Bucks move home opener to 3 p.m. for Brewers World Series — SkimNews
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- Milwaukee Bucks moved their Oct. 23 home opener vs. the Chicago Bulls from 7 p.m. to 3 p.m. local time, creating a same-day sports doubleheader with the Brewers hosting World Series Game 1 (likely 7 p.m. CT, though MLB has not officially announced).
- The Bucks released a statement congratulating the Brewers on their first World Series appearance since 1982 and thanking the NBA for approving the schedule change.
- Brewers reached the World Series by sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS after a franchise-record 103-win regular season that produced baseball's best overall record.
- The Dodgers had been chasing a three-peat — no team has repeated as World Series champion three straight years since the New York Yankees from 1998 to 2000.
- The Brewers will face either the Tampa Bay Rays or Cleveland Guardians in the World Series, with the Guardians leading the ALCS 2-1.
- If the World Series goes seven games, Game 7 on Oct. 31 would conflict with the Bucks hosting the Cleveland Cavaliers — a second potential scheduling collision the league may need to address.
- The schedule change comes as the Bucks begin a post-Giannis era after trading the two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo to the Miami Heat during the summer, ending his 13-season run in Milwaukee.
Why it matters: Milwaukee fans get a rare two-sport showcase: the 2021 NBA champion Bucks voluntarily shifted a marquee home opener from prime time to afternoon so the city can host World Series Game 1, the Brewers' first Fall Classic since 1982 — and a Game 7 conflict on Oct. 31 with the Cavaliers remains unresolved, meaning the league could face a second rescheduling request inside a week.
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