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1987–88 Milwaukee Bucks season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

(lost to Hawks 2–3)

The 1987–88 Milwaukee Bucks season was the 20th season for the Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association. After the resignation of Don Nelson, the Bucks hired Del Harris as their new head coach. In November, the team acquired second-year forward Larry Krystkowiak from the San Antonio Spurs; Krystkowiak previously played overseas in Italy, and was placed on the Spurs' suspended list for violating his contract.

Under Harris, the Bucks got off to a 9–4 start to the regular season, and played around .500 in winning percentage as the season progressed, holding a 22–20 record at the All-Star break. At mid-season, the team traded three-point specialist Craig Hodges to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Jay Humphries. Despite losing 9 of their final 12 games of the season, the Bucks finished in fourth place in the Central Division with a 42–40 record, and earned the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference.

Terry Cummings averaged 21.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, while Jack Sikma averaged 16.5 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, and sixth man Ricky Pierce provided the team with 16.4 points per game off the bench, but only played just 37 games due to injury. In addition, Paul Pressey contributed 13.1 points, 5.0 rebounds, 7.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game, while Randy Breuer averaged 12.0 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game, and Sidney Moncrief provided with 10.8 points per game. Meanwhile, John Lucas contributed 9.2 points and 4.8 assists per game, Jerry Reynolds contributed 8.0 points per game, Krystkowiak averaged 7.2 points and 4.6 rebounds per game, and Paul Mokeski provided with 4.2 points and 3.7 rebounds per game.

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois, and before the mid-season trade, Hodges participated in the NBA Three-Point Shootout for the third consecutive year. Pressey finished tied in eighth place in Defensive Player of the Year voting, while Breuer finished tied in sixth place in Most Improved Player voting.

In the Eastern Conference First Round of the 1988 NBA playoffs, the Bucks lost in five games to the Atlanta Hawks. Following the season, Lucas signed as a free agent with the Seattle SuperSonics.

This was also the Bucks' final season playing at the MECCA Arena.

Draft picks

Main article: 1987 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
232Bob McCannPFMorehead State
240Winston GarlandPGMissouri State
364J. J. WeberWisconsin
487Darryl BedfordAustin Peay State
5110Brian VaughnsUC Santa Barbara
6133Gay ElmoreSFVirginia Military Institute

Roster

  • Del Harris
  • Mack Calvin
  • Mike Dunleavy, Sr.
  • Frank Hamblen

Regular season

Season standings

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

Game log

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | November 6, 1987 7:00p.m. CST | @ Boston | L 108–125 | Cummings (26) | Sikma (11) | Mannion, Pressey Reynolds (4) | Boston Garden 14,890 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 2 | November 7, 1987 8:00p.m. CST | Detroit | W 119–105 | Sikma (26) | Sikma (18) | Lucas, Pressey (8) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | November 10, 1987 7:30p.m. CST | Washington | W 115–100 | Pressey (24) | Breuer (16) | Sikma (7) | MECCA Arena 10,586 | 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | November 11, 1987 6:30p.m. CST | @ Cleveland | W 107–101 | Sikma (26) | Sikma (14) | Sikma (6) | Richfield Coliseum 12,145 | 3–1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 5 || November 14, 1987 || @ New York | L 89–93 | | | | Madison Square Garden | 3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | November 15, 1987 7:30p.m. CST | Atlanta | W 112–103 | Cummings (28) | Sikma (12) | Lucas (12) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 4–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 7 || November 17, 1987 || Golden State | W 120–108 | | | | MECCA Arena | 5–2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 8 || November 19, 1987 || @ Sacramento | W 117–113 | | | | ARCO Arena I | 6–2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 9 || November 20, 1987 || @ Seattle | L 97–99 | | | | Seattle Center Coliseum | 6–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 10 | November 22, 1987 9:30p.m. CST | @ L.A. Lakers | W 124–116 (OT) | Reynolds (24) | Sikma (17) | Cummings, Pressey Sikma (6) | The Forum 17,505 | 7–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 11 | November 25, 1987 7:30p.m. CST | Chicago | L 101–103 | Pressey (18) | Pressey (13) | Pressey (10) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 7–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 12 | November 28, 1987 8:00p.m. CST | Boston | W 112–97 | Pressey (21) | Sikma (11) | Pressey (12) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 8–4 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 13 || November 30, 1987 || Indiana | W 104–94 | | | | MECCA Arena | 9–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 14 | December 2, 1987 6:30p.m. CST | @ Detroit | L 105–115 | Breuer (33) | Breuer (11) | Sikma (8) | Pontiac Silverdome 18,780 | 9–4 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 15 | December 4, 1987 7:00p.m. CST | L. A. Lakers | W 85–83 | Hodges (22) | Breuer (9) | Mannion (6) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 10–5 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 16 || December 8, 1987 || @ Indiana | L 101–103 | | | | Market Square Arena | 10–6 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 17 | December 10, 1987 7:30p.m. CST | @ Chicago | L 105–111 | Cummings (27) | Sikma (11) | Cummings, Lucas (5) | Chicago Stadium 17,820 | 10–7 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 18 || December 11, 1987 || Portland | W 125–112 | | | | MECCA Arena | 11–7 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 19 | December 13, 1987 7:30p.m. CST | Dallas | L 99–113 | Cummings, Sikma (19) | Cummings, Pressey (9) | Pressey (7) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 11–8 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 20 || December 15, 1987 || @ New York | W 103–98 | | | | Madison Square Garden | 12–8 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 21 | December 18, 1987 8:00p.m. CST | Atlanta | L 87–94 | Breuer, Hodges (19) | Breuer (9) | Pressey (10) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 12–9 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 22 || December 22, 1987 || New York | W 122–105 | | | | MECCA Arena | 13–9 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 23 | December 26, 1987 8:00p.m. CST | Washington | W 102–97 | Sikma (25) | Cumings (11) | Pressey (8) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 14–9 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 24 || December 29, 1987 || @ New Jersey | W 106–88 | | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 15–9 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 25 || December 30, 1987 || Houston | L 93–102 | | | | MECCA Arena | 15–10 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 26 || January 2, 1988 || Indiana | L 97–99 | | | | MECCA Arena | 15–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 27 || January 5, 1988 || L. A. Clippers | W 98–82 | | | | MECCA Arena | 16–11 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 28 || January 7, 1988 || @ Indiana | L 108–114 | | | | Market Square Arena | 16–12 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 29 | January 8, 1988 8:00p.m. CST | Utah | L 107–111 | Sikma (24) | Cummings (9) | Lucas (13) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 16–13 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 30 || January 10, 1988 || New Jersey | W 105–87 | | | | MECCA Arena | 17–13 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 31 || January 12, 1988 || Philadelphia | W 106–103 | | | | MECCA Arena | 18–13 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 32 | January 14, 1988 6:30p.m. CST | @ Washington | L 107–136 | Sikma (23) | Sikma (12) | Pressey (7) | Capital Centre 8,316 | 18–14 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 33 | January 17, 1988 1:30p.m. CST | Cleveland | W 111–93 | Cummings (25) | Breuer (17) | Pressey (9) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 19–14 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 34 || January 19, 1988 || @ San Antonio | L 107–136 | | | | HemisFair Arena | 19–15 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 35 || January 21, 1988 || @ Houston | L 103–116 | | | | The Summit | 19–16 |- align="center" bgcolor="#fcc" | 36 | January 23, 1988 7:30p.m. CST | @ Dallas | L 97–113 | Pressey (22) | Cummings, Sikma (12) | Lucas, Moncrief (4) | Reunion Arena 17,007 | 19–17 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 37 || January 25, 1988 || @ Golden State | W 108–105 | | | | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena | 20–17 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 38 || January 26, 1988 || @ Portland | L 106–112 | | | | Memorial Coliseum | 20–18 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 39 | January 28, 1988 8:30p.m. CST | @ Denver | L 113–122 | Pressey (22) | Pressey (9) | Pressey (9) | McNichols Sports Arena 13,911 | 20–19 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 40 || January 29, 1988 || @ L. A. Clippers | W 97–88 | | | | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena | 21–19 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 41 | February 2, 1988 7:30p.m. CST | Detroit | L 97–99 | Cummings (30) | Cummings (9) | Pressey (5) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 21–20 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 42 | February 4, 1988 7:30p.m. CST | Boston | W 111–101 | Cummings (30) | Sikma (11) | Moncrief, Pressey (8) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 22–20 |- align="center" |- style="background:#cfc;" |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 43 | February 9, 1988 7:30p.m. CST | Cleveland | W 112–104 | Cummings (29) | Sikma (12) | Moncrief (10) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 23–20 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 44 || February 11, 1988 || @ Philadelphia | L 113–119 OT | | | | The Spectrum | 23–21 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 45 | February 12, 1988 8:00p.m. CST | Chicago | L 93–95 | Cummings (23) | Breuer, Sikma (9) | Lucas, Moncrief, Pressey (6) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 23–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 46 | February 15, 1988 12Noon CST | @ Washington | W 114–110 | Sikma (27) | Sikma (12) | Lucas (9) | Capital Centre 9,564 | 24–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 48 | February 19, 1988 8:00p.m. CST | Detroit | W 119–108 | Cummings (36) | Cummings (11) | Pressey (7) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 26–22 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 52 | February 26, 1988 6:30p.m. CST | @ Boston | L 96–132 | Lucas (19) | Krystkowiak, Stroeder (7) | Lucas (6) | Boston Garden 14,890 | 28–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 53 | February 27, 1988 7:30p.m. CST | @ Chicago | W 94–91 | Cummings (27) | Sikma (7) | Licas (13) | Chicago Stadium 18,243 | 29–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 54 | March 1, 1988 7:00p.m. CST | Boston | W 117–116 | Moncrief, Sikma (20) | Sikma (15) | Moncrief, Pressey (7) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 30–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 55 | March 5, 1988 6:30p.m. CST | @ Atlanta | W 104–101 | Moncrief (29) | Cummings (15) | Pressey (6) | The Omni 16,451 | 31–24 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 56 | March 6, 1988 6:00p.m. CST | @ Detroit | L 99–109 | Pierce (21) | Cummings (8) | Lucas (7) | Pontiac Silverdome 24,751 | 31–25 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 58 | March 9, 1988 6:30p.m. CST | @ Cleveland | L 91–117 | Cummings (22) | Cummings, Mokeski (6) | Lucas, Pressey, Reynolds (4) | Richfield Coliseum 11,641 | 32–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 59 | March 11, 1988 8:00p.m. CST | Denver | W 132–93 | Reynolds (24) | Breuer, Pressey (10) | Lucas (8) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 33–26 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 63 | March 19, 1988 8:00p.m. CST | Cleveland | W 101–100 | Pierce (29) | Cummings (9) | Lucas (7) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 36–27 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 64 | March 21, 1988 6:30p.m. CST | @ Atlanta | L 105–115 | Cummings (26) | Sikma (11) | Pressey (8) | The Omni 13,702 | 36–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 65 | March 22, 1988 7:30p.m. CST | Atlanta | W 111–98 | Breuer (27) | Breuer (17) | Pressey (12) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 37–28 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 67 | March 26, 1988 8:30p.m. CST | @ Utah | W 107–105 | Cummings (24) | Sikma (11) | Humphries, Sikma (7) | Salt Palace 12,444 | 38–29 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 71 | April 5, 1988 6:30p.m. CDT | @ Atlanta | L 110–121 | Pierce (21) | Sikma (8) | Lucas (7) | The Omni 15,442 | 39–32 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 72 | April 6, 1988 7:30p.m. CDT | Chicago | L 110–119 | Pierce (19) | Cummings (9) | Lucas, Moncrief (8) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 39–33 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 73 | April 8, 1988 6:30p.m. CDT | @ Cleveland | L 85–104 | Reynolds (16) | Breuer (8) | Lucas (10) | Richfield Coliseum 16,475 | 39–34 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | April 13, 1988 6:30p.m. CDT | @ Boston | L 104–123 | Cummings (21) | Krystkowiak (8) | Cummings, Moncrief (5) | Boston Garden 14,890 | 40–36 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 77 | April 15, 1988 7:00p.m. CST | @ Detroit | L 91–92 | Sikma (28) | Krystkowiak (8) | Lucas (5) | Pontiac Silverdome 27,126 | 40–37 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 78 | April 17, 1988 12:30p.m. CDT | @ Chicago | L 97–105 | Cummings (27) | Cummings (11) | Lucas, Sikma (7) | Chicago Stadium 18,551 | 40–38 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 80 | April 20, 1988 7:30p.m. CDT | Washington | W 132–94 | Cummings (26) | Cummings (10) | Pressey (12) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 41–39 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 81 || April 22, 1988 || New York | W 118–109 | | | | MECCA Arena | 42–39

Playoffs

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | April 29, 1988 6:30p.m. CDT | @ Atlanta | L 107–110 | Pressey (21) | Sikma (12) | Pressey (7) | The Omni 11,517 | 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | May 1, 1988 6:00p.m. CDT | @ Atlanta | L 97–104 | Moncrief (22) | Sikma (17) | Pressey (9) | The Omni 11,777 | 0–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 3 | May 4, 1988 7:30p.m. CDT | Atlanta | W 123–115 | Cummings (30) | Sikma (16) | Pressey (6) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 1–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 4 | May 6, 1988 7:30p.m. CDT | Atlanta | W 105–99 | Cummings (30) | Sikma (9) | Moncrief (7) | MECCA Arena 11,052 | 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | May 8, 1988 6:00p.m. CDT | @ Atlanta | L 111–121 | Terry Cummings (28) | Larry Krystkowiak (10) | Moncrief, Pressey (6) | The Omni 12,190

2–3

Player statistics

Season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3FG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Terry Cummings767634.648.533.366.57.32.41.00.621.3
Jack Sikma828235.648.621.492.28.63.41.11.016.5
Ricky Pierce37026.151.021.487.72.22.00.60.216.4
Paul Pressey757533.149.120.579.85.07.01.50.513.1
Randy Breuer817327.949.50.065.76.81.30.61.312.0
Sidney Moncrief565125.548.916.183.73.23.60.70.310.8
Craig Hodges43022.944.946.682.11.12.50.70.09.2
John Lucas812221.844.533.880.22.04.81.10.09.2
Jerry Reynolds622118.744.942.977.32.61.71.20.58.0
Larry Krystkowiak50721.048.10.081.14.61.00.40.27.2
Paul Mokeski60014.147.60.070.83.70.40.50.54.2
Dave Hoppen3011.736.40.0100.02.30.70.00.03.7
Pace Mannion35113.640.716.767.61.51.60.40.23.5
Jay Humphries18014.037.00.064.31.32.31.10.12.7
Charles Davis507.833.30.00.00.60.60.40.22.4
Conner Henry14210.431.733.357.11.42.10.30.12.3
John Stroeder4106.636.70.066.71.70.50.10.31.9
Andre Moore305.366.70.00.00.70.30.00.01.3
Rickie Winslow706.423.10.050.01.00.30.10.01.0
Dudley Bradley202.50.00.00.00.50.50.00.00.0

Playoffs

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3FG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
Terry Cummings5538.656.20.065.97.82.61.80.625.8
Jack Sikma5538.046.10.083.312.42.60.40.819.0
Sidney Moncrief5534.648.0100.096.33.85.20.60.215.0
Paul Pressey5535.646.033.376.73.86.60.80.614.0
Ricky Pierce5021.047.220.088.92.81.80.20.411.8
Larry Krystkowiak5532.644.80.088.96.81.40.80.08.4
John Lucas5016.037.023.166.71.63.81.00.05.8
Randy Breuer4011.856.30.016.73.00.30.30.54.8
Paul Mokeski4010.035.70.066.72.30.00.80.53.5
John Stroeder101.0100.0100.00.00.00.00.00.03.0
Jerry Reynolds304.066.70.00.00.30.30.00.02.7
Jay Humphries209.00.00.00.01.50.50.50.00.0

Player statistics citation:

Awards and records

  • The Bucks would win the inaugural 1987 McDonald's Open after winning games against the Tracer Milano from Italy and the Soviet Union national basketball team.

Transactions

Trades

February 25, [1988](1989-90-nba-season)To **Milwaukee Bucks**----To **Phoenix Suns**----

Free agents

John StroederOctober 8, 1987Rapid City Thrillers

Player Transactions Citation:

References

References

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