Bucks Move Home Opener to 3 p.m. for Brewers’ World Series Game

The Milwaukee Bucks have moved their home opener against the Chicago Bulls to 3 p.m. on October 23, shifting the game earlier to avoid a scheduling conflict with the Brewers’ World Series opener in Milwaukee that evening. The Bucks said the change was made in recognition of the Brewers hosting Game 1. The team described the Brewers’ return to the World Series, their first since 1982, as a special moment for Milwaukee and said it would be cheering them on. The Bucks also thanked the NBA for making the schedule adjustment possible. The home opener had been scheduled for October 23, the same date as the World Series opener at American Family Field. The revised 3 p.m. Central time start is several hours earlier than Game 1, allowing both events to take place that day without overlapping as originally planned. Reports differ on the game’s original listed start time: three accounts give 7 p.m. Central time, while another gives 8 p.m. Eastern time. Those times are equivalent, and the Bucks’ statement identified the change as a move from 7 p.m. to 3 p.m. local time. The Brewers secured their World Series berth by sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship...