Back to the Toronto Raptors Newsfeed

2017 Playoffs Round 1 Series Preview

The Toronto Raptors will kick off the 2017 Playoffs on Saturday against the Milwaukee Bucks. The best of seven series will open in Toronto on the Air Canada Centre floor at 5:30 P.M. where the first two games in the series will be played. While the Raptors finished their second consecutive 50-win season, recording a 51-31 record in the regular season, the Bucks own a 42-40 record in the regular season and return to the playoffs after a one-year absence. In Milwaukee's last trip to the postseason in 2014-15, the Bucks lost to the Chicago Bulls 4-2. In 2015-16, the Raptors won a franchise-best 56 games and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals where they pushed the eventual Champion Cleveland Cavaliers to six games.