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1976–77 Milwaukee Bucks season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

Don Nelson

The 1976–77 Milwaukee Bucks season was the Bucks' ninth season in the NBA. It was also the first without Jon McGlocklin, the last remaining member of the Bucks' roster from the team's inaugural season.

Draft picks

Main article: 1976 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
17Quinn BucknerSGIndiana
223Alex EnglishSFSouth Carolina
224Scott LloydC/PFArizona State
340Lloyd WaltonPGMarquette
459Dan FrostIowa
575Tom LockhartManhattan
577James RappisArizona
692Phil SpenceFNorth Carolina State
7112Ron BarrowSouthern
8129Bob WarnerMaine
9146Benny ShawCentral Florida
10165Hugo CabreraEast Texas State

Roster

  • Don Nelson
  • K. C. Jones

Regular season

The Milwaukee Bucks rebuild in the wake of the trade of Kareem Abdul Jabbar to the Lakers following the 1974-75 NBA season hit bottom in 1976. Head Coach Larry Costello resigned following a 3–15 start. Assistant Coach Don Nelson took over the team but the Bucks slide continued as they eventually fell to 4-25. The Bucks turned things around as the young nucleus began to gel and the Bucks went 26-27 the rest of the way.

Season standings

:z – clinched division title :y – clinched division title :x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

|-style="background:#fcc;" | 1 || October 21, 1976 || Buffalo | L 112–133 | | | | MECCA Arena | 0–1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || October 23, 1976 || Boston | L 107–111 OT | | | | MECCA Arena | 0–2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 3 || October 24, 1976 || @ Atlanta | L 91–115 | | | | Omni Coliseum | 0–3 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 4 || October 26, 1976 || @ Chicago | L 88–90 | | | | Chicago Stadium | 0–4 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 5 || October 28, 1976 || @ Denver | L 100–119 | | | | McNichols Sports Arena | 0–5 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 || October 30, 1976 || Chicago | W 102–74 | | | | MECCA Arena | 1–5 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 7 || November 2, 1976 || Seattle | W 125–113 | | | | MECCA Arena | 2–5 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 8 || November 3, 1976 || @ Washington | L 105–117 | | | | Capital Centre | 2–6 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 9 || November 4, 1976 || @ Cleveland | L 88–96 | | | | Coliseum at Richfield | 2–7 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 10 || November 6, 1976 || Denver | L 103–105 | | | | MECCA Arena | 2–8 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 11 || November 9, 1976 || Cleveland | L 90–111 | | | | MECCA Arena | 2–9 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 12 || November 12, 1976 || Houston | W 111–99 | | | | MECCA Arena | 3–9 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 13 || November 13, 1976 || N. Y. Knicks | L 97–110 | | | | Madison Square Garden | 3–10 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 14 || November 14, 1976 || Detroit | L 84–104 | | | | MECCA Arena | 3–11

Playoffs

After making the playoffs in 1976, the Bucks failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Player statistics

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3FG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Bob Dandridge7035.746.777.16.33.81.40.420.8
Brian Winters7834.849.884.73.04.31.50.419.3
Junior Bridgeman8229.444.986.45.12.51.00.314.4
Swen Nater7227.252.875.412.01.50.80.713.0
Dave Meyers5025.246.766.16.81.70.80.69.7
Gary Brokaw4121.740.176.61.62.70.50.68.9
Quinn Buckner7926.543.453.93.34.72.40.38.6
Elmore Smith3423.244.758.16.10.90.62.08.4
Fred Carter4718.641.675.32.02.20.60.18.3
Jim Price618.551.277.82.22.51.20.28.2
Scott Lloyd6914.947.275.43.00.50.30.25.8
Kevin Restani6417.451.850.04.11.40.50.25.6
Alex English6010.847.776.72.80.40.30.35.2
Rowland Garrett3311.645.279.32.20.60.40.24.7
5312.846.881.51.02.70.80.04.3
Mickey Davis198.742.692.01.51.10.30.24.3
Glenn McDonald98.823.575.01.30.80.40.02.1

Transactions

Trades

January 13, [1977](1976-77-nba-season)
To **Milwaukee Bucks**----To **Cleveland Cavaliers**----

References

References

  1. [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1977.html 1976–77 Milwaukee Bucks]
  2. "1976-77 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Stats".
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