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2001–02 Milwaukee Bucks season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

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The 2001–02 Milwaukee Bucks season was the 34th season for the Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association. During the off-season, the Bucks signed free agent Anthony Mason to shore up their front line. After advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals last year, the Bucks got off to a solid start by winning nine of their first ten games of the regular season, but then lost five straight afterwards. The team posted an 8-game winning streak in January, which led them to a division-leading record of 26–13 as of January 21, 2002, and held a 28–18 record at the All-Star break. At mid-season, the team signed free agent Greg Anthony, who was previously released by the Chicago Bulls.

However, with a 35–25 record as of March 6, the Bucks struggled and lost 16 of their final 22 games of the season, and missed the NBA playoffs by finishing in fifth place in the Central Division with a disappointing 41–41 record, and also finishing just one game behind the 8th–seeded Indiana Pacers. On the final day of the regular season on April 17, 2002, the Bucks suffered an embarrassing road loss to the Detroit Pistons, 123–89 at The Palace of Auburn Hills. This was one of the biggest late-season collapses for a team that was contending for a Division title in March.

Ray Allen averaged 21.8 points and 1.3 steals per game, and led the league with 229 three-point field goals, while Glenn Robinson averaged 20.7 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game, and Sam Cassell provided the team with 19.7 points and 6.7 assists per game. In addition, Mason contributed 9.6 points, 7.9 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game, while off the bench, sixth man Tim Thomas averaged 11.7 points per game, and second-year guard Michael Redd showed improvement averaging 11.4 points per game. Meanwhile, Darvin Ham averaged 4.3 points and 2.9 rebounds per game, second-year center Joel Pryzbilla provided with 2.7 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game, and Ervin Johnson contributed 2.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game.

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the First Union Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Allen was selected for the 2002 NBA All-Star Game, as a member of the Eastern Conference All-Star team. In addition, Allen participated in the NBA Three-Point Shootout for the third consecutive year. The Bucks finished twelfth in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 745,305 at the Bradley Center during the regular season.

Following the season, Robinson was traded to the Atlanta Hawks after eight seasons with the Bucks, while Ham signed as a free agent with the Hawks, and Anthony retired. For the season, the Bucks slightly changed their uniforms by adding side panels to their jerseys, while making the numbers on the road jerseys silver; these uniforms would remain in use until 2006.

Draft picks

Main article: 2001 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege
251Andre HutsonFUnited StatesMichigan State

Roster

  • George Karl
  • Ron Adams
  • Mike McNeive
  • Don Newman
  • Terry Stotts
  • Mike Thibault

Regular season

Season standings

:c – clinched home field advantage throughout conference playoffs :y – clinched division title :x – clinched playoff spot

Game log

|-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 1 || October 30, 2001 || @ Utah | W 119—112 | | | | Delta Center 18,845 | 1–0 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 || November 1, 2001 || @ Denver | W 102—101 | | | | Pepsi Center 18,634 | 2–0 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 3 || November 3, 2001 || Boston | W 105–99 | | | | Bradley Center 18,171 | 3–0 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 4 || November 8, 2001 || Miami | W 86–82 | | | | Bradley Center 18,364 | 4–0 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 5 || November 10, 2001 || Minnesota | L 82–98 | | | | Bradley Center 18,717 | 4–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 || November 14, 2001 || @ Washington | W 107–98 | | | | MCI Center 20,674 | 5–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 7 || November 17, 2001 || Utah | W 104–93 | | | | Bradley Center 18,717 | 6–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 8 || November 21, 2001 || Chicago | W 95–79 | | | | Bradley Center 18,717 | 7–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 9 || November 22, 2001 || @ Toronto | W 107–98 | | | | Air Canada Centre 19,800 | 8–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 10 || November 24, 2001 || Atlanta | W 95–88 | | | | Bradley Center 18,717 | 9–1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 11 || November 27, 2001 || @ L. A. Lakers | L 85–104 | | | | STAPLES Center 18,997 | 9–2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 12 || November 28, 2001 || @ Phoenix | L 84–104 | | | | America West Arena 15,590 | 9–3 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 13 || November 30, 2001 || @ Portland | L 95–101 | | | | Rose Garden 18,723 | 9–4 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 14 || December 2, 2001 || @ Seattle | L 83–97 | | | | Key Arena 13,595 | 9–5 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 15 || December 4, 2001 || New York | L 71–85 | | | | Bradley Center 17,416 | 9–6 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 16 || December 6, 2001 || Toronto | W 95–89 | | | | Bradley Center 18,717 | 10–6 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 17 || December 8, 2001 || New Jersey | W 95–79 | | | | Bradley Center 18,171 | 11–6 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 18 || December 11, 2001 || @ Miami | L 97–99 | | | | AmericanAirlines Arena 15,321 | 11–7 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 19 || December 14, 2001 || @ Philadelphia | W 96–80 | | | | First Union Center 20,641 | 12–7 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 20 || December 15, 2001 || Indiana | W 115–95 | | | | Bradley Center 18,717 | 13–7 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 21 || December 18, 2001 || @ Memphis | W 114–105 | | | | Pyramid Arena 12,476 | 14–7 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 22 || December 20, 2001 || @ Dallas | L 101—113 | | | | American Airlines Center 19,780 | 14–8 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 23 || December 22, 2001 || @ Houston | L 110—115 | | | | Compaq Center 11,628 | 14–9 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 24 || December 23, 2001 || @ San Antonio | W 101—91 | | | | Alamodome 24,708 | 15–9 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 25 || December 26, 2001 || Atlanta | W 107—97 | | | | Bradley Center 18,717 | 16–9 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 26 || December 28, 2001 || @ Charlotte | W 107—97 | | | | Charlotte Coliseum 10,888 | 17–9 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 27 || December 29, 2001 || San Antonio | W 107—97 | | | | Bradley Center 18,717 | 18–9 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 28 || December 31, 2001 || @ Chicago | L 83—90 | | | | United Center 17,167 | 18–10 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 29 || January 2, 2002 || @ Minnesota | L 77—95 | | | | Target Center 19,497 | 18–11 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 30 || January 5, 2002 || @ L. A. Clippers | L 83—86 | | | | STAPLES Center 19,232 | 18–12 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 31 || January 6, 2002 || @ Sacramento | L 101—115 | | | | ARCO Arena (II) 17,317 | 18–13 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 32 || January 8, 2002 || @ Golden State | W 113—97 | | | | The Arena in Oakland 14,011 | 19–13 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 33 || January 11, 2002 || Washington | W 105—86 | | | | Bradley Center 18,717 | 20–13 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 40 || January 22, 2002 || Phoenix | L 81–92 | | | | Bradley Center 17,036 | 26–14 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 41 || January 24, 2002 || Seattle | L 88–99 | | | | Bradley Center 16,659 | 26–15 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 46 || February 7, 2002 || Memphis | W 107–103 | | | | Bradley Center 17,726 | 28–18 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 65 || March 18, 2002 || @ Charlotte | L 110—113 | | | | Charlotte Coliseum 7,883 | 36–29 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 69 || March 26, 2002 || Dallas | L 106–112 OT | | | | Bradley Center 18,465 | 37–32

Player statistics

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3FG%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
696736.646.243.487.34.53.91.30.321.8
Glenn Robinson666335.546.732.683.76.22.51.50.620.7
Sam Cassell747335.246.334.886.04.26.71.20.219.7
Tim Thomas742226.942.032.679.34.11.40.90.411.7
Michael Redd67821.148.344.479.13.31.40.60.111.4
Anthony Mason828238.350.5100.069.77.94.20.70.39.6
Greg Anthony24323.037.226.061.91.83.31.20.07.2
Darvin Ham70217.356.914.350.42.91.00.40.54.3
Jason Caffey23012.350.00.062.82.20.50.20.24.3
Rafer Alston50712.034.638.062.11.42.90.60.03.5
716215.953.50.042.24.00.30.31.72.7
Ervin Johnson81920.546.10.045.55.80.30.51.02.6
Mark Pope45129.539.616.052.41.60.40.20.21.9
Greg Foster604.022.20.075.01.30.20.00.01.2

Player statistics citation:

Transactions

Trades

October 22, [2001](2001-02-nba-season)To **Milwaukee Bucks**----To **Houston Rockets**----

Free agents

Greg AnthonyMarch 5, 2002Chicago Bulls

Player Transactions Citation:

References

References

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