The Bucks will play Game #41 of the 2022-23 season tonight against the Atlanta Hawks. With an 82-game schedule, the 41st game represents the end of the first half of the season.
Milwaukee is one of six teams that will enter the second half of the season with at least 26 wins in their first 41 contests. The Bucks are 26-14. Boston leads the way with 29 wins in their first 41 games, followed by Memphis, Denver, and Brooklyn each with 27-13 records and one more game remaining in the first half of their seasons. Cleveland joins the Bucks with 26 wins; the Cavs are currently 26-16 on the season. One more team, the Philadelphia 76ers are 25-15 this season and could get their 26th win Thursday night against Oklahoma City.
What the Buicks have done the last five season that no other team has done
It’s interesting to note that the Bucks are the only NBA team to win at least 26 of their first 41 games in five straight seasons. At the 41-game mark the Bucks were 29-12 in 2018-19, 35-6 in 2019-20, 27-14 in 2020-21, 26-15 in 2021-22, and are 26-14 this season.
Here are the number of seasons in the past five years that each NBA won at least 26 or more of their first 41 games.
5-Milwaukee
4-None
3-Brooklyn, Denver, Utah
2-Boston, Golden State, Indiana, LA Clippers, LA Lakers, Memphis, Miami, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Toronto
1-Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Houston
0-Atlanta, Charlotte, Detroit, Minnesota, New Orleans, NY Knicks, Oklahoma City, Orlando, Portland, Sacramento, San Antonio, Washington
(Note: Philadelphia will move up into the 3-season list above if they win their 41st game of this season on Thursday.)
The Bucks have won 143 games in the first half of the season (Games #1-Games #41) in the past five years, most in the league in that timeframe. Following are the six teams that have won 120+ games in the first half of the season from 2018-19 through the 2022-23 season.
Most wins in the first half of the season over the past five years
Milwaukee Bucks, 143*
Denver Nuggets, 131*
Philadelphia 76ers, 129*
Utah Jazz, 126
Los Angeles Lakers, 123
Boston Celtics, 121
- Denver, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia will play their 41st games of the season this week
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