The Bucks are Milwaukee's entry in the National Basketball Association. They play their home games downtown at the Bradley Center, but also maintain offices and training facilities at the Cousins Center in St. Francis. Sales and box office are at the BC.

The Bucks won their only NBA Championship in 1971, when they were led by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson.

The team qualified for the NBA playoffs in 2006, losing a first-round series to Detroit.