1981–82 Milwaukee Bucks season

NBA professional basketball team season March 2026 August 2023 Milwaukee Bucks 1982 yes 55 27 Central 1 2 Don Nelson Don Nelson Jim Fitzgerald MECCA Arena Conference semifinals(lost to 76ers 2–4) MIL The 1981–82 Milwaukee Bucks season was the 14th season for the Bucks. Draft picks 1981 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club team 1 21 Alton Lister PF/C Arizona State 3 67 Mark Smith Illinois 4 90 Kris Anderson Florida State 5 113 Kelvin Troy Rutgers 6 136 Jo Jo Hunter Colorado 7 159 Lewis Latimore Virginia 8 181 Mike Brkovich Michigan State 9 201 Chip Rucker Northeastern 10 221 Artie Green Marquette Roster Milwaukee Bucks 1981–82 #255325 #FFFFFF #d4312a #FFFFFF 2 Junior Bridgeman SF 6 5 210 1953–09–17 Louisville yes 21 Quinn Buckner PG 6 3 190 1954–08–20 Indiana yes 42 Harvey Catchings PF 6 9 218 1951–09–02 Hardin-Simmons 54 Geoff Crompton C 6 11 280 1955–07–04 North Carolina 15 Charlie Criss G 5 8 165 1948–11–06 New Mexico State 6 Pat Cummings PF 6 9 230 1956–07–11 Cincinnati 8 Marques Johnson SF 6 7 218 1956–02–08 UCLA 43 Mickey Johnson PF 6 10 190 1952–08–31 Aurora 16 Bob Lanier C 6 11 250 1948–09–10 St. Bonaventure 53 Alton Lister C 7 0 240 1958–10–01 Arizona State 7 Scott May F 6 7 215 1954–03–19 Indiana 4 Sidney Moncrief PG 6 3 180 1957–09–21 Arkansas 32 Brian Winters SG 6 4 185 1952–03–01 South Carolina Don Nelson John Killilea Garry St. Jean Dave Wohl Regular season Season standings MIL MIL z = clinched division title y = clinched division title x = clinched playoff spot Game log Regular season Milwaukee Bucks 1982 #255325 #FFFFFF Total: 55–27 (home: 31–10; road: 24–17) Milwaukee Bucks October yes #d4312a #255325 1 0 0 1 |- | 1 | October 30, 1981 | @ Detroit | L 113–118 |Sidney Moncrief (22) |Mickey Johnson (10) |Quinn Buckner (8) | Pontiac Silverdome | 0–1 |- | 2 | October 31, 1981 | Boston | 0028100012 119 103 |Sidney Moncrief (29) |Harvey Catchings, Mickey Johnson (10) | | MECCA Arena | 1–1 Milwaukee Bucks November #d4312a #255325 6 1 2 4 |- | 3 | November 5, 1981 | Washington | W 98–90 |Brian Winters (25) |Mickey Johnson (11) | | MECCA Arena | 2–1 |- | 4 | November 7, 1981 | San Diego | W 105–102 |Brian Winters (22) | | | MECCA Arena | 3–1 |- | 5 | November 10, 1981 | @ Atlanta | L 83—94 |Mickey Johnson (20) | | | The Omni | 3–2 |- | 6 | November 11, 1981 | @ New Jersey | W 100—88 |Bob Lanier (20) | | | Brendan Byrne Arena | 4–2 |- | 7 | November 13, 1981 | New York | W 105–102 |Quinn Buckner (21) | | | MECCA Arena | 5–2 |- | 8 | November 15, 1981 | Cleveland | W 98–96 |Sidney Moncrief (28) | | | MECCA Arena | 6–2 |- | 9 | November 17, 1981 | @ Washington | W 99—95 | | | | Capital Centre | 7–2 |- | 10 | November 18, 1981 | @ Philadelphia | 0028100107 100 102 | | | | The Spectrum | 7–3 |- | 11 | November 20, 1981 | @ Boston | 0028100119 89 112 | | | | Boston Garden | 7–4 |- | 12 | November 21, 1981 | @ New York | L 112—118 | | | | Madison Square Garden | 7–5 |- | 13 | November 24, 1981 | Detroit | W 103–95 | | | | MECCA Arena | 8–5 |- | 14 | November 27, 1981 | Golden State | L 96–113 | | | | MECCA Arena | 8–6 |- | 15 | November 29, 1981 | San Antonio | 0028100168 105 89 | | | | MECCA Arena | 9–6 Milwaukee Bucks December #d4312a #255325 5 2 5 0 |- | 16 | December 1, 1981 | @ Cleveland | W 126—110 |Sidney Moncrief (39) | | | Coliseum at Richfield | 10–6 |- | 17 | December 4, 1981 | Atlanta | W 97–80 | | | | MECCA Arena | 11–6 |- | 18 | December 5, 1981 | @ Detroit | W 111–108 | | | | Pontiac Silverdome | 12–6 |- | 19 | December 9, 1981 | Houston | W 89–83 | | | | MECCA Arena | 13–6 |- | 20 | December 11, 1981 | Indiana | W 103–100 OT | | | | MECCA Arena | 14–6 |- | 21 | December 12, 1981 | @ New York | W 104—86 | | | | Madison Square Garden | 15–6 |- | 22 | December 13, 1981 | Philadelphia | 0028100246 127 108 | | | | MECCA Arena | 16–6 |- | 23 | December 15, 1981 | @ Indiana | W 104–96 | | | | Market Square Arena | 17–6 |- | 24 | December 18, 1981 | New Jersey | L 88–100 | | | | MECCA Arena | 17–7 |- | 25 | December 22, 1981 | Kansas City | L 101–106 | | | | MECCA Arena | 17–8 |- | 26 | December 26, 1981 | @ Cleveland | W 109—102 | | | | Coliseum at Richfield | 18–8 |- | 27 | December 27, 1981 | Chicago | W 108–96 | | | | MECCA Arena | 19–8 Milwaukee Bucks January #d4312a #255325 0 0 2 1 |- | 35 | January 10, 1982 | Los Angeles | 0028100384 118 107 | | | | MECCA Arena | 24–11 |- | 36 | January 13, 1982 | @ Philadelphia | 0028100399 111 107 | | | | The Spectrum | 25–11 |- | 37 | January 15, 1982 | Boston | 0028100408 122 118 | | | | MECCA Arena | 26–11 |- | 39 | January 20, 1982 | @ Dallas | L 104–109 | | | | Reunion Arena | 26–13 |- | 42 | January 26, 1982 | @ Los Angeles | 0028100469 96 94 |Marques Johnson (20) | | | The Forum | 28–14 |- | 43 | January 28, 1982 | @ Utah | W 119–101 | | | | Salt Palace | 29–14 Milwaukee Bucks February #d4312a #255325 3 0 0 0 |- | 44 | February 3, 1982 | Chicago | W 113–98 |Brian Winters (25) | | | MECCA Arena | 30–14 |- | 45 | February 5, 1982 | Dallas | W 117–92 |Sidney Moncrief, Brian Winters (19) | | | MECCA Arena | 31–14 |- | 46 | February 7, 1982 | Phoenix | W 107–92 |Scott May, Brian Winters (32) | | | MECCA Arena | 32–14 |- | 56 | February 28, 1982 | @ Boston | 0028100648 102 106 | | | | Boston Garden | 40–16 Milwaukee Bucks March #d4312a #255325 1 1 0 1 |- | 59 | March 6, 1982 | @ San Antonio | 0028100679 166 171 3 | | | | HemisFair Arena | 42–17 |- | 63 | March 12, 1982 | Seattle | L 110–112 | | | | MECCA Arena | 42–21 |- | 64 | March 14, 1982 | Utah | W 129–100 | | | | MECCA Arena | 43–21 |- | 65 | March 16, 1982 | Philadelphia | 0028100732 106 91 | | | | MECCA Arena | 44–21 |- | 72 | March 30, 1982 | Philadelphia | 0028100817 116 114 1 | | | | MECCA Arena | 49–23 Milwaukee Bucks April #d4312a #255325 0 0 0 0 |- | 76 | April 6, 1982 | Boston | 0028100860 122 116 | | | | MECCA Arena | 53–23 |- | 80 | April 14, 1982 | @ Boston | 0028100914 91 100 | | | | Boston Garden | 54–26 |- | 82 | April 18, 1982 | @ Philadelphia | 0028100935 86 110 | | | | The Spectrum | 55–27 MIL 1982 Playoffs Milwaukee Bucks 1982 yes #255325 #FFFFFF Milwaukee Bucks Conference semifinals yes yes no #D4312A #255325 1 2 1 2 |- | 1 | April 25, 1982 | @ Philadelphia | 0048100231 122 125 | Mickey Johnson (28) | Marques Johnson (7) | Brian Winters (5) | The Spectrum10,086 | 0–1 |- | 2 | April 28, 1982 | @ Philadelphia | 0048100232 108 120 | Brian Winters (21) | Bob Lanier (11) | Winters, May (5) | The Spectrum14,716 | 0–2 |- | 3 | May 1, 1982 | Philadelphia | 0048100019 92 91 | Mickey Johnson (21) | Marques Johnson (11) | Marques Johnson (7) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 1–2 |- | 4 | May 2, 1982 | Philadelphia | 0048100021 93 100 | Marques Johnson (23) | Mickey Johnson, Moncrief (7) | Mickey Johnson (7) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 1–3 |- | 5 | May 5, 1982 | @ Philadelphia | 0048100026 110 98 | Bob Lanier (27) | Alton Lister (11) | Brian Winters (7) | The Spectrum16,668 | 2–3 |- | 6 | May 7, 1982 | Philadelphia | 0048100028 90 102 | Bob Lanier (19) | Bob Lanier (10) | Brian Winters (6) | MECCA Arena11,052 | 2–4 |- MIL 1982 yes Player statistics Player statistics source:1981-82 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Stats https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1982.html 2021-05-31 Basketball-Reference.com en Season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Sidney Moncrief 80 80 37.3 52.3 7.1 81.7 6.7 4.8 1.7 0.3 19.8 Marques Johnson 60 52 31.7 53.2 0.0 70.0 6.1 3.6 1.0 0.6 16.5 Brian Winters 61 13 30.0 50.1 38.7 78.8 2.8 4.1 0.9 0.115.9 Bob Lanier 74 72 26.8 55.8 0.0 75.2 5.2 3.0 1.0 0.8 13.5 Quinn Buckner 70 70 30.8 48.2 26.7 65.5 3.6 4.7 2.5 0.012.9 Mickey Johnson 76 71 25.4 49.1 14.3 80.1 6.0 2.8 0.9 0.612.9 Junior Bridgeman 41 4 22.5 48.3 44.4 86.4 3.0 2.7 0.7 0.1 12.5 Scott May 65 7 18.3 50.8 0.0 82.4 3.4 2.0 0.8 0.19.0 Robert Smith 17 1 18.6 47.3 20.0 83.3 0.8 2.6 0.6 0.1 6.8 Pat Cummings 78 7 14.5 50.9 0.0 73.6 3.1 1.3 0.3 0.1 6.5 Bob Dandridge 11 0 15.8 38.2 0.0 58.8 1.5 1.2 0.5 0.24.7 Alton Lister 80 23 14.8 51.9 0.0 52.0 4.8 1.1 0.2 1.5 4.5 Kevin Stacom 7 0 12.9 41.2 50.0 50.0 1.0 1.0 0.1 0.0 4.3Mike Evans14014.047.10.066.70.91.60.60.04.0Harvey Catchings80920.042.00.059.44.51.20.51.72.9Geoff Crompton3515.834.40.040.01.20.40.20.30.8Brad Holland109.00.00.00.00.02.00.00.00.0 Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Mickey Johnson 6 34.3 57.3 0.0 84.6 5.3 3.0 1.3 0.719.8 Marques Johnson 6 39.2 44.0 25.0 57.1 7.3 3.3 1.0 0.318.8 Brian Winters 6 38.7 49.4 50.0 83.3 2.5 4.7 1.3 0.216.8 Bob Lanier 6 35.3 51.3 0.0 56.0 7.5 3.7 1.3 0.816.0 Sidney Moncrief 6 42.0 41.9 0.0 78.9 5.0 4.0 1.5 0.315.3 Lister, Alton Alton Lister 6 18.7 58.3 0.0 71.4 4.5 0.8 0.3 2.55.5 Robert Smith 6 11.3 38.5 28.6 87.5 1.2 2.0 0.2 0.04.8 Scott May 4 12.5 20.0 0.0 64.3 2.8 2.5 0.5 0.04.3 Brad Holland 1 3.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.02.0Pat Cummings67.336.40.050.01.80.30.00.31.5Harvey Catchings64.366.70.00.01.20.00.00.50.7 Awards and records Sidney Moncrief, All-NBA Second Team Sidney Moncrief, NBA All-Defensive Second Team Quinn Buckner, NBA All-Defensive Second Team Transactions Free agents Player Signed Former teamScott MayNovember 16, 1981Chicago Bulls References Bucks on Database Basketball Bucks on Basketball Reference 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