Schedule and 2021-22 Results
Regular Season Records: Milwaukee 51-31, Chicago 46-36
Game 1 on Sunday, 17 April: Chicago loses at Milwaukee, 93-pts-86
Game 2 on Wednesday, 20 April: Chicago wins at Milwaukee, 114-pts-110
Game 3 on Friday, 22 April: Milwaukee wins at Chicago, 111-pts-81
Game 4 on Sunday, 24 April: Milwaukee wins at Chicago, 119-pts-95
Game 5 on Wednesday, 27 April: Chicago loses at Milwaukee, 116-pts-100

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Milwaukee Bucks hosted and bested the Chicago Bulls 116-pts-100 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1502 victory. With the series 1502 win, the Milwaukee Bucks improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 19-25 (with an active five-series winning streak befitting a defending NBA champion) overall and 4-8 (with an active four-series winning streak in the Preliminary round) in the Preliminary round. With the series 1502 loss, the Chicago Bulls see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 27-25 overall and 4-8 in the Preliminary round. The win order for the victorious Milwaukee Bucks in series 1502 was WLWWW: Series 1502 thus becomes the sixth NBA Preliminary-round series, the 30th NBA series (all rounds), and the 87th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. Having lost their first eight best-of-7 NBA Preliminary-round playoff series, the Milwaukee Bucks with their series 1502 triumph have now won their last four best-of-7 NBA Preliminary-round playoff series.

After Game 4: The Milwaukee Bucks visited and topped the Chicago Bulls 119-pts-95 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1502 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 7-0 and a Game 5 record of 7-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Chicago Bulls have a series record of 0-9 and a Game 5 record of 2-7. In series 1502 Games 3-4, the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Bulls in Chicago by a combined 54-point victory margin: In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, this 54-point combined victory margin breaks the record for largest combined victory margin in Game 3 and Game 4 road wins; the previous record was a 53-point combined victory margin, set by the Toronto Raptors in series 1435 Games 3-4 (in the 2020 NBA Preliminary round against the Nets in Brooklyn to complete a four-game sweep).

After Game 3: The Milwaukee Bucks visited and defeated the Chicago Bulls 111-pts-81 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1502 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 9-5 and a Game 4 record of 6-8. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Chicago Bulls have a series record of 1-14 (with an active nine-series losing streak) and a Game 4 record of 8-7 (with an active five-Game 4 losing streak). Trailing a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 2-games-1 (as they now do against the Milwaukee Bucks in series 1502), the Chicago Bulls notched their sole series victory in series 645, over the New York Knickerbockers in the 1993 NBA Semifinals. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff series beginning in 1947, teams tied 1-game-all which win Game 3 on the road by 30+ points (as the Milwaukee Bucks have done in series 1502) have a 1-1 series record: The win was recorded by the Milwaukee Bucks, in series 224 over the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1970 NBA Quarterfinals; the loss was sustained by the Boston Celtics, to the Detroit Pistons in series 592 in the 1991 NBA Quarterfinals. So it is that the 2022 Milwaukee Bucks in series 1502 angle to emulate their 1970 predecessors. The thirty-point victory margin for the Milwaukee Bucks in series 1502 Game 3 is the largest victory margin by a road team in a best-of-7 NBA playoff game since series 1347, in which the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Celtics in Boston by 33 points in Game 5 of their 2017 NBA Semifinals series (thus ousting Boston from the 2017 NBA playoffs).

After Game 2: The Chicago Bulls visited and topped the Milwaukee Bucks 114-pts-110 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1502 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 7-9 and a Game 3 record of 10-6 (with an active four-Game 3 winning streak), while the Chicago Bulls have a series record of 12-9 and a Game 3 record of 15-6.

After Game 1: The Milwaukee Bucks hosted and outscored the Chicago Bulls 93-pts-86 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1502 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 10-4 and a Game 2 record of 10-4. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Chicago Bulls have a series record of 7-16 and a Game 2 record of 9-14. Trailing a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 1-game-nil (as they now do against the Milwaukee Bucks in best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1502), the Chicago Bulls have seen their Game 2 outcome presage their series outcome in their last seven such series (three wins, four losses).

Pre-series assessment: In the 2021-22 NBA regular season, the Milwaukee Bucks finished five games ahead of the Chicago Bulls. From 1947 through the 2021 NBA Finals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by five regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 28-13 (.683) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1502 is the 44th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Milwaukee Bucks, and the 52nd for the Chicago Bulls. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Milwaukee Bucks have an all-rounds series record of 18-25 (with an active four-series winning streak befitting a defending NBA champion), a Preliminary-round series record of 3-8, and a Game 1 record of 14-29, while the Chicago Bulls have an all-rounds series record of 27-24, a Preliminary-round series record of 4-7, and a Game 1 record of 28-23. Series 1502 is the third best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Chicago Bulls. In their previous two best-of-7 NBA playoff series meetings, Milwaukee defeated Chicago in series 289 (in the 1974 NBA Semifinals), while Chicago defeated Milwaukee in series 1271 (in the 2015 NBA Preliminary round).