National Basketball Association

Bucks welcoming coach Jason Kidd back from hip surgery

Published Jan. 25, 2016 6:16 p.m. ET

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ST. FRANCIS, Wis. (AP) Five weeks after undergoing surgery, Milwaukee coach Jason Kidd is returning to the bench on Tuesday when the Bucks host the Orlando Magic.

Entering Monday night, Milwaukee was 19-27, in 13th place in the Eastern Conference, five games back of eighth-place Miami.

Kidd is ending 17-game absence from the sideline in his second season in Milwaukee. The Bucks went 8-9 during that stretch under interim coach Joe Prunty, who is Kidd's lead assistant.