The meeting ended with a score of 122: 110 in favor of "Magic".

The most productive player among the winners was center Nikola Vucevic, who completed a double-double of 35 points and 13 rebounds. For the Milwaukee Bucks, Giannis Adetokounbo scored a double-double of 31 points and 17 rebounds.

Eighth in the standings with 45.2% wins, Orlando beat conference leader Milwaukee to become the team with the lowest win percentage to win the first NBA playoff game in 54 years.

In the history of the league, only Atlanta Hawks won the first playoff match in 1966 with a lower percentage of victories in the regular season (45.0%). 

Thus, the score in the series became 1: 0 in favor of "Magic".

Earlier it was reported that the Boston Celtics defeated the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA playoffs.