Since 2018-19 when Mike Budenholzer took over as Milwaukee Bucks’ head coach, the team has the best regular season record in the NBA, per Stathead. They have a chance to add to that by possibly reaching 60 wins this season.
The Bucks are 269-118 (.695) in the Budenholzer era, 22 games ahead of the Denver Nuggets, who have the second-best record in the league since 2018-19.
Only two teams have a winning record vs. the Bucks since 2018-19
Here is a look at the four NBA teams since 2018-19 who have won 60 percent or more of their regular season contests.
Milwaukee: 269-118, .695
Denver: 247-140, .638
Philadelphia: 245-142, .633
Boston: 238-148, .617
In the five seasons since Budenholzer took over head coaching duties, only two opposing teams have a winning record against the Bucks. Leading the way are the Phoenix Suns, the Bucks’ NBA Finals opponent in the 2020-21 season when Milwaukee won the NBA Title. Phoenix has won six of 10 games against the Bucks in the last five seasons, a .600 winning percentage.
The only other team to have a winning record versus the Bucks since 2018-19 are the Memphis Grizzlies. They are 5-4, .556 winning percentage. There are four teams that have a .500 winning percentage against the Bucks since 2018-19. Boston is 8-8, while three Western Conference teams, Denver, San Antonio, and Utah, are each 5-5 against Milwaukee since that 18-19 season.
Record of Bucks’ opponents in the last five seasons
Following are the records of the other 29 NBA teams against the Milwaukee Bucks since 2018-19 (through games of April 2, 2023)
Phoenix, 6-4, .600
Memphis, 5-4, .556
Boston, 8-8, .500
Denver, 5-5, .500
San Antonio, 5-5, .500
Utah, 5-5, .500
Miami, 8-10, .444
Golden State, 4-5, .444
Toronto, 7-9, .438
Dallas, 4-6, .400
Atlanta, 6-11, .353
Charlotte, 6-11, .353
Philadelphia, 5-11, .313
Cleveland, 6-12, .333
Houston, 3-7, .300
L.A. Clippers, 3-7, .300
L.A. Lakers, 3-7, .300
Houston, 3-7, .300
Brooklyn, 5-12, .294
New York, 4-13, .235
Washington, 3-12, .200
Minnesota, 2-8, .200
New Orleans, 2-8, .200
Portland, 2-8, .200
Chicago, 3-15, .167
Indiana, 3-16, .158
Orlando, 1-16, .059
Detroit, 1-17, .056
Sacramento, 0-10, .000
The Bucks have four games left on their schedule for this season. They will face Washington (.200), Chicago (.167), Memphis (.556), and Toronto (.438).
For the record, Budenholzer has a career head coaching record of 482-315 (.605). He was 213-197 in five seasons with the Atlanta Hawks. Of all NBA coaches with at least 600 games coached, Budenholzer is currently in the Top 10 for the all-time highest winning percentage of NBA coaches at .605. The current Top 10: Phil Jackson (.704), Billy Cunningham (.698), K.C. Jones (.674), Steve Kerr (.664), Red Auerbach (.661), Gregg Popovich (.642), Pat Riley (.636), Tom Heinsohn (.619), Mike Brown (.615) and Budenholzer (.605).
In 17 games as head coach of the Hawks, Budenholzer was 10-7 versus the Bucks.
Stay tuned as Milwaukee looks to finish the regular season strong before the playoffs begin.