NBA champion Bucks to visit White House on Nov. 8

MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Bucks volition sojourn the White House connected Nov. 8 to observe their NBA championship, the archetypal rubric for the franchise successful 50 years.

“We're precise excited, precise appreciative of the invite,” Bucks manager Mike Budenholzer said Saturday. “We cognize it's an grant and special, and we're looking guardant to visiting the White House.”

The Bucks won the rubric by beating the Phoenix Suns successful six games successful the NBA Finals, concluding with a Game 6 triumph successful Milwaukee connected July 20 erstwhile Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 50 points.

The Bucks volition play the Wizards successful Washington connected Nov. 7 and instrumentality portion successful the White House ceremonial the pursuing time earlier traveling to Philadelphia.

Milwaukee volition beryllium the archetypal NBA champion to beryllium feted astatine the White House since 2016, erstwhile the Cleveland Cavaliers visited erstwhile President Barack Obama.

The Golden State Warriors (2017 and ’18) and Toronto Raptors (2019) did not sojourn nether erstwhile President Donald Trump, and the Los Angeles Lakers (2020) did not spell owed to question issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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