New Delhi, April 13 -- The Milwaukee Bucks wrapped up the 2025-26 NBA regular season with a loss on Sunday, finishing the year at 32-50, their first 50-loss campaign in more than a decade. Shortly after the final game, veteran coach Doc Rivers stepped down from his role as head coach.

Rivers was hired midway through the 2023-24 season to replace Adrian Griffin and help guide a roster featuring Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard. In his partial first season, the team went 17-19 and lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Indiana Pacers. The following year, Milwaukee returned to the postseason but suffered another first-round exit to the Pacers, this time with Lillard sidelined by an Achilles tendon injury.

The 2025-26 season...