The NBA released the 2025-26 Milwaukee Bucks schedule on Aug. 14, and three things caught my attention as I was breaking down the seven-month calendar .

The Bucks need to get off to a good start, which may be difficult

Last year the Bucks lost six straight game s in the first week and a half and went 2-8 to begin the season and it took until Jan. 10 before they were four games over .500 for the first time and truly out of danger of being a .500 team.

There were bad losses to Chicago and Brooklyn, two young teams that came out of the gates playing very hard. The Bucks had a game stolen from them in Charlotte, but they shouldn’t have been in such a position where a single bad call could affect the game to begin with.

They also lost five times to Cleveland, Boston and New York

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