1975–76 Milwaukee Bucks season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Milwaukee Bucks 1976 yes 38 44 Midwest 1 4 Larry Costello MECCA Arena West First Round(lost to Pistons 1–2) MIL The 1975–76 Milwaukee Bucks season was the Bucks' eighth season in the NBA.1975–76 Milwaukee Bucks It was the team's first season since its inaugural year without Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers during the offseason. The Bucks would have a 38–44 record, the worst record in NBA history for a team to win its division. Draft picks 1975 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 2 22 Clyde Mayes PF Furman 2 24 Cornelius Cash F Bowling Green State 3 43 Brian Hammel Bentley 4 60 Bill Campion C Manhattan 6 96 Oliver Purnell Old Dominion 7 115 Wilbur Thomas American 8 132 Bob McCurdy SG Richmond 9 150 Eric Hays Montana 10 165 Romy Thomas Wisconsin-Eau Claire Roster Milwaukee Bucks 1975–76 #255325 #FFFFFF #d4312a #FFFFFF 2 Junior Bridgeman SF 6 5 210 1953–09–17 Louisville 25 Gary Brokaw SG 6 4 178 1954–01–11 Notre Dame 10 Bob Dandridge SF 6 6 195 1947–11–15 Norfolk State 20 Mickey Davis SF 6 7 195 1950–06–16 Duquesne 31 Jim Fox basketball, born 1943 C 6 10 230 1943–04–07 South Carolina 34 Clyde Mayes PF 6 8 225 1953–03–17 Furman 14 Jon McGlocklin SG 6 5 205 1943–06–10 Indiana 21 Dave Meyers basketball PF 6 8 215 1953–04–21 UCLA 15 Jim Price basketball PG 6 3 195 1949–11–27 Louisville 18 Kevin Restani PF 6 9 225 1951–12–23 San Francisco 3 Elmore Smith C 7 0 250 1949–05–09 Kentucky State 32 Brian Winters SG 6 4 185 1952–03–01 South Carolina Larry Costello Jack McKinney Regular season Season standings MIL MIL z – clinched division title y – clinched division title x – clinched playoff spot Game log Milwaukee Bucks 1976 #255325 #FFFFFF Total: 38–44 (home: 0–0; road: 0–0) Milwaukee Bucks October yes #d4312a #255325 0 2 0 1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 1 || October 25, 1975 || Chicago | L 87–91 |Brian Winters (21) | | | MECCA Arena | 0–1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || October 28, 1975 || Los Angeles | L 92–99 |Dave Meyers (21) | | | MECCA Arena | 0–2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 3 || October 31, 1975 || @ New Orleans | L 85–100 |Dave Meyers (28) | | | Louisiana Superdome | 0–3 Milwaukee Bucks November #d4312a #255325 4 3 3 5 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 4 || November 1, 1975 || Portland | L 97–113 | | | | MECCA Arena | 0–4 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 5 || November 2, 1975 || @ Houston | L 89–104 | | | | The Summit | 0–5 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 || November 4, 1975 || Detroit | W 103–101 | | | | MECCA Arena | 1–5 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 7 || November 7, 1975 || Boston | W 104–101 | | | | MECCA Arena | 2–5 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 8 || November 8, 1975 || @ Washington | W 99–95 |Brian Winters (27) | | | Capital Centre | 3–5 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 9 || November 11, 1975 || Philadelphia | W 108–81 | | | | MECCA Arena | 4–5 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 10 || November 12, 1975 || @ Philadelphia | W 107–84 | | | | The Spectrum | 5-5 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 11 || November 14, 1975 || Buffalo | L 98–112 | | | | MECCA Arena | 5–6 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 12 || November 15, 1975 || @ Detroit | L 89–101 | | | | Cobo Center | 5–7 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 13 || November 19, 1975 || @ Phoenix | W 96–94 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 6–7 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 14 || November 21, 1975 || @ Los Angeles | L 104–116 | | | | The Forum | 6–8 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 15 || November 23, 1975 || @ Seattle | L 104–112 | | | | Seattle Center Coliseum | 6–9 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 16 || November 27, 1975 || Golden State | L 105–106 | | | | MECCA Arena | 6–10 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 17 || November 28, 1975 || @ Chicago | L 69–89 | | | | Chicago Stadium | 6–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 18 || November 29, 1975 || Chicago | W 88–85 | | | | MECCA Arena | 7–11 Milwaukee Bucks December #d4312a #255325 4 2 2 5 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 19 || December 3, 1975 || Portland | W 114–92 | | | | MECCA Arena | 8–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 20 || December 5, 1975 || Kansas City | W 105–92 | | | | MECCA Arena | 9–11 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 21 || December 9, 1975 || @ New York | W 109–100 | | | | Madison Square Garden | 10–11 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 22 || December 10, 1975 || @ Boston | L 98–111 | | | | Boston Garden | 10–12 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 23 || December 12, 1975 || Cleveland | L 91–109 | | | | MECCA Arena | 10–13 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 24 || December 17, 1975 || @ Phoenix | L 111–116 | | | | Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 10–14 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 25 || December 20, 1975 || @ Golden State | L 87–124 | | | | Oakland Coliseum Arena | 10–15 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 26 || December 21, 1975 || @ Seattle | W 103–101 | | | | Seattle Center Coliseum | 11–15 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 27 || December 23, 1975 || New York | L 108–110 | | | | MECCA Arena | 11–16 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 28 || December 26, 1975 || Washington | W 85–81 | | | | MECCA Arena | 12–16 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 29 || December 27, 1975 || @ Atlanta | L 82–87 | | | | Omni Coliseum | 12–17 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 30 || December 28, 1975 || Phoenix | W 88–85 | | | | MECCA Arena | 13–17 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 31 || December 30, 1975 || @ Buffalo | L 106–118 | | | | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | 13–18 Milwaukee Bucks January #d4312a #255325 1 1 1 0 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 32 || January 2, 1976 || @ Detroit | W 98–83 | | | | Cobo Arena | 14–18 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 33 || January 3, 1976 || Houston | W 126–101 | | | | MECCA Arena | 15–18 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 34 || January 6, 1976 || Atlanta | L 87–91 | | | | MECCA Arena | 15–19 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 1976 Playoffs Milwaukee Bucks 1976 yes #255325 #FFFFFF Milwaukee Bucks First Round yes yes no #D4312A #255325 1 1 0 1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 1 | April 13 | Detroit | W 110–107 | Gary Brokaw (36) | Elmore Smith (13) | Brian Winters (7) | MECCA Arena8,912 | 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | April 16 | @ Detroit | L 123–126 | Winters, Dandridge (31) | Bob Dandridge (9) | Gary Brokaw (12) | Cobo Arena8,330 | 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | April 18 | Detroit | L 104–107 | Brian Winters (33) | Dave Meyers (10) | Gary Brokaw (7) | MECCA Arena8,213 | 1–2 |- MIL 1976 yes Player statistics Season +Season1975-76 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Stats https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1976.html 2021-06-05 Basketball-Reference.com en Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Bob Dandridge 73 37.5 50.2 82.4 7.4 2.8 1.5 0.5 21.5 Brian Winters 78 35.8 46.4 82.9 3.2 4.7 1.6 0.3 18.2 Elmore Smith 78 36.0 51.8 63.2 11.4 1.2 1.0 3.1 15.6 Jim Price 80 31.6 41.5 84.9 3.3 4.9 1.9 0.4 11.7 Junior Bridgeman 81 20.3 43.9 79.5 3.6 1.9 0.6 0.3 8.6 Gary Brokaw 75 19.6 45.7 70.0 1.7 3.3 0.5 0.2 8.4 Dave Meyers 72 22.1 41.9 64.3 6.2 1.4 1.0 0.3 7.4 Kevin Restani 82 20.1 47.5 57.1 4.6 1.2 0.4 0.1 6.0 Clyde Mayes 65 14.6 46.0 57.7 4.0 0.6 0.1 0.6 4.4 Jon McGlocklin 33 10.2 42.6 90.0 0.5 1.2 0.2 0.0 4.1 Jim Fox 70 13.1 51.7 78.5 3.4 0.6 0.4 0.2 3.9 Mickey Davis 45 9.1 36.2 79.4 1.9 0.8 0.3 0.0 3.6 Playoffs +Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Brian Winters 3 42.0 62.9 80.0 2.3 5.0 1.7 0.7 27.3 Bob Dandridge 3 40.7 49.0 90.0 7.7 2.7 1.0 0.0 22.0 Gary Brokaw 3 36.0 62.2 94.4 3.7 8.0 1.0 1.0 21.0 Elmore Smith 3 34.7 55.6 66.7 7.3 0.3 0.7 3.7 14.7 Jim Price 1 19.0 37.5 57.1 0.0 4.0 1.0 0.0 10.0 Junior Bridgeman 3 22.3 45.0 63.6 3.7 1.7 0.3 0.0 8.3 Meyers, Dave Dave Meyers 3 18.0 45.5 82.4 4.7 0.7 0.3 0.0 8.0 Jim Fox 3 11.0 80.0 100.0 2.3 1.0 0.0 0.3 3.3 Jon McGlocklin 2 6.5 75.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 3.0 Clyde Mayes 3 13.7 20.0 75.0 2.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 1.7 Kevin Restani 3 11.0 20.0 0.0 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.7 Transactions Trades June 16, 1975 To Milwaukee Bucks---- Junior Bridgeman Dave Meyers Elmore Smith Brian Winters To Los Angeles Lakers---- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Walt Wesley October 22, 1975 To Milwaukee Bucks---- Jim Fox To Seattle SuperSonics---- 1976 2nd round pick (Bayard Forrest) References Category:Milwaukee Bucks seasons Milwaukee Milwau Milwau Category:1970s in Milwaukee