1976–77 Milwaukee Bucks season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Milwaukee Bucks 1977 30 52 Midwest 6 11 Larry Costello Don Nelson MECCA Arena WVTV WTMJ Did not qualify MIL The 1976–77 Milwaukee Bucks season was the Bucks' ninth season in the NBA.1976–77 Milwaukee Bucks It was also the first without Jon McGlocklin, the last remaining member of the Bucks' roster from the team's inaugural season. Draft picks 1976 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 7 Quinn Buckner SG Indiana 2 23 Alex English SF South Carolina 2 24 Scott Lloyd C/PF Arizona State 3 40 Lloyd Walton PG Marquette 4 59 Dan Frost Iowa 5 75 Tom Lockhart Manhattan 5 77 James Rappis Arizona 6 92 Phil Spence F North Carolina State 7 112 Ron Barrow Southern 8 129 Bob Warner Maine 9 146 Benny Shaw Central Florida 10 165 Hugo Cabrera East Texas State Roster Milwaukee Bucks 1976–77 #255325 #FFFFFF #d4312a #FFFFFF 2 Junior Bridgeman G 6 5 210 1953–09–17 Louisville 21 Quinn Buckner PG 6 3 190 1954–08–20 Indiana 3 Fred Carter G 6 3 185 1945–02–14 Mount St. Mary's 10 Bob Dandridge SF 6 6 195 1947–11–15 Norfolk State 23 Alex English F 6 7 190 1954–01–05 South Carolina 24 Rowland Garrett SF 6 6 210 1950–07–16 Florida State 45 Scott Lloyd C 6 10 230 1952–12–19 Arizona State 22 Dave Meyers basketball F 6 8 215 1953–04–21 UCLA 31 Swen Nater C 6 11 240 1950–01–14 UCLA 18 Kevin Restani F 6 9 225 1951–12–23 San Francisco 11 Lloyd Walton PG 6 0 160 1953–11–23 Marquette 32 Brian Winters G 6 4 185 1952–03–01 South Carolina Don Nelson K. C. Jones Regular season The Milwaukee Bucks rebuild in the wake of the trade of Kareem Abdul Jabbar to the Lakers following the 1974-75 NBA season hit bottom in 1976. Head Coach Larry Costello resigned following a 3–15 start. Assistant Coach Don Nelson took over the team but the Bucks slide continued as they eventually fell to 4-25. The Bucks turned things around as the young nucleus began to gel and the Bucks went 26-27 the rest of the way. Season standings MIL MIL z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot Game log Milwaukee Bucks 1977 #255325 #FFFFFF Total: 30–52 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)Milwaukee Bucks October yes #d4312a #255325 1 2 0 3 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 1 || October 21, 1976 || Buffalo | L 112–133 | | | | MECCA Arena | 0–1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || October 23, 1976 || Boston | L 107–111 OT | | | | MECCA Arena | 0–2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 3 || October 24, 1976 || @ Atlanta | L 91–115 | | | | Omni Coliseum | 0–3 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 4 || October 26, 1976 || @ Chicago | L 88–90 | | | | Chicago Stadium | 0–4 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 5 || October 28, 1976 || @ Denver | L 100–119 | | | | McNichols Sports Arena | 0–5 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 || October 30, 1976 || Chicago | W 102–74 | | | | MECCA Arena | 1–5 Milwaukee Bucks November #d4312a #255325 2 3 0 3 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 7 || November 2, 1976 || Seattle | W 125–113 | | | | MECCA Arena | 2–5 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 8 || November 3, 1976 || @ Washington | L 105–117 | | | | Capital Centre | 2–6 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 9 || November 4, 1976 || @ Cleveland | L 88–96 | | | | Coliseum at Richfield | 2–7 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 10 || November 6, 1976 || Denver | L 103–105 | | | | MECCA Arena | 2–8 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 11 || November 9, 1976 || Cleveland | L 90–111 | | | | MECCA Arena | 2–9 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 12 || November 12, 1976 || Houston | W 111–99 | | | | MECCA Arena | 3–9 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 13 || November 13, 1976 || N. Y. Knicks | L 97–110 | | | | Madison Square Garden | 3–10 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 14 || November 14, 1976 || Detroit | L 84–104 | | | | MECCA Arena | 3–11 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 Milwaukee Bucks April #d4312a #255325 0 0 0 0 MIL 1977 Playoffs After making the playoffs in 1976, the Bucks failed to qualify for the playoffs. Player statistics +Player statistics1976-77 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Stats https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1977.html 2021-06-05 Basketball-Reference.com en Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Bob Dandridge 70 35.7 46.7 77.1 6.3 3.8 1.4 0.420.8 Brian Winters 78 34.8 49.8 84.7 3.0 4.3 1.5 0.419.3 Junior Bridgeman 82 29.4 44.9 86.4 5.1 2.5 1.0 0.314.4 Swen Nater 72 27.2 52.8 75.4 12.0 1.5 0.8 0.713.0 Dave Meyers 50 25.2 46.7 66.1 6.8 1.7 0.8 0.69.7 Gary Brokaw 41 21.7 40.1 76.6 1.6 2.7 0.5 0.68.9 Quinn Buckner 79 26.5 43.4 53.9 3.3 4.7 2.4 0.38.6 Elmore Smith 34 23.2 44.7 58.1 6.1 0.9 0.6 2.08.4 Fred Carter 47 18.6 41.6 75.3 2.0 2.2 0.6 0.18.3 Jim Price 6 18.5 51.2 77.8 2.2 2.5 1.2 0.2 8.2 Scott Lloyd 69 14.9 47.2 75.4 3.0 0.5 0.3 0.25.8 Kevin Restani 64 17.4 51.8 50.0 4.1 1.4 0.5 0.25.6 Alex English 60 10.8 47.7 76.7 2.8 0.4 0.3 0.35.2 Rowland Garrett 33 11.6 45.2 79.3 2.2 0.6 0.4 0.24.7 Walton, Lloyd Lloyd Walton 53 12.8 46.8 81.5 1.0 2.7 0.8 0.0 4.3 Mickey Davis 19 8.7 42.6 92.0 1.5 1.1 0.3 0.24.3Glenn McDonald98.823.575.01.30.80.40.02.1 Transactions Trades November 2, 1976 To Milwaukee Bucks---- 1977 1st round pick (Tate Armstrong) To Buffalo Braves---- Jim Price January 13, 1977 To Milwaukee Bucks---- Rowland Garrett To Cleveland Cavaliers---- Gary Brokaw Elmore Smith References Category:Milwaukee Bucks seasons Milwaukee Milwau Milwau Category:1970s in Milwaukee