The Milwaukee Bucks have not exactly been very successful in the playoffs over the last couple of decades, but things appear to be changing.

On Monday night, the Bucks defeated the Detroit Pistons by a score of 127-104, completing a four-game sweep of the Pistons to advance to the second round of the playoffs.

This marked the first time Milwaukee swept a best-of-seven playoff series since 1983, when it swept the same franchise it is about to face: the Boston Celtics, per Basketball-Reference.

It doesn't stop there, either.

This also represents the Bucks' first playoff series win, period, since 2001, when they made it to the Eastern Conference Finals before losing to Allen Iverson and the Philadelphia 76ers.

Since then, Milwaukee had made it to the postseason eight times before this season, losing in the first round on each occasion.

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Also, going back even further, prior to eliminating Detroit, the Bucks had won just one playoff series total since 1990, so this is a franchise that is absolutely starving for some postseason success.

Milwaukee won 60 games in the regular season, not only locking down the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, but finishing with the best record in the NBA overall.

Before this year, the Bucks had not won 50 games in a season since the 2000-01 campaign, and they had not won 60 games since the 1980-81 season.

Now, Milwaukee has made three straight playoff appearances, the first time the club has achieved that feat since 2001.