the ball, forcing a jump ball between him and Neal, which Noah easily won. Bulls forward Mike Dunleavy Jr., a former Buck from 2011-’13 who was playing his his first game at the Bradley Center since leaving the Bucks in free agency, caught a pass from Kirk Hinrich near the top of the key and banked in a three-pointer with 5.8 seconds left to give the Bulls a 91-90 lead — their first of the second half. An O.J. Mayo floater was blocked by none other than Noah at the other end as the Bulls held on for the win. Noah led the Bulls with 21 points, 18 rebounds, five assists, three steals and three blocks. Neal had a team-high 17 points off the bench for the Bucks.

12/12/2015: The Bucks ended the Golden State Warriors’ season-opening, 24-game win streak with a 108-95 victory. Center Greg Monroe carried the Bucks with 28 points, 11 rebounds and five assists and scored 11 points in the fourth quarter, much to the delight of the sellout crowd of 18,717, which included fans wearing 24-1 T-shirts. In busting Golden State's streak, Milwaukee became the first team that season to hold the Warriors under 100 points and the Bucks limited Stephen Curry to just two three-pointers and 28 points. It appeared that Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo had recorded his first career triple-double in the victory with 11 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, but two assists were later rescinded.

12/11/1988: Trailing by a point with three seconds remaining, the Bucks had one last chance to put away the Los Angeles Lakers and in the process end Los Angeles' seven-game win streak. The ball found Jay Humphries at the top of the key — just as the Lakers had hoped — and Magic Johnson and Michael Cooper advanced on him. Humphries, a Los Angeles native who played high school basketball in Inglewood, split the double-team and nailed a 16-footer at the buzzer to give the Bucks the victory. Humphries finished with 18 points while Sidney Moncrief led all scorers with 23 and Terry Cummings added 20.

12/10/2005: At just 21 years old, Cleveland Cavaliers phenom LeBron James surpassed the 50-point mark for the second time in his career by pouring in 52 points against the Bucks. But that wasn't enough for Cleveland to grab a win at the Bradley Center. The Bucks put forth a balanced attack led by 24 points from T.J. Ford, who went 5 of 5 on three-pointers, 23 points from Michael Redd and 21 from rookie center Andrew Bogut in a 111-106 victory.

12/9/1990: The Bucks trailed the Seattle SuperSonics by one heading into the fourth quarter, but that deficit didn’t last long. Fueled by eight points from Ricky Pierce, the Bucks embarked on a 15-4 quarter-opening run to take a double-digit lead and never looked back en route to their 10th straight home win to start the season. Milwaukee, which won by a final score of 105-99, got 24 points from Pierce, including 14 in the fourth quarter. Alvin Robertson flirted with a quadruple-double, finishing with 19 points, nine assists, eight rebounds and seven steals in the win. Shawn Kemp led the Sonics with 31 points and 10 rebounds.

12/8/2010: With 0.5 seconds on the clock, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute lofted an inbound pass toward the hoop in the direction of Andrew Bogut, who was streaking toward the basket. Bogut leapt over Indiana Pacers center Jeff Foster and tapped the ball into the hoop to beat the buzzer and give the Bucks a 97-95 victory.

12/7/2016: Jabari Parker put up 27 points and Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded his seventh career triple-double with 15 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists as the Bucks survived a barrage of 17 three-pointers to beat the Portland Trail Blazers, 115-107.

12/6/1988: Ricky Pierce had 24 points and Terry Cummings added 21 points and 12 rebounds as the Bucks turned a tight game into a blowout in the second half on the way to a 109-84 win over the Detroit Pistons. The victory was the 1,000th in franchise history.

12/5/1990 and 12/5/1999: In 1990, Alvin Robertson scored eight of his 31 points in overtime to lead the Bucks past the Cleveland Cavaliers, 113-109. Robertson also had 11 rebounds, five assists and five steals. The game was Milwaukee’s second overtime contest in as many nights, reaching an extra period after Craig Ehlo missed a three-point attempt as time expired in regulation. In 1999, Sam Cassell dished out 18 assists in a 103-97 win over the Dallas Mavericks. At the time, the 18 assists marked a career high for Cassell, who reached 19 assists just 24 days later in a loss to the Charlotte Hornets. Eighteen assists remain tied for Cassell’s most at the Bradley Center.

12/4/2010: The Bucks took full advantage of a depleted Orlando Magic lineup in a 96-85 victory to snap Orlando’s six-game win streak. The Magic were without Jameer Nelson and Dwight Howard and playing with just eight players available. With Howard out, Bucks center Andrew Bogut dominated the interior, scoring 31 points and grabbing 18 rebounds — eight offensive — while blocking a pair of shots in the victory. Bogut’s only issues came at the free-throw line, where he went 5 of 16 and couldn’t take advantage of the Magic intentionally fouling him in the fourth quarter. Brandon Jennings chipped in 27 points, seven rebounds and six assists.

12/3/2014: The Bucks built an eight-point lead over the Dallas Mavericks with less than 4 1/2 minutes left before Monta Ellis turned things around. Ellis, who had played with the Bucks from March 2012 through the 2012-’13 season, scored 10 of his 23 points over the final four minutes, including making the Mavericks’ final four field goals. The last one decided the outcome of the game, as Ellis took an inbound with the game tied and drove inside the three-point arc before spinning left and launching an 18-foot fadeaway off his left foot that caught nothing but net to give Dallas a 107-105 win. Brandon Knight had 25 points, six rebounds, five assists and four steals for the Bucks in the loss.

12/2/1992: Frank Brickowski collected 23 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and four steals to lead the Bucks to a 100-97 victory over the Miami Heat. Blue Edwards added 20 points, Anthony Avent chipped in 18 points and three blocks and Alvin Robertson had 11 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals. The teams attempted 37 free throws each with the Bucks making 29 free throws and the Heat only making 23. Milwaukee and Miami combined to make 1 of 18 free throws, with Robertson making the only connection while the Heat went 0 of 7.

12/1/2012: Bucks forward Ersan Ilyasova grabbed a rebound off a miss by Boston Celtics guard Paul Pierce with 36.8 seconds left and Milwaukee trailing by one to set up a chance for the Bucks to take the lead. After a timeout, Brandon Jennings caught a pass from Marquis Daniels and knocked down a three-pointer with 24.0 seconds left to put the Bucks ahead. The Celtics missed their final three shot attempts — all three-pointers — as the Bucks held on for a 91-88 win. Bucks center Larry Sanders finished with 18 points, 16 rebounds and five blocks in the victory, leading the team in each category. The game started in mercurial fashion, with the Bucks scoring just 11 points in the first quarter followed by 36 in the second.

NOVEMBER

11/30/1990: The Bucks didn’t have leading scorer Ricky Pierce, who was out with a groin injury, or head coach Del Harris, who was out with the flu. That didn’t matter as Alvin Robertson, despite a sore back, led the Bucks past the reeling New York Knicks, 103-97. Robertson collected his fourth triple-double in a Bucks uniform, putting up 17 points, 15 rebounds and 10 rebounds.

11/29/2005: Dallas Mavericks guard Jason Terry, currently with the Bucks, tied the score at 100 with an 11-footer with 28.9 seconds left and after a miss from each team, the Bucks and Mavericks went to overtime. T.J. Ford gave the Bucks a 110-108 lead with a three-pointer with 31.9 seconds remaining in the extra frame and after a miss by Dirk Nowitzki, Bucks rookie center Andrew Bogut made a pair of free throws to give the Bucks some extra cushion. But with 5.1 seconds left, Terry, who had 37 points on the night, cut the margin back down to one with a three-pointer. Ford was then fouled, making one of two free throws. Terry tried to tie the game at the buzzer with a floater, but Bogut — who had 19 points and 14 rebounds — rejected Terry’s shot to seal the 113-111 win.

"I just remember I had a good game going and I knew I was going to be the one to take the shot," Terry said recently. "I remember after getting my shot blocked thinking to myself, 'Dang. ... He's going to be a good player in this league.' ...

"That was the loudest the Bucks arena has been probably since Sam Cassell and Ray Allen in my earlier years."

11/28/1992: The Bucks took advantage of 27 turnovers by the Washington Bullets on the way to a 97-95 victory to improve to 9-3. The teams shot a combined 70 free throws with the Bucks going 26 of 39 from the line and the Bullets making 21 of 31. Frank Brickowski led the Bucks with 25 points, 11 rebounds and six assists while Harvey Grant paced the Bullets with 35 points, six rebounds and five assists.

11/27/1993: Led by 19 points by Blue Edwards, the Bucks rallied from an 11-point deficit entering the fourth quarter to knock off the Boston Celtics, 89-85. The victory snapped an eight-game home losing streak dating back to the 1992-’93 season, the longest skid in franchise history.

11/26/1994: Penny Hardaway dominated this matchup with the Bucks from start to finish, leading the Orlando Magic to a 113-105 win. He made his first seven shots of the night on the way to what was then a career-high 35 points. Hardaway also dished out 12 assists and with 31.7 seconds remaining in the game, he collected his 10th rebound, giving him his second of four career triple-doubles. Todd Day, who drew the challenge of guarding Hardaway most of the night, finished with 26 points to lead the Bucks while Glenn Robinson contributed 25 points and Vin Baker had a double-double with 14 points and 15 rebounds in the loss.

11/25/1992: The Bucks held off the Cleveland Cavaliers, 94-85, on Thanksgiving eve to avenge a loss in Cleveland the night before. Forward Brad Lohaus led the Bucks with 18 points on 8-of 12-shooting off the bench while guard Alvin Robertson filled up the stat sheet with six points, 11 assists, eight rebounds, seven steals and two blocks. The victory kicked off what would become a four-game win streak, Milwaukee’s longest of the 1992-’93 season.

11/24/2001: Led by Ray Allen’s 21 points and Sam Cassel’s 18 points, seven assists, three steals and two blocks, the Bucks pushed their win streak to five games with a 95-88 victory over the Atlanta Hawks. The victory gave the Bucks a 9-1 record, matching the franchise’s best record through 10 games, something that the team had done four times prior — 1970-’71, 1971-’72, 1973-’74 and 1979-’80.

11/23/1988: On the eve of Thanksgiving, the Bucks stuffed the stat sheet offensively on the way to a 124-112 victory over the Washington Bullets. Forward Terry Cummings led the charge with 31 points in just 29 minutes and guard Sidney Moncrief added 17 points, eight assists, five rebounds, two steals and a block in 25 minutes. Four other Bucks scored in double figures, including Jeff Grayer who had a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds, in a game Milwaukee led by 28 heading into the fourth quarter.

11/22/2006: The Bucks trailed the Philadelphia 76ers by seven entering the fourth quarter and quickly erased that deficit to tie the game in the opening 2 1/2 minutes of the period. Philadelphia opened up a four-point lead on a Willie Green three-pointer with 3:37 left, but that was the last field goal the 76ers would make. Michael Redd scored seven of his game-high 32 points over the final 3 1/2 minutes and the Bucks locked down defensively on the way to a 98-94 victory. Sixers guard Andre Iguodala recorded his second of nine career triple-doubles in the loss with 18 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists.

11/21/1996 and 11/21/2016: In 1996, the Bucks scored just 65 points — their lowest total in a home game in franchise history, in a 73-65 loss to the Atlanta Hawks. Twenty years later, Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded his sixth career triple-double with 21 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in a 93-89 win over the Orlando Magic. Jabari Parker added 22 points, including making a career-high 5 of 7 three-pointers, in the win.

11/20/1999: Utah Jazz forward Karl Malone scored 40 points at the Bradley Center three times in his career, doing so for the last time on this date to lead the Jazz to a 111-100 win over the Bucks. This 40-point performance was Malone's best shooting-wise as he made 17 of 25 shots (68.0%). Ray Allen led the Bucks — which trailed by 17 heading into the fourth quarter — with 23 points in the loss. John Stockton had 18 points and 12 assists for Utah.

11/19/1990: Before this date, no one in Bucks history had ever recorded double-digit steals in a single game. Alvin Robertson changed that, swiping 10 steals in a 114-104 win over the Utah Jazz. Robertson nearly accumulated a triple-double, finishing with 16 points and nine assists in the victory. The Jazz were done in by turnovers, giving the ball away 29 times. Utah point guard John Stockton was responsible for 10 of those on his own and ultimately went on to finish second in the NBA that season with 298 turnovers, 16 behind Magic Johnson who had the most. However, Stockton did contribute 14 points and 15 assists in the loss.

11/18/1999: Coming off their first NBA championship in franchise history, the San Antonio Spurs looked poised for another stellar season as they brought back dominant big men David Robinson and Tim Duncan. The Spurs started the season with a 7-2 record heading into their lone trip to Milwaukee. The Bucks are Spurs played even into the fourth quarter before the Bucks ran away with a 99-88 victory. Ray Allen (26 points), Glenn Robinson (22 points) and Sam Cassell (19 points) led Milwaukee in the victory while Dal Ellis added 13 points in 20 minutes off the bench. Duncan had 29 points and 14 rebounds in the loss, but also committed seven turnovers.

11/17/2001: The Bucks got off to a slow start against the Utah Jazz, never leading in the first half on the way to a 13-point halftime deficit. Utah’s advantage remained in the double-digits until late in the third quarter when the Bucks went on a 19-4 run to close the period. Tim Thomas scored 11 of his 15 points during that three-minute stretch, including back-to-back three-pointers and a three-point play that put Milwaukee ahead for the first time, 75-72 heading into the fourth. The game was tied five times in the fourth quarter but the Jazz never regained the lead thanks in large part to Glenn Robinson and Ray Allen leading a late 9-2 run. Robinson had 34 points and Allen added 18 as the Bucks improved to 6-1. Karl Malone had 30 points and 10 rebounds, Donyell Marshall added 22 points and 10 rebounds and John Stockton finished with 14 points and eight rebounds in the loss.

11/16/1989: Every team wants to get off to a strong start. On this day, the Bucks did just that, tying an NBA record with 50 first-quarter points on the way to a 132-113 victory over the Orlando Magic. Seven Bucks scored in double figures, led by Ricky Pierce's 28 off the bench. As a team, the Bucks shot 59.0% and only made 3 three-pointers during the blowout win. Only three teams had previously reached the half-century mark by the end of the first quarter — the Syracuse Nationals (1962), Boston Celtics (1982) and Utah Jazz (1982) — and just one has done it since, with the Phoenix Suns accomplishing the feat in 1990. The record-tying quarter remains Milwaukee's highest-scoring period at home, only surpassed by a 53-point fourth quarter in Cleveland in 1991.

11/15/1994: Everything was going perfectly for the Bucks in the first half as they took a 20-point lead over the Indiana Pacers into halftime. Then Milwaukee's offense went on a cold streak like the team had never seen. The Bucks set a franchise-low with 24 second-half points, including only 8 in the fourth quarter, but held on for an 82-81 victory. Glenn Robinson scored 18 points for Milwaukee and Todd Day block a three-point attempt by Byron Scott to close out the win. The 24 second-half points remain a home low for the Bucks. Since that game, they have scored 22 in a half twice, doing so in the second half at Seattle on Feb. 21, 2003 and in the first half at Boston on March 13, 2011.

11/14/2009: This was, unequivocally, the Brandon Jennings show. In just his seventh game, the rookie dominated to lead Milwaukee to a 129-125 win over the Golden State Warriors. He was held scoreless in the first quarter, then scored a Bucks rookie record 55 points over the final three periods on 21 of 34 shooting. His number of made baskets and attempts both remain Bradley Center records. Jennings was especially hot in the third quarter, scoring 29 points and making 13 of 14 shots. In the second half overall, he scored 45 points and went an astounding 17 of 21 from the field. Jennings’ 55 points made him the first NBA rookie to eclipse the half-century mark since Earl “The Pearl” Monroe scored 56 points for the Baltimore Bullets on Feb. 13, 1968.

11/13/1990: Milwaukee improved to 5-1 thanks in large part to Alvin Robertson’s third triple-double in a Bucks uniform. He had 15 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in a 119-91 victory over the Boston Celtics. Jack Sikma contributed 21 points, 7 rebounds and 4 blocks in the victory.

11/12/2005: With 3:39 remaining, Indiana Pacers guard Fred Jones put the Pacers up by 14, which seemed to put the game away. But with a little luck, the Bucks made an improbable comeback. The Pacers went 6 of 16 from the free-throw line over the final two minutes and Michael Redd, who had a game-high 28 points, pulled Milwaukee within one by making three free throws with 7.3 seconds left. Jones then split a pair at the other end, missing the second. Bucks forward Bobby Simmons grabbed the rebound and pushed a pass ahead to Mo Williams, who turned, took two dribbles and launched a 29-footer that caught nothing but net as the buzzer sounded to give Milwaukee a 103-102 victory.

11/11/2006: The Utah Jazz took control early, building a 24-point lead midway through the second quarter and owned a 21-point advantage at halftime. Michael Redd refused to let the Bucks go down without a fight. The 6-foot-6 guard poured in 39 points in the second half, including knocking down a leaning three while double-teamed to tie the score at 111 with 6.9 seconds left. That basket also put Redd at 57 points, breaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s franchise record of 55 points set on Dec. 10, 1971. The memorable game wouldn’t conclude with a storybook ending for the Bucks, though, as Matt Harpring made a baseline, backdoor cut behind Redd for the game-winning score with 1.8 seconds left. Redd missed a three at the buzzer as the Jazz won, 113-111.

11/10/2001: The Bradley Center hosted an early-season battle of unbeatens as the 5-0 Minnesota Timberwolves came to Milwaukee to face the 4-0 Bucks. The game didn’t live up to its billing, though, as the Bucks scored just nine points in the first quarter and never recovered, falling 98-82. Kevin Garnett paced the Timberwolves with 20 points, 15 rebounds and five assists. Ray Allen had 16 points for the Bucks in their first loss.

11/9/1988 & 11/9/1989: The Bucks scored their first victory at the Bradley Center with a 114-103 win over the 76ers on Nov. 9, 1988. A year later, the Bucks marked the anniversary of their first Bradley Center win by playing the longest game of the shot-clock era, a 155-154 victory over the Seattle SuperSonics that lasted five overtimes. Dale Ellis scored 53 points in 69 minutes for Seattle while Jay Humphries paced Milwaukee in minutes with 62 and Ricky Pierce led the Bucks with 36 points off the bench.

11/8/1990: The Bucks turned a close game against the Philadelphia 76ers into a blowout in the third quarter when they dropped 41 points and held the 76ers to just 19. Milwaukee’s offense operated at a high level throughout the night, setting a team, Bradley Center record for the most points in a regulation game in a 141-111 victory. Ricky Pierce led all scorers with 28 points, Jay Humphries added 25 and Alvin Robertson scored 12 points to go with 12 assists. Four other Bucks scored in double figures as Milwaukee shot 59.4% from the field.

11/7/1992: In June of 1992, the Bucks sent Jay Humphries and Larry Krystkowiak to the Utah Jazz in return for Blue Edwards, Eric Murdock and a first-round pick that Milwaukee used on Lee Mayberry. All three newcomers saw playing time in their Bradley Center debut, with Edwards making an especially strong impression in a 124-88 victory over the Boston Celtics. Edwards topped all scorers with 30 points, making 13 of his 14 field-goal attempts. He also added six rebounds, six assists, five steals and a block in 37 minutes. Edwards went on to lead the Bucks in scoring that season with Murdock right behind him, though Milwaukee finished with a 28-54 record.

11/6/2002: The defending Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Nets came into the Bradley Center attempting to go 5-0 for the first time in franchise history. Ray Allen, Toni Kukoc and the Bucks made sure that didn’t happen. Allen led all scorers with 29 points and Kukoc hit five three-pointers on the way to scoring 26 points in the Bucks' 99-93 victory. Current Bucks coach Jason Kidd led the Nets with 24 points while Richard Jefferson, who had been leading the Nets in scoring to that point, was held without a field goal on seven attempts and had just one point.

11/5/1988: The Bucks hosted their first regular-season game at the Bradley Center, falling 107-94 to the Atlanta Hawks. Terry Cummings had 19 points in the loss with Sidney Moncrief contributing 17. Moses Malone led Atlanta with 25 points and 16 assists. The Bucks got the last laugh during that season, though, beating the Hawks, 3-2, in the first round of the 1989 playoffs.

11/4/2006: Milwaukee’s starters accounted for 97 of the team’s 104 points and shoot nearly 65% on the way to a 104-91 win over the Sacramento Kings. Michael Redd led all scorers with 26 points and second-year forward Charlie Villanueva added 25 in his Bradley Center debut. Those two alone outscored the Kings’ starters, which combined for 44 points.

11/3/2001: The Bucks improved to 3-0 on the season in a game that looked almost like a three-on-three contest. Boston’s Paul Pierce (33 points), Antoine Walker (29 points) and Joe Johnson (23 points) outscored Milwaukee’s trio of Ray Allen (32 points), Sam Cassell (25 points) and Glenn Robinson (24 points), but the rest of the Bucks picked up the difference and then some in a 105-99 victory.

11/2/1991: The defending-champion Chicago Bulls, just one day removed from winning their home opener and receiving their championship rings from capturing the 1991 title, were brought back to earth by the Bucks in Milwaukee’s home opener. With 8.8 seconds left and the game tied at 107, Jay Humphries took the inbound near midcourt, spun inside the three-point arc at the top of the key and put up a leaner that caught nothing but net with 1.7 seconds left. A deep three-pointer by Michael Jordan fell short of the basket, giving the Bucks a 109-107 win. Humphries finished with 24 points on 10-of -13 shooting, which complemented a 29-point outburst by fellow guard Alvin Robertson. Jordan scored 46 points in the loss.

11/1/2003: The Bucks put on a defensive clinic in their home opener during the 2003-'04 season, holding the Chicago Bulls to 28% shooting and 68 points, including just 26 in the second half, on the way to a 98-68 blowout. What makes the victory even more impressive is that the Bucks missed 18 of their first 21 shots and fell behind, 15-2, to open the game. Joe Smith led all scorers with 19 points, with Tim Thomas and Michael Redd contributing 16 each. The win was Bucks coach and Milwaukee native Terry Porter's first at the Bradley Center. Milwaukee's victory also marked its 11th — of what would ultimately become 14 — consecutive home wins over the Bulls.

OCTOBER

10/31/2009: This Halloween matchup between the Bucks and Detroit Pistons marked the Bucks' first October home game since moving to the Bradley Center in 1988. It was also the home debut of rookie Brandon Jennings, who led Milwaukee with 24 points on 9 of 15 shooting, three assists and three steals in a 96-85 victory. Milwaukee's bench accounted for 52 points in the game, with Hakim Warrick contributing 21 points in the first of 48 games he'd play with the Bucks before being traded midseason in the deal that brought John Salmons to Milwaukee.

10/30/2010: The Bucks started the 2010 season with a pair of losses to the New Orleans Hornets and Minnesota Timberwolves. In those two games, second-year point guard established himself as the center of Milwaukee's offense, averaging 14.5 points and 8.5 assists — though his high volume of shots (29) and pedestrian shooting (31.0%) didn't bode well. Against the Charlotte Bobcats in the Bucks' home opener on Oct. 30, though, Jennings put everything together in masterful fashion on the way to his first and only triple-double in a 98-88 victory. He needed just eight shots to score 20 points while adding 10 assists and 10 rebounds. Carlos Delfino was the beneficiary of some of those assists, scoring a team-high 23 points while making five three-pointers.

10/29/2016: The Bucks squandered a late six-point lead and allowed the Brooklyn Nets to tie the score at 108 on a three-pointer by Bojan Bogdanovic with 11.6 seconds left. With the opportunity to take the last shot, coach Jason Kidd drew up a play for Jabari Parker, who attacked the left side of the rim and put up a layup with just over two seconds left. Nets center Justin Hamilton swatted it off the backboard, but Bucks center John Henson swooped in and quickly popped a putback attempt toward the hoop. The ball bounced along the back rim and in as time expired, giving Milwaukee a 110-108 victory. Henson had seven points, 12 rebounds on the evening while second-year guard Rashad Vaughn had a career-high 22 points in the victory.

10/28/2015: Prior to this night, all of the Bucks' season-opening games had come on the road during the Bradley Center era with their most recent season opener at home coming on Oct. 27, 1984, at the MECCA. Coming off a surprise playoff performance — bouncing from 15 wins in 2013-'14 to a .500 record the next season — the Bucks entered their season opener for 2015-'16 against the New York Knicks oozing optimism. That didn't last long, though, as the Knicks took all of the excitement out of the building early on the way to a 122-97 beatdown of the Bucks. Derrick Williams scored 24 points off the bench and 7-foot-3 rookie Kristaps Porzingis had an impressive 16 points in his debut. The Bucks got 22 points and 14 rebounds from prized free-agent acquisition Greg Monroe in his debut. Forward Giannis Antetkounmpo sat out, serving a one-game suspension stemming from an altercation with Mike Dunleavy Jr. during the previous spring's playoffs.

10/27: No games.

10/26/2016: Prior to the 2017-'18 season, this was the Bucks' earliest home game at the Bradley Center and served as the season opener. The Charlotte Hornets brought full-court pressure for most of the night with Nicolas Batum shadowing Giannis Antetokounmpo from end to end and the Bucks never led on the way to a 107-96 loss in front of a sellout crowd. Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 31 points, nine rebounds and five assists while playing 39 minutes.

10/25: No games.

10/24: No games.

10/23/2017: Khris Middleton came up with a key block late and then a minute later sank a three-pointer to give the Bucks some breathing room as they earned a 103-94 victory over the Charlotte Hornets. Middleton finished with 20 points to support a strong effort by Giannis Antetokounmpo, who had 32 points, 14 rebounds, six assists and two blocks. Antetokounmpo’s 32 points put him at 147 through four games, pushing him one point ahead of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most in team history through four games.

10/22: No games.

10/21/2017: Giannis Antetokounmpo had a night to remember. Not only did he set a career high with 44 points, but he also came up with a pair of critical defensive plays to lead the Bucks to a 113-110 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. With the Bucks down a point, Antetokounmpo poked the ball away from Portland’s C.J. McCollum. Malcolm Brogdon collected it and pushed a pass to Antetokounmpo, who beat everyone across the court for the go-ahead dunk. Antetokounmpo then blocked Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic to seal the win. After the game, his teammates awarded him the game ball, which he dedicated to his father, Charles, who died suddenly of a heart attack on Sept. 29.

10/20/2017: The 2017-'18 home opener against the three-time defending Eastern Conference champion Cleveland Cavaliers was the earliest regular-season game at the Bradley Center. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 34 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, but it wasn’t enough as the Bucks fell, 116-97, in front of a sellout crowd. It was the Bucks’ third successive loss in a home opener and brought the team’s record to 20-10 in home openers at the Bradley Center.

Special thanks to Basketball-Reference.com, which was utilized during this project and made accessing information about past games much easier.