The Milwaukee Bucks are inside the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, which begin Wednesday night time towards the Toronto Raptors.

The winner of the great of 7 sport collection advances to the league finals, some thing the Bucks have not achieved when you consider that 1974.

The crew is searching out its first NBA name considering 1971.

The Raptors defeated Philadelphia of their 2nd spherical playoff collection, way to a shot on the buzzer in sport 7 from ahead Kawhi Leonard.

Melissa Kim, sports activities anchor and reporter at News3Now TV in Madison, stated Leonard is one among many motives the pinnacle-seeded Bucks may not be capable of take Toronto gently.

“Basketball is of route a crew recreation, it is now not approximately a unmarried man. But there’s that one unmarried man that constantly is the catalyst for a group, and that is Kawhi in this example,” she stated. “How they comprise him and restriction his factors goes to be the most important distinction this night.”

The Bucks took 4 of 5 video games from the Boston Celtics inside the 2nd spherical of the playoffs, way to dominant play from Giannis Antetokounmpo and key contributions from Bucks bench gamers like guards George Hill and Pat Connaughton.

“George Hill scored in double digits within the ultimate 4 video games, and people men truly stepping up has made a large distinction, on factors and defensively too,” Kim stated. “Pat Connaughton has had a few dazzling video games on protection.”

Milwaukee has domestic court docket benefit within the collection, which starts offevolved this night on the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.