1979-1980 Milwaukee Bucks: 49-33 .598
Previous Season Home record: 28-12 (4464 points scored, 4165 allowed) Road record: 21-20 (4447 points scored, 4421 allowed) Other sites: 0-1 (114 points scored, 116 allowed) Head Coach: Don Nelson 9025 points scored (9th of 22 teams), 8702 points allowed (7th) NBA Averages: 109.3 points/game (8965.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Kent Benson 6'10 235 25 Indiana Junior Bridgeman 6'5 210 26 Louisville Quinn Buckner 6'3 190 25 Indiana Harvey Catchings 6'9 218 28 Hardin-Simmons Pat Cummings 6'9 230 23 Cincinnati Marques Johnson 6'7 218 23 UCLA Bob Lanier 6'11 250 31 St. Bonaventure Dave Meyers 6'8 215 26 UCLA Sidney Moncrief 6'3 180 22 Arkansas Lloyd Walton 6'0 160 26 Marquette Richard Washington 6'10 220 24 UCLA Brian Winters 6'4 185 27 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 2686 689 1267 2 9 291 368 217 349 566 273 100 70 185 173 1671 21.7 F Junior Bridgeman 81 2316 594 1243 5 27 230 266 104 197 301 237 94 20 172 216 1423 17.6 G Brian Winters 80 2623 535 1116 38 102 184 214 48 175 223 362 101 28 186 208 1292 16.1 F Dave Meyers 79 2204 399 830 1 5 156 246 140 308 448 225 72 40 182 218 955 12.1 G Quinn Buckner 67 1690 306 655 2 5 105 143 69 169 238 383 135 4 149 202 719 10.7 G Sidney Moncrief 77 1557 211 451 0 1 232 292 154 184 338 133 72 16 117 106 654 8.5 C Kent Benson 56 1389 213 431 0 1 66 97 96 237 333 127 54 74 106 178 492 8.8 C Pat Cummings 71 900 187 370 0 0 94 123 81 157 238 53 22 17 74 141 468 6.6 F Richard Washington 75 1092 197 421 0 0 46 76 95 181 276 55 26 48 63 166 440 5.9 C Bob Lanier 26 739 147 283 1 1 113 144 44 135 179 62 36 29 49 70 408 15.7 G Lloyd Walton 76 1243 110 242 1 3 49 71 33 58 91 285 43 2 112 68 270 3.6 C Harvey Catchings 72 1366 97 244 0 1 39 62 164 246 410 82 23 162 68 191 233 3.2
1979 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 5 Sidney Moncrief 767 Arkansas [pick acquired from DET]
2 31 Edgar Jones 363 Nevada-Reno
3 52 Larry Gibson Maryland
4 69 Eugene Robinson NE Louisiana [pick acquired from DET]
5 97 Jim Tillman Eastern Kentucky
6 116 Derrick Mayes Illinois State
7 138 Stan Ray Cal State Fullerton
8 156 Larry Spicer Alabama-Birmingham
9 174 Roger Lapham Maine
10 193 Chris Fahrbach North Dakota
Traded draft picks:
#1 to DET via GOL (Roy Hamilton)
#4 to HOU (Sammy Drummer)
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western Semifinals
04/08/1980 at Seattle Supersonics L 113-114 (OT)
04/09/1980 at Seattle Supersonics W 114-112 (OT)
04/11/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics W 95-91
04/13/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics L 107-112
04/15/1980 at Seattle Supersonics W 108-97
04/18/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics L 85-86
04/20/1980 at Seattle Supersonics L 94-98
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
F Marques Johnson 7 303 54 128 1 3 30 40 17 31 48 20 5 6 8 20 139 19.9
C Bob Lanier 7 256 52 101 0 0 31 42 17 48 65 31 7 8 17 23 135 19.3
G Brian Winters 7 268 46 100 9 21 10 10 4 17 21 37 11 0 16 25 111 15.9
G Sidney Moncrief 7 182 30 51 0 0 27 31 17 14 31 11 5 1 14 14 87 12.4
F Dave Meyers 7 195 26 62 0 3 14 30 16 19 35 14 9 6 15 25 66 9.4
F Junior Bridgeman 5 124 20 56 0 1 11 15 4 15 19 17 5 2 14 17 51 10.2
F Richard Washington 7 112 25 47 0 0 1 4 7 13 20 3 4 8 8 22 51 7.3
G Quinn Buckner 7 165 18 53 0 1 7 11 6 10 16 31 15 0 13 20 43 6.1
C Pat Cummings 6 57 11 17 0 0 5 6 4 12 16 2 1 0 8 9 27 4.5
C Harvey Catchings 6 64 2 6 0 0 2 4 5 16 21 2 0 8 2 13 6 1.0
G Lloyd Walton 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/12/1979 at Kansas City Kings L 103-105 0-1 10/13/1979 at Denver Nuggets W 125-96 1-1 10/15/1979 at Utah Jazz W 131-107 2-1 10/17/1979 vs Denver Nuggets W 125-97 3-1 10/19/1979 vs Phoenix Suns W 95-94 4-1 10/21/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 113-111 5-1 10/23/1979 at Phoenix Suns W 114-108 6-1 10/25/1979 at San Diego Clippers W 118-115 7-1 10/27/1979 vs Detroit Pistons W 132-118 8-1 10/31/1979 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 110-106 9-1 11/03/1979 at Chicago Bulls W 136-134 10-1 11/04/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 101-114 10-2 11/06/1979 vs Philadelphia 76ers L 117-118 10-3 11/08/1979 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 98-89 11-3 11/10/1979 vs San Diego Clippers W 133-104 12-3 11/13/1979 at Portland Trail Blazers W 101-92 13-3 11/14/1979 at Seattle Supersonics L 117-136 13-4 11/18/1979 at San Diego Clippers L 96-112 13-5 11/21/1979 vs Atlanta Hawks W 96-93 14-5 11/22/1979 at New Jersey Nets W 117-109 15-5 11/23/1979 at Detroit Pistons L 100-119 15-6 11/25/1979 vs Golden State Warriors W 114-90 16-6 11/27/1979 vs New Jersey Nets L 93-118 16-7 11/28/1979 at Indiana Pacers W 87-79 17-7 12/01/1979 at Golden State Warriors W 109-99 18-7 12/02/1979 at Los Angeles Lakers L 103-116 18-8 12/03/1979 at Utah Jazz W 96-89 19-8 12/05/1979 at Denver Nuggets L 107-123 19-9 12/07/1979 vs San Antonio Spurs L 105-117 19-10 12/09/1979 vs Boston Celtics L 108-113 19-11 12/11/1979 vs Seattle Supersonics L 99-103 19-12 12/12/1979 at Philadelphia 76ers L 91-112 19-13 12/14/1979 at Boston Celtics L 94-97 19-14 12/16/1979 vs Utah Jazz W 104-79 20-14 12/20/1979 vs Kansas City Kings W 120-109 21-14 12/23/1979 at Phoenix Suns L 103-106 21-15 12/26/1979 vs Chicago Bulls W 110-101 22-15 12/27/1979 at Washington Bullets L 108-117 22-16 12/29/1979 at New York Knicks L 105-117 22-17 12/30/1979 vs Utah Jazz L 88-95 22-18 01/03/1980 vs Indiana Pacers W 106-96 23-18 01/05/1980 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 99-98 24-18 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/06/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 113-103 25-18 01/08/1980 at Chicago Bulls L 102-110 25-19 01/09/1980 vs San Diego Clippers L 107-111 25-20 01/11/1980 vs New York Knicks W 109-107 26-20 01/13/1980 vs Houston Rockets L 117-121 26-21 01/16/1980 vs Kansas City Kings L 108-112 26-22 01/18/1980 vs Denver Nuggets L 111-120 26-23 01/20/1980 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 89-88 27-23 01/22/1980 at Utah Jazz L 122-127 27-24 01/23/1980 at Golden State Warriors W 104-102 28-24 01/25/1980 at Phoenix Suns L 96-110 28-25 01/27/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers L 102-112 28-26 01/29/1980 at Portland Trail Blazers W 103-96 29-26 01/31/1980 at Seattle Supersonics L 101-105 29-27 02/06/1980 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 111-109 30-27 02/08/1980 vs Washington Bullets W 115-90 31-27 02/10/1980 vs Phoenix Suns W 109-107 32-27 02/13/1980 vs Chicago Bulls W 111-101 33-27 02/14/1980 vs Golden State Warriors W 120-103 34-27 02/15/1980 at Houston Rockets W 114-103 35-27 02/17/1980 at San Antonio Spurs L 134-135 35-28 02/20/1980 at Atlanta Hawks L 103-106 35-29 02/24/1980 at Kansas City Kings W 94-72 36-29 02/26/1980 vs San Diego Clippers W 122-88 37-29 02/27/1980 at Phoenix Suns W 119-110 38-29 02/29/1980 at Los Angeles Lakers W 126-117 39-29 03/02/1980 at San Diego Clippers W 101-98 40-29 03/04/1980 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 124-127 40-30 03/05/1980 at Denver Nuggets L 109-112 40-31 03/08/1980 at Golden State Warriors W 105-80 41-31 03/12/1980 vs Seattle Supersonics W 112-103 42-31 03/14/1980 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 120-110 43-31 03/16/1980 vs Kansas City Kings W 128-121 44-31 03/18/1980 at Portland Trail Blazers L 122-123 44-32 03/19/1980 at Seattle Supersonics W 108-106 45-32 03/21/1980 vs Golden State Warriors W 121-93 46-32 03/25/1980 at Chicago Bulls W 122-111 47-32 03/27/1980 vs Denver Nuggets W 143-95 48-32 03/28/1980 at Kansas City Kings L 114-116 48-33 03/30/1980 vs Utah Jazz W 107-91 49-33 |