New Orleans Pelicans vs Milwaukee Bucks: Odds and Predictions
The New Orleans Pelicans and the Milwaukee Bucks sit in opposite conferences and meet twice a regular season, once at each arena. This page tracks the Kalshi markets for the matchup — moneyline, spread and total — alongside the meetings already played and the ones still to come.Next game: Fri, Mar 5, 2027
Pelicans
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Bucks
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Last 5 meetings
Next meeting
Fri, Mar 5, 2027
8:00 PM ET · NBA · 2026-27
MIL Bucks
NO Pelicans
Not listed on Kalshi yet. Markets open closer to game day.
Last meeting
Fri, Feb 20, 2026
NBA · 2025-26
MIL Bucks
139
NO Pelicans
118
Head-to-head
Other NO Pelicans vs MIL Bucks meetings
The rest of the meetings between these two clubs — still to come first, then the most recent results — with the Kalshi market for any that is listed.
Wed, Feb 4, 2026
NO Pelicans
137
MIL Bucks
141
NBA · 2025-26
Thu, Apr 10, 2025
NO Pelicans
111
MIL Bucks
136
NBA · 2024-25
Sun, Apr 6, 2025
MIL Bucks
111
NO Pelicans
107
NBA · 2024-25
Thu, Mar 28, 2024
MIL Bucks
100
NO Pelicans
107
NBA · 2023-24
Upcoming
Next games for the NO Pelicans and MIL Bucks
Every listed fixture either club plays next, whoever the opponent is, with the Kalshi market for each.
How often do the Pelicans and Bucks play each other?
The New Orleans Pelicans and the Milwaukee Bucks meet twice a regular season, once at each arena. Every club plays all fifteen clubs in the other conference twice, home and away, so this is the least often the league schedules any pairing — and it is the only kind of meeting the Pelicans and the Bucks get outside the NBA Finals.
Are the Pelicans and Bucks in the same division?
No, and not the same conference either. The New Orleans Pelicans are a Western Conference club in the Southwest Division; the Milwaukee Bucks are a Eastern Conference club in the Central. That makes every meeting between them an inter-conference game.
What is at stake when the Pelicans play the Bucks?
For the Pelicans and the Bucks, the overall record and only that. An inter-conference game touches neither club’s division record nor its conference record — but the overall record is what the standings in each conference are ordered by in the first place, so these two games count for seeding exactly as much as any other.
Can the Pelicans and Bucks meet in the playoffs?
Only in the NBA Finals. The Pelicans are in the Western Conference and the Bucks in the Eastern Conference, and the playoffs are run inside each conference until the final round — so these two cannot be drawn against each other before it.
Where can I follow the Pelicans and Bucks for the rest of the season?
Every Pelicans and Bucks game Kalshi lists has its own market page, with the moneyline, the spread, the total and the player props built on that fixture. The NBA market index carries the rest of the league, and the matchup index carries every other pairing the New Orleans Pelicans and the Milwaukee Bucks are in.
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