1978–79 Milwaukee Bucks season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Milwaukee Bucks 1979 38 44 Midwest 5 9 Don Nelson MECCA Arena WVTV WTMJ Did not qualify MIL The 1978–79 Milwaukee Bucks season was the Bucks' 11th season in the NBA.1978-79 Milwaukee Bucks Draft picks 1978 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 12 George Johnson PF St. John's 3 59 Pat Cummings PF Cincinnati 4 80 Otis Howard F Austin Peay State 5 103 Russ Coleman Pacific 6 124 Dave Kyle Cleveland State 7 146 Kim Anderson Missouri 8 164 Tom Zaligaris North Carolina 9 182 Gary Rosenberger Marquette 10 196 Tom Anderson Wisconsin-Green Bay Roster Milwaukee Bucks 1978–79 #255325 #FFFFFF #d4312a #FFFFFF 54 Kent Benson C 6 10 235 1954–12–27 Indiana 2 Junior Bridgeman SF 6 5 210 1953–09–17 Louisville 21 Quinn Buckner PG 6 3 190 1954–08–20 Indiana 40 John Gianelli C 6 10 220 1950–06–10 Pacific 20 Ernie Grunfeld SG 6 6 210 1955–04–24 Tennessee 24 George L. Johnson F 6 7 210 1956–12–08 St. John's 8 Marques Johnson SF 6 7 218 1956–02–08 UCLA 7 Dave Meyers PF basketball 6 8 215 1953–04–21 UCLA yes IN 18 Kevin Restani F 6 9 225 1951–12–23 San Francisco 5 Sam Smith basketball, born 1955 G 6 4 200 1955–01–08 UNLV 11 Lloyd Walton PG 6 0 160 1953–11–23 Marquette 32 Brian Winters SG 6 4 185 1952–03–01 South Carolina Don Nelson John Killilea Regular season Season standings MIL MIL z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot Game log Milwaukee Bucks 1979 #255325 #FFFFFF Total: 38–44 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Milwaukee Bucks October yes #d4312a #255325 1 1 2 1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 1 || October 14, 1978 || @ San Antonio | L 111–153 | | | | HemisFair Arena | 0–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 || October 15, 1978 || @ New Orleans | W 123–112 | | | | Louisiana Superdome | 1—1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 3 || October 20, 1978 || New York | L 105–115 | | | | MECCA Arena | 1—2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 4 || October 21, 1978 || @ Kansas City | W 103–99 | | | | Kemper Arena | 2—2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 5 || October 22, 1978 || Golden State | W 109–107 | | | | MECCA Arena | 3—2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 6 || October 24, 1978 || @ Phoenix | L 116–124 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 3—3 Milwaukee Bucks November #d4312a #255325 0 0 0 0 Milwaukee Bucks December #d4312a #255325 0 0 0 0 Milwaukee Bucks January #d4312a #255325 0 0 0 0 Milwaukee Bucks February #d4312a #255325 0 0 0 0 Milwaukee Bucks March #d4312a #255325 0 0 0 0 MIL 1979 Playoffs After making the playoffs in 1978, the Bucks failed to qualify for the playoffs. Player statistics +Statistics1978-79 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Stats https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1979.html 2021-06-05 Basketball-Reference.com en Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Marques Johnson 77 36.1 55.0 76.0 7.6 3.0 1.5 1.225.6 Brian Winters 79 32.6 49.3 85.6 2.2 4.8 1.1 0.519.8 Bridgeman, Junior Junior Bridgeman 82 23.9 50.6 82.9 3.6 2.0 1.1 0.515.5 Kent Benson 82 26.0 51.8 73.5 7.1 2.5 1.1 1.012.3 Grunfeld, Ernie Ernie Grunfeld 82 21.7 49.3 76.1 4.4 2.6 0.7 0.210.3 Quinn Buckner 81 21.7 45.4 63.2 2.6 5.8 1.9 0.27.2 John Gianelli 82 25.1 48.6 70.6 5.0 2.0 0.5 0.77.1 Kevin Restani 81 19.7 49.5 69.9 4.8 1.5 0.4 0.37.1 George Johnson 67 17.3 48.2 71.8 5.4 1.2 1.1 0.7 6.2 Lloyd Walton 75 18.4 48.0 67.8 1.4 4.7 1.0 0.15.0 Smith, Sam Sam Smith 16 7.8 40.4 75.0 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.43.5 Otis Howard 3 7.3 45.5 0.0 2.3 0.3 0.0 0.03.3 Norm Van Lier 38 14.6 39.0 90.4 1.1 4.2 1.1 0.1 2.8 Del Beshore 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00.0 Transactions Trades July 26, 1978 To Milwaukee Bucks---- C. J. Kupec To Houston Rockets---- 1979 4th round pick (Sammy Drummer) October 23, 1978 To Milwaukee Bucks---- 1979 4th round pick (Eugene Robinson) To Detroit Pistons---- Otis Howard Free agents Player Signed Former teamDel BeshoreSeptember 14, 1978California University of PennsylvaniaNorm Van LierOctober 26, 1978Chicago Bulls Awards and records Marques Johnson, All-NBA First Team References Category:Milwaukee Bucks seasons Milwaukee Milwau Milwau Category:1970s in Milwaukee