Milwaukee Bucks release 2024-25 regular season schedule

By: CBS 58 Newsroom

Posted: Aug 15, 2024 2:26 PM CST

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Score! The Milwaukee Bucks have unveiled the 2024-25 regular season schedule.

Tipping off the regular season on Wednesday, Oct. 23, the Bucks will take on the Philadelphia 76ers at 6:30 p.m. CT on ESPN. The Bucks' home opener at Fiserv Forum is set for Friday, Oct. 25 against the Chicago Bulls.

The complete 2024-25 regular season schedule, which was announced by the NBA, will conclude on Sunday, April 13.

Seventeen of the Bucks’ regular season games are slated to be nationally televised on ABC, ESPN and TNT this season with an additional 10 games scheduled to air on NBA TV. The local broadcast schedule for the 2024-25 season will be announced at a later date.

Overall, Milwaukee will play five games in October, 14 games in November, 12 games in December, 16 games in January, 12 games in February, 16 games in March and seven games in April. The Bucks’ 2024-25 regular season schedule is below and online HERE.

Additional highlights of Milwaukee’s 2024-25 regular season schedule include:

Two season-long four-game homestands from Nov. 18-23 and Jan. 14-19
A season-long five-game road trip from March 18-26
Three matchups against the 2024 NBA Champion Boston Celtics, with the lone game at Fiserv Forum on Sunday, Nov. 10 (2:30 p.m. CT) and two road contests at Boston on Monday, Oct. 28 (6:30 p.m. CT, NBA TV) and Friday, Dec. 6 (6:30 p.m. CT, ESPN)
A Sunday matinee on ABC at Fiserv Forum against the Philadelphia 76ers on Feb. 9 (1 p.m. CT)
A home game against the reigning Western Conference Champion Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday, March 5 (8:30 p.m. CT, ESPN)
20 weekend home games at Fiserv Forum (Friday, Saturday or Sunday)
16 back-to-backs

The Bucks’ regular season schedule also includes games as part of the Emirates NBA Cup, which will consist of Group Play and Knockout Round games.

Meantime, the Bucks four-game preseason schedule will tip off on Sunday, Oct. 6 at the Detroit Pistons (6 p.m. CT), followed by two games at Fiserv Forum against the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday, Oct. 10 (7 p.m. CT) and Chicago Bulls on Monday, Oct. 14 (7 p.m. CT). Milwaukee’s preseason concludes on Thursday, Oct. 17 at Dallas (7:30 p.m. CT).