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1986–87 Milwaukee Bucks season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

(lost to Celtics 3–4)

The 1986-87 Milwaukee Bucks season was the Bucks' 19th season in the NBA. For the first time since 1978-79, the Bucks did not win their division.

During the season, coach and general manager Don Nelson started to experience a rift in friendship with Bucks owner Herb Kohl due to personal disagreements with Kohl on how to run the team. During Game 4 of the 1987 Eastern Conference semifinals between the Bucks and the Boston Celtics, Nelson controversially announced to the local and national sports media that he did not expect to return to the Bucks after the season was over due to said rift with Kohl. Nelson would in fact resign after the Bucks lost the series to Boston in seven games, coming back from being down 3–1 in the series only to lose the seventh and deciding game in Boston Garden. After 11 seasons coaching and managing the Bucks, Nelson took the year off only to return in the 1988–89 season as coach and manager of the Golden State Warriors. The Bucks hired Nelson's assistant coach, Del Harris, to take over the team for the 1987–88 season.

Draft picks

Main article: 1986 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
122Scott SkilesPGMichigan State
245Keith SmithSGLoyola Marymount
368Baskerville HolmesPFMemphis
5114Bobby DeatonSouthwestern
6137John KimbrellLipscomb
7160Jeff StrongMissouri

Roster

  • Don Nelson
  • Del Harris

Regular season

Season standings

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

Game log

|-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 || October 31, 1986 || @ Detroit | W 120–104 | | | | Pontiac Silverdome | 1–0 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 || November 1, 1986 || Boston | W 111–105 | | | | MECCA Arena | 2–0

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 24 | Philadelphia | W 107–104 | Terry Cummings (21) | Jack Sikma (11) | Paul Pressey (10) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 26 | Philadelphia | L 122–125 (OT) | Ricky Pierce (24) | Randy Breuer (9) | Paul Pressey (9) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | April 29 | @ Philadelphia | W 121–120 | Terry Cummings (26) | Jack Sikma (12) | John Lucas (9) | Spectrum 14,361 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | May 1 | @ Philadelphia | L 118–124 | Terry Cummings (29) | Jack Sikma (13) | John Lucas (10) | Spectrum 15,464 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | May 3 | Philadelphia | W 102–89 | Jack Sikma (18) | Jack Sikma (21) | Paul Pressey (9) | MECCA Arena 11,052

3–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
1
May 5
@ Boston
L 98–111
Terry Cummings (28)
Terry Cummings (12)
Paul Pressey (8)
Boston Garden
14,890
0–1
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
2
May 6
@ Boston
L 124–126
Terry Cummings (28)
Jack Sikma (14)
Paul Pressey (6)
Boston Garden
14,890
0–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
3
May 8
Boston
W 126–121 (OT)
John Lucas (30)
Terry Cummings (12)
Paul Pressey (7)
MECCA Arena
11,052
1–2
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
4
May 10
Boston
L 137–138 (2OT)
Terry Cummings (31)
Terry Cummings (11)
Paul Pressey (11)
MECCA Arena
11,052
1–3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
5
May 13
@ Boston
W 129–124
Sidney Moncrief (33)
Sikma, Cummings (9)
Paul Pressey (10)
Boston Garden
14,890
2–3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc"
6
May 15
Boston
W 121–111
Sidney Moncrief (34)
Terry Cummings (11)
Paul Pressey (11)
MECCA Arena
11,052
3–3
- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc"
7
May 17
@ Boston
L 113–119
Paul Pressey (28)
Jack Sikma (10)
Paul Pressey (8)
Boston Garden
14,890
3–4
-

Player statistics

Source:

Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3FG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Terry Cummings827733.851.10.066.28.52.81.61.020.8
Ricky Pierce793131.753.410.788.03.41.80.80.319.5
John Lucas434031.645.736.578.72.96.71.70.117.5
Paul Pressey616033.747.729.173.84.97.21.80.813.9
Jack Sikma828230.946.30.084.710.02.51.11.112.7
Sidney Moncrief393025.448.825.884.03.33.10.70.311.8
Craig Hodges784327.546.237.389.11.83.11.00.110.8
Randy Breuer761019.348.50.058.44.60.60.70.87.9
Jerry Reynolds582416.639.333.364.13.01.80.90.57.0
Junior Bridgeman34412.346.216.780.01.51.00.30.15.1
Don Collins609.535.70.071.42.50.30.30.24.2
Scott Skiles13015.829.021.483.32.03.50.40.13.8
Mike Glenn408.538.50.071.40.50.30.30.03.8
Keith Smith42411.038.033.375.00.81.00.60.13.3
Kenny Fields405.575.00.020.00.50.30.30.03.3
Dudley Bradley68213.235.726.081.01.51.01.50.13.1
Hank McDowell7010.047.10.085.72.70.30.30.03.1
Cedric Henderson203.066.70.0100.02.50.00.00.03.0
Paul Mokeski62310.140.30.071.92.20.40.30.22.4
Jerome Henderson606.030.80.0100.01.20.00.20.22.0
Marvin Webster1506.852.6100.075.01.70.20.20.51.8
Chris Engler509.625.00.0100.03.20.60.20.21.4

Playoffs

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3FG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Terry Cummings121036.948.80.068.77.92.31.01.122.3
Sidney Moncrief121035.547.328.681.14.53.01.10.519.4
Jack Sikma121235.548.70.098.010.81.91.30.816.2
Ricky Pierce12226.447.90.082.12.31.30.80.415.9
John Lucas121230.245.333.381.32.15.21.20.115.6
Paul Pressey121238.846.612.573.95.28.62.30.714.3
Craig Hodges12018.851.929.490.91.81.70.80.27.9
Randy Breuer12213.048.50.066.72.60.30.60.83.3
Paul Mokeski1208.936.40.080.02.40.20.30.22.3
Dudley Bradley1203.836.40.050.00.00.20.30.00.8
401.333.30.050.00.30.50.80.00.8
Jerome Henderson101.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0

Awards and records

  • Ricky Pierce, NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award
  • Paul Pressey, NBA All-Defensive Second Team

Transactions

Trades

July 1, [1986](1986-87-nba-season)To **Milwaukee Bucks**----To **Seattle SuperSonics**----

References

References

  1. [https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1987.html 1986-87 Milwaukee Bucks]
  2. "Don Nelson resigned as coach of the Milwaukee Bucks".
  3. "1986-87 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Stats".
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