Courtesy of the Daniels Fund
DENVER — It’s been quite a drought for professional basketball fans in Salt Lake City and Milwaukee.
More than 48 years have passed since either community celebrated a championship. The Bucks claimed their only NBA title in April 1971. They lost a seven-game finale to the Boston Celtics three years later.
Milwaukee is currently in a battle for another opportunity to seek the NBA’s top prize but trails Toronto 3-2 in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Utah had chances to win NBA championships in 1997 and 1998, but wound up falling to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in the finals — losing in six games both times.