1978-1979 Milwaukee Bucks: 38-44 .463
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 28-13 (4850 points scored, 4458 allowed) Road record: 10-31 (4503 points scored, 4713 allowed) Other sites: 0-0 (0 points scored, 0 allowed) Head Coach: Don Nelson 9353 points scored (4th of 22 teams), 9171 points allowed (15th) NBA Averages: 110.3 points/game (9048.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Kent Benson 6'10 235 24 Indiana Del Beshore 5'11 165 22 California (PA) Junior Bridgeman 6'5 210 25 Louisville Quinn Buckner 6'3 190 24 Indiana John Gianelli 6'10 220 28 Pacific Ernie Grunfeld 6'6 210 23 Tennessee Otis Howard 6'7 220 22 Austin Peay State George Johnson 6'7 210 22 St. John's Marques Johnson 6'7 218 22 UCLA Kevin Restani 6'9 225 27 San Francisco Sam Smith 6'7 230 34 Kentucky Wesleyan Norm Van Lier 6'1 173 31 St. Francis Lloyd Walton 6'0 160 25 Marquette Brian Winters 6'4 185 26 South Carolina Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Marques Johnson 77 2779 820 1491 0 0 332 437 212 374 586 234 116 89 170 186 1972 25.6 G Brian Winters 79 2575 662 1343 0 0 237 277 48 129 177 383 83 40 257 243 1561 19.8 F Junior Bridgeman 82 1963 540 1067 0 0 189 228 113 184 297 163 88 41 138 184 1269 15.5 C Kent Benson 82 2132 413 798 0 0 180 245 187 397 584 204 89 81 156 280 1006 12.3 G Ernie Grunfeld 82 1778 326 661 0 0 191 251 124 236 360 216 58 15 141 220 843 10.3 C John Gianelli 82 2057 256 527 0 0 72 102 122 286 408 160 44 57 106 196 584 7.1 G Quinn Buckner 81 1757 251 553 0 0 79 125 57 153 210 468 156 17 208 224 581 7.2 F Kevin Restani 81 1598 262 529 0 0 51 73 141 244 385 122 30 27 96 155 575 7.1 F George Johnson 67 1157 165 342 0 0 84 117 106 254 360 81 75 49 100 187 414 6.2 G Lloyd Walton 75 1381 157 327 0 0 61 90 34 70 104 356 72 9 123 103 375 5.0 G Norm Van Lier 38 555 30 77 0 0 47 52 8 32 40 158 43 3 49 108 107 2.8 G Sam Smith 16 125 19 47 0 0 18 24 0 9 9 16 8 7 8 12 56 3.5 F Otis Howard 3 22 5 11 0 0 0 0 5 2 7 1 0 0 2 8 10 3.3 G Del Beshore 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
1978 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 12 George Johnson 464 St. John's [pick acquired from CLE]
3 59 Pat Cummings 683 Cincinnati
4 80 Otis Howard 14 Austin Peay
5 103 Russ Coleman Pacific
6 124 Dave Kyle Cleveland State
7 146 Kim Anderson 21 Missouri
8 164 Tom Zaligaris North Carolina
9 182 Gary Rosenberger Marquette
10 196 Tom Anderson Wisconsin-Green Bay
Traded draft picks:
#1 to CLE (Mike Mitchell)
#2 to PHI (Maurice Cheeks)
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/14/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 111-153 0-1 10/15/1978 at New Orleans Jazz W 123-112 1-1 10/20/1978 vs New York Knicks L 105-115 1-2 10/21/1978 at Kansas City Kings W 103-99 2-2 10/22/1978 vs Golden State Warriors W 109-107 3-2 10/24/1978 at Phoenix Suns L 116-124 3-3 10/25/1978 at San Diego Clippers L 116-125 3-4 10/27/1978 at Seattle Supersonics L 79-80 3-5 10/28/1978 at Portland Trail Blazers L 95-106 3-6 10/31/1978 vs Kansas City Kings W 114-112 4-6 11/01/1978 at New Jersey Nets L 110-131 4-7 11/03/1978 at Philadelphia 76ers L 103-118 4-8 11/04/1978 vs New Orleans Jazz L 108-116 4-9 11/07/1978 vs Boston Celtics W 125-108 5-9 11/08/1978 at Detroit Pistons L 106-117 5-10 11/10/1978 vs Houston Rockets W 131-126 6-10 11/11/1978 at Atlanta Hawks L 95-102 6-11 11/14/1978 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 119-137 6-12 11/15/1978 at Washington Bullets L 111-138 6-13 11/18/1978 at New York Knicks L 100-102 6-14 11/21/1978 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 123-93 7-14 11/23/1978 vs San Antonio Spurs L 114-116 7-15 11/25/1978 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 127-126 8-15 11/26/1978 at Indiana Pacers L 112-114 8-16 11/28/1978 vs Denver Nuggets W 117-100 9-16 12/01/1978 vs Indiana Pacers W 111-107 10-16 12/02/1978 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 106-100 11-16 12/06/1978 at Golden State Warriors L 111-118 11-17 12/08/1978 at Los Angeles Lakers L 85-101 11-18 12/09/1978 at Denver Nuggets L 103-113 11-19 12/10/1978 vs San Diego Clippers L 106-107 11-20 12/12/1978 vs Phoenix Suns W 120-114 12-20 12/15/1978 vs Cleveland Cavaliers L 106-110 12-21 12/17/1978 vs Chicago Bulls W 117-101 13-21 12/19/1978 vs Seattle Supersonics W 128-99 14-21 12/23/1978 vs Kansas City Kings L 117-122 14-22 12/26/1978 vs Detroit Pistons W 143-84 15-22 12/28/1978 at San Antonio Spurs L 103-112 15-23 12/29/1978 at Houston Rockets L 103-106 15-24 01/02/1979 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 116-113 16-24 01/03/1979 vs Indiana Pacers L 102-108 16-25 01/05/1979 at Chicago Bulls L 119-124 16-26 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/06/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 104-93 17-26 01/08/1979 vs Houston Rockets W 116-104 18-26 01/10/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks L 113-117 18-27 01/12/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 101-94 19-27 01/14/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 104-99 20-27 01/17/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 123-118 21-27 01/19/1979 at Boston Celtics L 102-103 21-28 01/21/1979 vs New York Knicks W 138-114 22-28 01/28/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 109-111 22-29 01/30/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 113-117 22-30 01/31/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 118-123 22-31 02/02/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 102-104 22-32 02/07/1979 vs Washington Bullets L 90-96 22-33 02/08/1979 at Houston Rockets L 129-134 22-34 02/09/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics W 118-116 23-34 02/11/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 126-87 24-34 02/14/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 115-94 25-34 02/16/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 99-98 26-34 02/18/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 107-110 26-35 02/21/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 117-133 26-36 02/24/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 117-132 26-37 02/28/1979 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 139-117 27-37 03/02/1979 at New Jersey Nets L 91-99 27-38 03/04/1979 at Boston Celtics W 135-122 28-38 03/07/1979 vs New Jersey Nets W 133-98 29-38 03/09/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 119-113 30-38 03/11/1979 vs Detroit Pistons L 115-125 30-39 03/14/1979 vs New Orleans Jazz W 158-102 31-39 03/16/1979 at Washington Bullets W 134-126 32-39 03/18/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs W 147-127 33-39 03/20/1979 at New York Knicks L 110-118 33-40 03/23/1979 at Golden State Warriors L 113-116 33-41 03/25/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers W 122-110 34-41 03/28/1979 vs Boston Celtics W 135-117 35-41 03/30/1979 at Indiana Pacers W 101-99 36-41 03/31/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 108-99 37-41 04/01/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 107-109 37-42 04/03/1979 vs Washington Bullets L 108-112 37-43 04/04/1979 at Atlanta Hawks L 109-118 37-44 04/06/1979 at New Orleans Jazz W 140-131 38-44 |