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NBA legends, who have retired, won’t have “in-season tournament champion” on their resumes.

The Bucks, Pacers, Pelicans and Lakers have a chance to play for the inaugural title. But will they hang a banner?

The Milwaukee Bucks, who own the third best record (14-6) in the Eastern Conference, are in search of their second NBA title in the last four seasons.

Denver and Orlando both make leaps this week, while Indiana’s years of searching for meaningful success may finally be paying off in the in-season tournament.

With the knockout round tipping off, several high-profile showdowns, including a recent NBA Finals rematch, could be on the horizon in Saturday’s finale.

As the Bulls remain uncompetitive and, in some minds, irrelevant, the Bucks are favored by a number of analysts to return to the NBA Finals in what would be their eighth straight postseason.

The team announced on Friday morning that LaVine would be sidelined at least another week with right foot soreness, but is that really a bad thing? There are growing signs that while the Bulls might not be better without the two-time All-Star guard, they definitely aren’t worse.

If change is on the horizon, it won’t always be like this. There will be lulls and growing pains throughout the season, but these young players brought an energy and spirit that had been missing.

Donovan said the Bulls don’t specialize in one particular coverage but rather multiple defensive schemes they can run throughout a game. But with the Bulls having lost five games in a row, sporting the 22nd-worst defense in the NBA, they need to find answers to remedy that end of the…