The Milwaukee Bucks have not made it past the first round of the playoffs since 2001. The 2001 team, led by Ray Allen, Glenn Robinson, and Sam Cassell, was one game away from the NBA Finals, losing to Allen Iverson’s Philadelphia 76ers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
Last year, after finishing seventh in the East in what can only be described as a disappointing season, a first-round exit at the hands of a depleted Boston Celtics team was a fitting end.
The story has been the same for the past four years, in fact: Milwaukee sneaks into the playoffs and exits quietly in the first round.