Schedule and 2020-21 Results:
Regular Season Records: Brooklyn 48-24, Milwaukee 46-26
Game 1 on Saturday, 05 June: Milwaukee loses at Brooklyn, 115-pts-107
Game 2 on Monday, 07 June: Milwaukee loses at Brooklyn, 125-pts-86
Game 3 on Thursday, 10 June: Brooklyn loses at Milwaukee, 86-pts-83
Game 4 on Sunday, 13 June: Brooklyn loses at Milwaukee, 107-pts-96
Game 5 on Tuesday, 15 June: Milwaukee loses at Brooklyn, 114-pts-108
Game 6 on Thursday, 17 June: Brooklyn loses at Milwaukee, 104-pts-89
Game 7 on Saturday, 19 June: Milwaukee wins at Brooklyn, 115-pts-111(OT)

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 7: The Milwaukee Bucks visited and bested the Brooklyn Nets 115-pts-111(OT) to complete a 4-games-3 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1476 victory. With the series 1476 win, the Milwaukee Bucks improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 16-25 overall and 10-9 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1476 loss, the Brooklyn Nets see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 2-6 overall and 0-2 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Milwaukee Bucks in series 1476 was LLWWLWW: Series 1476 thus becomes the second NBA Quarterfinals-round series, the seventh NBA series (all rounds), and the 18th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. With the series 1476 victory, the Milwaukee Bucks: 1) improve their series record from 0-15 to 1-15 when down 2-games-nil; 2) end their six-series losing streak when trailing a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 2-games-1 or 3-games-2, or when tied 2-games-all; 3) improve their road Game 7 record from 0-7 to 1-7.

After Game 6: The Milwaukee Bucks hosted and bested the Brooklyn Nets 104-pts-89 to knot best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1476 at 3-games-all. When tied 3-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Brooklyn Nets have a Game 7 record of 1-1, while the Milwaukee Bucks have a Game 7 record of 2-8. The Brooklyn Nets have a 0-1 Game 7 record at home. The Milwaukee Bucks have a 0-7 Game 7 record on the road.

After Game 5: The Brooklyn Nets hosted and defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 114-pts-108 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1476 lead of 3-games-2. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Brooklyn Nets have a series record of 0-0 and a Game 6 record of 0-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-2, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 1-13 (with an active six-series losing streak) and a Game 6 record of 7-7. The Brooklyn Nets trailed the visiting Milwaukee Bucks by 16 points after two quarters but won series 1476 Game 5. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games beginning in 1947, home teams down 16 points as late as after two quarters had a game record of only 1-12 (.077) - the Brooklyn Nets thus achieve a grade-A in-game comeback.

After Game 4: The Milwaukee Bucks hosted and topped the Brooklyn Nets 107-pts-96 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1476 at 2-games-all. When tied 2-games-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the Brooklyn Nets have a series record of 1-1 and a Game 5 record of 0-2, while the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 3-11 (with an active six-series losing streak) and a Game 5 record of 4-10. The last best-of-7 NBA playoff series won by the Milwaukee Bucks in the wake of a 2-games-all tie was series 839, over the old Charlotte Hornets (I) in the 2001 NBA Quarterfinals.

After Game 3: The Milwaukee Bucks hosted and outscored the Brooklyn Nets 86-pts-83 to reduce the Brooklyn Nets best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1476 lead to 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Brooklyn Nets have a series record of 2-0 and a Game 4 record of 1-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 1-12 (with an active six-series losing streak) and a Game 4 record of 7-6.

After Game 2: The Brooklyn Nets hosted and topped the Milwaukee Bucks 125-pts-86 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1476 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Brooklyn Nets have a series record of 1-0 and a Game 3 record of 0-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 0-15 and a Game 3 record of 7-8. The only previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series in which the Nets as the Brooklyn Nets led 2-games-nil occurred in the previous round, in the 2021 NBA Preliminary round.

After Game 1: The Brooklyn Nets hosted and defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 115-pts-107 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1476 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Brooklyn Nets have a series record of 2-2 and a Game 2 record of 1-3. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Milwaukee Bucks have a series record of 5-21 and a Game 2 record of 11-15. Trailing a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 1-game-nil, the Milwaukee Bucks have seen their Game 2 outcome match their series outcome in their last eight such series (two wins, six losses).

Pre-series assessment: In the 2020-21 NBA regular season, the Brooklyn Nets finished two games ahead of the Milwaukee Bucks. From 1947 through the 2021 NBA Preliminary round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by two regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 21-14 (.600) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1476 is the eighth best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Brooklyn Nets, and the 41st for the Milwaukee Bucks. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Brooklyn Nets have an all-rounds series record of 2-5, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 0-1, and a Game 1 record of 4-3, while the Milwaukee Bucks have an all-rounds series record of 15-25, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 9-9, and a Game 1 record of 14-26. Series 1476 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Brooklyn Nets and the Milwaukee Bucks. The precursor to the Brooklyn Nets (the old New Jersey Nets) split two previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks, with Milwaukee defeating New Jersey in series 435 (in the 1984 NBA Quarterfinals), and with New Jersey prevailing over Milwaukee in series 889 (in the 2003 NBA Preliminary round).