The Milwaukee Bucks will face the Indiana Pacers in the first round of the 2025 NBA playoffs. The series schedule was finalized by the NBA after the play-in tournament games on April 15th. The best-of-seven series will start on Saturday, with the Bucks as the fifth seed and the Pacers as the fourth seed. The first two games will be held in Indianapolis, followed by Games 3 and 4 in Milwaukee.
The playoff schedule for the Bucks-Pacers series is as follows: Game 1 will take place on Saturday, April 19th at noon in Indiana, while Game 2 is scheduled for Tuesday, April 22nd at 6 p.m. in Indiana. The series will then move to Milwaukee for Game 3 on Friday, April 25th at 7 p.m. and Game 4 on Sunday, April 27th at 8:30 p.m. Subsequent games will be played as needed. The Bucks are entering Game 1 as 5-point underdogs according to BetMGM's odds as of April 15th.