The Milwaukee Bucks are the No. 1 seed in the knockout round of the In-Season Tournament in the Eastern Conference and will play the New York Knicks. The Bucks were the East Group B winner, while the Knicks advanced out of East Group B as the wild card.

The Indiana Pacers will host the Boston Celtics in the other knockout round game in the Eastern Conference. The Pacers won East Group A, while the Celtics won East Group C.

One month into the season, the Milwaukee Bucks are still adjusting to their trade of Jrue Holiday for Damian Lillard.

"I still think we're still trying to figure out...," Giannis Antetokounmpo said. "Not who we are, but who we are trying to be.

"One thing I know for sure is that we've got to get better. We are not even close to, what I believe, what we can really do as a team. ... We're going to try to figure out as a team what works, what doesn't work and it's going to be a process."

"We're still learning each other," Lillard told ESPN last week. "If it would've been flipped and him coming to Portland to play with me, I would've already been comfortable because I've been here. He would have been trying to adapt and get comfortable and figure out how he fits in and maybe would have been a bit more passive in trying to learn the way. That's me right now."

Jrue Holiday doesn't hold a grudge against the Milwaukee Bucks for trading him to the Portland Trail Blazers for Damian Lillard on the eve of the season. Holiday was eventually traded again to the Boston Celtics, who will play the Bucks for the first time this season on Wednesday. 

"I think that they got what they wanted, so I can't be mad at that," said Holiday.

"A warning would've been cool. But other than that, I'm in the best place that I can be to compete against them, which is for the top team in the East and, hopefully, the top team in the league."

Holiday spent three seasons with the Bucks after coming over in a trade before the 2020-21 season from the New Orleans Pelicans. 

Jae Crowder will miss the next two months after getting diagnosed with a left adductor and abdominal tear.

Crowder, who suffered the injury on Saturday, will undergo surgery on Tuesday.

The 33-year-old was averaging 8.1 points and 3.9 rebounds on the season. 

The Milwaukee Bucks exercised their 2024-25 rookie scale team option for Majon Beauchamp. This is the third-year option for Beauchamp.

As a rookie, Beauchamp played in 52 for the Bucks, with 11 starts. As a second-year player, Beauchamp looks to be a part of Milwaukee's rotation as a reserve wing.