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1980–81 Milwaukee Bucks season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

(lost to 76ers 3–4)

The 1980–81 Milwaukee Bucks season was the Bucks 13th season in the NBA. They finished with 60 wins and 22 losses, placing first in their division and second in the Eastern Conference behind the Boston Celtics. It was the Bucks' best regular season record since 1972–73, and their only 60-win season without Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on their roster until the 2018-19 season. The team's top scorer, fourth-year small forward Marques Johnson finished sixth in the MVP voting.

Draft picks

Main article: 1980 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalitySchool/Club team
363Al BealOklahoma
486Jeff WolfNorth Carolina
5109Ken JonesVirginia Commonwealth
6132Alex GilbertIndiana State
7155Ron WhiteFurman
8174Keith ValentineVirginia Union
9194Del YarbroughIllinois State
10210Melvin CraytonAlabama State

Roster

  • Don Nelson
  • John Killilea
  • Dave Wohl

Regular season

Season standings

Notes

  • z, y – division champions
  • x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

|-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 || October 10, 1980 || @ Philadelphia | W 106–103 |Junior Bridgeman (21) | | | The Spectrum | 1–0 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || October 11, 1980 || @ New York | L 109–114 |Marques Johnson (19) | | | Madison Square Garden | 1-1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 3 || October 16, 1980 || Boston | L 103–110 |Marques Johnson (27) | | | MECCA Arena | 1–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 4 || October 18, 1980 || @ Cleveland | W 107–105 |Brian Winters (25) | | | Coliseum at Richfield | 2-2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 5 || October 19, 1980 || New Jersey | W 105–93 |Brian Winters (22) | | | MECCA Arena | 3–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 || October 21, 1980 || Cleveland | W 115–95 |Marques Johnson (28) | | | MECCA Arena | 4–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 7 || October 22, 1980 || @ Indiana | W 119–105 | | | | Market Square Arena | 5–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 8 || October 25, 1980 || Chicago | W 109–93 |Marques Johnson (21) | | | MECCA Arena | 6–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 8 || October 26, 1980 || Washington | W 111–88 |Marques Johnson (21) |Marques Johnson, Sidney Moncrief (9) |Quinn Buckner, Brian Winters (7) | MECCA Arena | 7–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 9 || October 28, 1980 || @ Chicago | W 106–99 | | | | Chicago Stadium | 8–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 10 || October 29, 1980 || @ New Jersey | W 132–116 |Junior Bridgeman (26) | | | Rutgers Athletic Center | 9–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 11 || November 1, 1980 || @ Atlanta | W 99–93 | | | | Omni Coliseum | 10–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 12 || November 2, 1980 || Indiana | W 135–121 |Marques Johnson (40) | | | MECCA Arena | 11–2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 13 || November 4, 1980 || Detroit | L 96–98 | | | | MECCA Arena | 11–3 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 14 || November 7, 1980 || @ Boston | w 102–101 | | | | Boston Garden | 12–3 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 15 || November 9, 1980 || Philadelphia | L 121–136 | | | | MECCA Arena | 12–4 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 16 || November 11, 1980 || @ Cleveland | W 100–96 |Marques Johnson (19) | | | Coliseum at Richfield | 13–4 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 17 || November 12, 1980 || @ Detroit | W 122–98 |Junior Bridgeman (27) | | | Pontiac Silverdome | 14–4 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 18 || November 14, 1980 || New York | W 125–106 | | | | MECCA Arena | 15–4 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 19 || November 16, 1980 || Chicago | L 108–114 | | | | MECCA Arena | 15–5 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 20 || November 18, 1980 || @ Utah | W 126–93 |Sidney Moncrief (21) | | | Salt Palace | 16–5 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 21 || November 20, 1980 || @ Portland | W 97–93 |Mickey Johnson (22) | | | Memorial Coliseum | 17–5 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 22 || November 23, 1980 || @ Los Angeles | W 110–94 |Marques Johnson (24) | | | The Forum | 18–5 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 23 || November 28, 1980 || Atlanta | W 114–108 OT | | | | MECCA Arena | 19–5 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 24 || November 29, 1980 || @ Washington | L 89–98 | | | | Capital Centre | 19–6 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 25 || November 30, 1980 || Boston | W 107–105 | | | | MECCA Arena | 20–6 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 27 || December 2, 1980 || Utah | W 119–108 | | | | MECCA Arena | 21–6 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 28 || December 5, 1980 || Indiana | W 102–100 | | | | MECCA Arena | 22–6 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 29 || December 6, 1980 || @ New York | L 94–104 | | | | Madison Square Garden | 22–7 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 30 || December 9, 1980 || @ Boston | L 89–112 | | | | Boston Garden | 22–8 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 31 || December 11, 1980 || New York | W 119–107 | | | | MECCA Arena | 23–8 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 32 || December 13, 1980 || @ Atlanta | L 119–122 | | | | Omni Coliseum | 23–9 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 33 || December 14, 1980 || San Antonio | W 115–98 | | | | MECCA Arena | 24–9 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 34 || December 17, 1980 || @ New Jersey | L 112–115 | | | | Rutgers Athletic Center | 24–10 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 35 || December 18, 1980 || Detroit | W 121–104 | | | | MECCA Arena | 25–10 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 37 || December 21, 1980 || Houston | W 123–91 | | | | MECCA Arena | 26–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 38 || December 27, 1980 || Dallas | W 112–96 | | | | MECCA Arena | 27–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 40 || January 4, 1980 || San Diego | W 128–95 | | | | MECCA Arena | 29–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 41 || January 6, 1980 || New Jersey | W 102–86 | | | | MECCA Arena | 30–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 42 || January 8, 1980 || Atlanta | W 98–95 | | | | MECCA Arena | 31–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 62 || February 17, 1981 || @ Dallas | W 114–106 | | | | Reunion Arena | 45–17

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 5 | @ Philadelphia | L 122–125 | Junior Bridgeman (32) | Marques Johnson (14) | Quinn Buckner (8) | Spectrum 9,727 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 2 | April 7 | @ Philadelphia | W 109–99 | Marques Johnson (22) | Bob Lanier (10) | Quinn Buckner (6) | Spectrum 15,259 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 10 | Philadelphia | L 103–108 | Marques Johnson (29) | Marques Johnson (9) | Marques Johnson (8) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | April 12 | Philadelphia | W 109–98 | Marques Johnson (35) | Sidney Moncrief (10) | Marques Johnson (7) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | April 15 | @ Philadelphia | L 99–116 | Mickey Johnson, Moncrief (20) | Mickey Johnson (13) | Marques Johnson (7) | Spectrum 15,384 | 2–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | April 17 | Philadelphia | W 109–86 | Mickey Johnson (22) | Mickey Johnson (12) | Lanier, Buckner (6) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | April 19 | @ Philadelphia | L 98–99 | Marques Johnson (36) | Bob Lanier (10) | four players tied (4) | Spectrum 6,704

3–4

Player statistics

Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3FG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Marques Johnson7633.455.20.070.66.84.61.50.520.3
Junior Bridgeman7728.848.714.388.43.83.01.10.416.8
Bob Lanier6726.252.5100.075.16.22.71.11.214.3
Sidney Moncrief8030.254.122.280.45.13.31.10.514.0
Quinn Buckner8229.149.316.773.43.64.72.40.013.3
Mickey Johnson8225.844.816.778.96.63.51.10.912.5
Brian Winters6925.747.535.386.92.03.31.00.111.6
Pat Cummings7414.653.90.070.73.90.80.40.38.0
Mike Evans7112.846.014.378.11.22.40.50.14.5
Harvey Catchings7721.244.70.064.16.11.30.42.44.2
Len Elmore7212.835.80.072.02.91.00.50.72.9
Kim Hughes457.435.60.00.01.70.50.40.50.7

Playoffs

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3FG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Marques Johnson7738.055.60.071.99.44.91.41.024.7
Bob Lanier7733.758.80.071.97.44.01.71.117.6
Sidney Moncrief7739.643.50.074.56.72.91.70.414.0
Junior Bridgeman7026.146.2100.081.32.13.30.90.014.0
Mickey Johnson7724.340.00.085.76.71.91.30.911.7
Brian Winters7025.945.933.375.03.33.11.40.110.0
Quinn Buckner7726.143.30.068.82.95.01.60.09.0
Mike Evans409.552.90.087.50.31.50.00.36.3
Pat Cummings505.027.30.075.01.20.00.20.01.8
Harvey Catchings7015.618.80.0100.03.71.10.01.61.1
Len Elmore403.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

Week/Month

All-Star

Season

  • Marques Johnson, All-NBA Second Team
  • Quinn Buckner, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

Records

Milestones

Transactions

Trades

September 11, [1980](1980-81-nba-season)To **Milwaukee Bucks**----To **Indiana Pacers**----

Free agents

Kim HughesOctober 31, 1980Denver Nuggets
SubtractionsPlayerDate signedNew team
Dave MeyersApril 30, 1980Retired
Richard WashingtonExpansion Draft May 28, 1980Dallas Mavericks
Lloyd WaltonOctober 6, 1980Kansas City Kings
Scott LloydOctober 20, 1980Dallas Mavericks

References

References

  1. [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1981.html 1980-81 Milwaukee Bucks]
  2. "1980-81 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Stats".
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