1976–77_Milwaukee_Bucks_season

1976–77 Milwaukee Bucks season
1976–77 Milwaukee Bucks season
Head coach	Larry Costello ; Don Nelson
Arena	MECCA Arena
Results
Record	30–52 (.366)
Place	Division: 6th (Midwest); Conference: 11th (Western)
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WVTV
Radio	WTMJ
< 1975–76	1977–78 >

1976–77 Milwaukee Bucks season

NBA professional basketball team season

The 1976–77 NBA season was the Bucks' ninth season in the NBA.^[1] It was also the first without Jon McGlocklin, the last remaining member of the Bucks' roster from the team's inaugural season.

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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.

Record vs. opponents

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1976–77 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	BUF	CHI	CLE	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	KCK	LAL	MIL	NOJ	NYK	NYN	PHI	PHO	POR	SAS	SEA	WAS
Atlanta	—	0–4	4–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	0–4	0–4	1–3	0–4	1–2	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–3	3–1	1–3	0–4	3–1	4–0	1–2	1–3
Boston	4–0	—	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	2–2	1–3	4–0	2–2	0–4
Buffalo	0–4	1–3	—	1–3	2–2	2–2	3–1	0–3	1–3	1–3	0–3	1–3	3–1	3–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	0–4	3–1	0–4
Chicago	2–2	2–2	3–1	—	3–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	2–2	0–4	3–1	2–2	1–2
Cleveland	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–3	—	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–3	2–1	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	2–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3
Denver	2–2	1–3	2–2	3–1	2–2	—	3–1	2–2	3–0	3–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–2	4–0	2–2
Detroit	4–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–3	—	3–1	2–2	2–2	4–0	1–3	3–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–3
Golden State	4–0	3–1	3–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–3	—	2–1	4–0	1–3	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	3–1	3–1	4–0	1–3	2–2	1–3	3–1
Houston	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	0–3	2–2	1–2	—	4–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–3	3–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–1
Indiana	4–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	2–2	0–4	0–4	—	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–2	4–0	2–2	2–2	0–4	2–2	2–2	0–4
Kansas City	2–1	1–3	3–0	2–2	1–3	1–3	0–4	3–1	2–2	2–2	—	1–3	2–2	2–2	4–0	4–0	1–3	3–1	2–2	1–3	1–3	2–2
Los Angeles	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	—	3–1	3–0	1–3	4–0	2–2	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	4–0
Milwaukee	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	0–4	1–3	1–3	3–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–3	—	1–2	1–3	3–1	1–2	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–3
New Orleans	3–1	2–2	1–3	0–4	2–2	1–3	1–3	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	0–3	2–1	—	3–1	2–2	0–4	3–1	2–2	1–3	1–3	2–2
N.Y. Knicks	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	0–4	3–1	3–1	1–3	—	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–2	2–2
N.Y. Nets	1–3	1–3	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	1–3	2–2	0–4	0–4	0–4	1–3	2–2	2–2	—	1–3	2–2	0–3	1–3	1–3	1–3
Philadelphia	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–1	4–0	3–1	3–1	—	1–2	2–2	1–3	2–2	3–1
Phoenix	4–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–2	1–3	2–2	0–4	1–3	2–2	1–3	1–3	3–1	1–3	2–2	2–2	2–1	—	1–3	1–3	3–1	1–3
Portland	1–3	3–1	3–1	4–0	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	4–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	3–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	—	2–2	3–1	1–2
San Antonio	0–4	0–4	4–0	1–3	2–2	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–3	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	3–1	2–2	—	3–1	2–2
Seattle	2–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	1–3	0–4	3–1	3–1	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–3	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	1–3	1–3	1–3	—	3–1
Washington	3–1	4–0	4–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	3–1	1–3	1–3	4–0	2–2	0–4	3–1	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–3	3–1	2–1	2–2	1–3	—

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	7	Quinn Buckner	SG	United States	Indiana
2	23	Alex English	SF	United States	South Carolina
2	24	Scott Lloyd	C/PF	United States	Arizona State
3	40	Lloyd Walton	PG	United States	Marquette
4	59	Dan Frost		United States	Iowa
5	75	Tom Lockhart		United States	Manhattan
5	77	James Rappis		United States	Arizona
6	92	Phil Spence	F	United States	North Carolina State
7	112	Ron Barrow		United States	Southern
8	129	Bob Warner		United States	Maine
9	146	Benny Shaw		United States	Central Florida
10	165	Hugo Cabrera		Dominican Republic	East Texas State

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Denver Nuggets	50	32	.610	–	36–5	14–27	15–5
x-Detroit Pistons	44	38	.537	6	30–11	14–27	12–8
x-Chicago Bulls	44	38	.537	6	31–10	13–28	10–10
Kansas City Kings	40	42	.488	10	28–13	12–29	7–13
Indiana Pacers	36	46	.439	14	25–16	11–30	9–11
Milwaukee Bucks	30	52	.366	20	24–17	6–35	7–13

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	z-Los Angeles Lakers	53	29	.646	–
2	y-Denver Nuggets	50	32	.610	3
3	x-Portland Trail Blazers	49	33	.598	4
4	x-Golden State Warriors	46	36	.561	7
5	x-Detroit Pistons	44	38	.537	9
6	x-Chicago Bulls	44	38	.537	9

7	Kansas City Kings	40	42	.488	13
8	Seattle SuperSonics	40	42	.488	13
9	Indiana Pacers	36	46	.439	17
10	Phoenix Suns	34	48	.415	19
11	Milwaukee Bucks	30	52	.366	23

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Player	GP	MPG	FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Bob Dandridge	70	35.7	46.7	77.1	6.3	3.8	1.4	0.4	20.8
Brian Winters	78	34.8	49.8	84.7	3.0	4.3	1.5	0.4	19.3
Junior Bridgeman	82	29.4	44.9	86.4	5.1	2.5	1.0	0.3	14.4
Swen Nater	72	27.2	52.8	75.4	12.0	1.5	0.8	0.7	13.0
Dave Meyers	50	25.2	46.7	66.1	6.8	1.7	0.8	0.6	9.7
Gary Brokaw	41	21.7	40.1	76.6	1.6	2.7	0.5	0.6	8.9
Quinn Buckner	79	26.5	43.4	53.9	3.3	4.7	2.4	0.3	8.6
Elmore Smith	34	23.2	44.7	58.1	6.1	0.9	0.6	2.0	8.4
Fred Carter	47	18.6	41.6	75.3	2.0	2.2	0.6	0.1	8.3
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	0.2	5.8
Kevin Restani	64	17.4	51.8	50.0	4.1	1.4	0.5	0.2	5.6
Alex English	60	10.8	47.7	76.7	2.8	0.4	0.3	0.3	5.2
Rowland Garrett	33	11.6	45.2	79.3	2.2	0.6	0.4	0.2	4.7
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	0.2	4.3
Glenn McDonald	9	8.8	23.5	75.0	1.3	0.8	0.4	0.0	2.1

1976–77_Milwaukee_Bucks_season

1976–77 Milwaukee Bucks season

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Player statistics

Transactions

Trades

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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