1979–80_Milwaukee_Bucks_season

1979–80 Milwaukee Bucks season
1979–80 Milwaukee Bucks season
Division champions
Head coach	Don Nelson
General manager	Don Nelson
Owner(s)	Jim Fitzgerald
Arena	MECCA Arena
Results
Record	49–33 (.598)
Place	Division: 1st (Midwest); Conference: 2nd (Western)
Playoff finish	Conference semifinals; (lost to SuperSonics 3–4)
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	WVTV
Radio	WTMJ
< 1978–79	1980–81 >

1979–80 Milwaukee Bucks season

NBA professional basketball team season

The 1979–80 NBA season was the Bucks' 12th season in the NBA.^[1] With 49 wins and 33 losses they won their division and ranked fourth in the Western Conference. In the 1979 NBA draft, the Bucks drafted guard Sidney Moncrief out of the University of Arkansas. During the season, the Bucks acquired center Bob Lanier from the Detroit Pistons. After a first-round-bye the Bucks faced the defending champions, the Seattle SuperSonics, which were led by Gus Williams and Dennis Johnson. Despite being able to steal two games on the road, the Bucks lost the series in seven games. The 1979-80 season would be the Bucks last season as a Western Conference team as they switched to the Eastern Conference along with the Chicago Bulls.

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1979-80 Milwaukee Bucks

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"1979-80 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 5, 2021.

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	5	Sidney Moncrief	SG	United States	Arkansas
2	31	Edgar Jones	PF/C	United States	Nevada-Reno
3	52	Larry Gibson		United States	Maryland
4	69	Eugene Robinson		United States	Louisiana-Monroe
5	97	Jim Tillman		United States	Eastern Kentucky
6	116	Derrick Mayes		United States	Illinois State
7	138	Stan Ray		United States	California State-Fullerton
8	156	Larry Spicer		United States	Alabama-Birmingham
9	174	Roger Lapham		United States	Maine
10	193	Chris Fahrbach		United States	North Dakota

Midwest Division v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Milwaukee Bucks	49	33	.598	–	28–12	21–21	15–9
x-Kansas City Kings	47	35	.573	2	30–11	17–24	18–6
Chicago Bulls	30	52	.366	19	21–20	9–32	8–16
Denver Nuggets	30	52	.366	19	24–17	6–35	10–14
Utah Jazz	24	58	.293	25	17–24	7–34	9–15

#	Western Conference v t e
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	60	22	.732	–
2	y-Milwaukee Bucks	49	33	.598	11
3	x-Seattle SuperSonics	56	26	.683	4
4	x-Phoenix Suns	55	27	.671	5
5	x-Kansas City Kings	47	35	.573	13
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	38	44	.463	22

7	San Diego Clippers	35	47	.427	25
8	Chicago Bulls	30	52	.366	30
9	Denver Nuggets	30	52	.366	30
10	Utah Jazz	24	58	.293	36
11	Golden State Warriors	24	58	.293	36

1979-80 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHI	CLE	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	KCK	LAL	MIL	NJN	NYK	PHI	PHO	POR	SAS	SDC	SEA	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	—	2–4	1–1	4–2	1–1	6–0	2–0	2–4	4–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–2	4–2	4–2	1–1	2–0	5–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–3
Boston	4–2	—	2–0	4–2	2–0	6–0	2–0	6–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	5–1	5–1	3–3	1–1	2–0	4–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	4–2
Chicago	1–1	0–2	—	2–0	2–4	1–1	4–2	1–1	0–2	3–3	1–5	1–5	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–5	3–3	0–2	4–2	2–4	2–4	0–2
Cleveland	2–4	2–4	0–2	—	1–1	6–0	2–0	2–4	2–4	2–0	1–1	0–2	3–3	3–3	1–5	1–1	0–2	4–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3
Denver	1–1	0–2	4–2	1–1	—	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–6	1–5	3–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–5	2–4	1–1	3–3	1–5	3–3	1–1
Detroit	0–6	0–6	1–1	0–6	1–1	—	1–1	1–5	1–5	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–4	1–5	0–2	0–2	2–4	0–2	0–2	1–1	2–4
Golden State	0–2	0–2	2–4	0–2	3–3	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	3–3	1–5	0–6	2–0	0–2	0–2	2–4	2–4	0–2	3–3	0–6	3–3	0–2
Houston	4–2	0–6	1–1	4–2	1–1	5–1	1–1	—	4–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	3–3	3–3	2–4	1–1	1–1	3–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–4
Indiana	2–4	2–4	2–0	4–2	1–1	5–1	1–1	2–4	—	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–4	4–2	1–5	0–2	2–0	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–2
Kansas City	2–0	1–1	3–3	0–2	6–0	2–0	3–3	2–0	1–1	—	2–4	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–5	1–5	1–1	5–1	3–3	6–0	2–0
Los Angeles	1–1	2–0	5–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	5–1	2–0	2–0	4–2	—	3–3	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–3	2–4	2–0	5–1	4–2	6–0	1–1
Milwaukee	1–1	0–2	5–1	2–0	3–3	1–1	6–0	1–1	2–0	3–3	3–3	—	1–1	1–1	0–2	4–2	5–1	0–2	4–2	2–4	4–2	1–1
New Jersey	2–4	1–5	1–1	3–3	1–1	4–2	0–2	3–3	4–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	2–4	1–5	1–1	0–2	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–3
New York	2–4	1–5	2–0	3–3	1–1	4–2	2–0	3–3	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–2	—	0–6	2–0	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–3
Philadelphia	2–4	3–3	1–1	5–1	2–0	5–1	2–0	4–2	5–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	5–1	6–0	—	1–1	2–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–1
Phoenix	1–1	1–1	5–1	1–1	5–1	2–0	4–2	1–1	2–0	5–1	3–3	2–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	6–0	1–1	2–4	4–2	6–0	2–0
Portland	0–2	0–2	3–3	2–0	4–2	2–0	4–2	1–1	0–2	5–1	4–2	1–5	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–6	—	1–1	4–2	1–5	3–3	1–1
San Antonio	1–5	2–4	2–0	2–4	1–1	4–2	2–0	3–3	4–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	3–3	2–4	2–4	1–1	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	1–1	4–2
San Diego	1–1	0–2	2–4	1–1	3–3	2–0	3–3	0–2	1–1	1–5	1–5	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–2	2–4	0–2	—	3–3	5–1	1–1
Seattle	2–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	5–1	2–0	6–0	1–1	2–0	3–3	2–4	4–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–4	5–1	1–1	3–3	—	5–1	1–1
Utah	0–2	0–2	4–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	3–3	0–2	1–1	0–6	0–6	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–6	3–3	1–1	1–5	1–5	—	0–2
Washington	3–3	2–4	2–0	3–3	1–1	4–2	2–0	4–2	2–4	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–3	3–3	1–5	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	—

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

1979–80_Milwaukee_Bucks_season

1979–80 Milwaukee Bucks season

Draft picks

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Game log

Playoffs

Player statistics

Season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

Trades

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Player	GP	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Marques Johnson	77	34.9	54.4	22.2	79.1	7.4	3.5	1.3	0.9	21.7
Junior Bridgeman	81	28.6	47.8	18.5	86.5	3.7	2.9	1.2	0.2	17.6
Brian Winters	80	32.8	47.9	37.3	86.0	2.8	4.5	1.3	0.4	16.2
Bob Lanier	26	28.4	51.9	100.0	78.5	6.9	2.4	1.4	1.1	15.7
Dave Meyers	79	27.9	48.1	20.0	63.4	5.7	2.8	0.9	0.5	12.1
Quinn Buckner	67	25.2	46.7	40.0	73.4	3.6	5.7	2.0	0.1	10.7
Kent Benson	56	24.8	49.4	0.0	68.0	5.9	2.3	1.0	1.3	8.8
Sidney Moncrief	77	20.2	46.8	0.0	79.5	4.4	1.7	0.9	0.2	8.5
Pat Cummings	71	12.7	50.5	0.0	76.4	3.4	0.7	0.3	0.2	6.6
Richard Washington	75	14.6	46.8	0.0	60.5	3.7	0.7	0.3	0.6	5.9
Lloyd Walton	76	16.4	45.5	33.3	69.0	1.2	3.8	0.6	0.0	3.6
Harvey Catchings	72	19.0	39.8	0.0	62.9	5.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	3.2

Player	GP	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Marques Johnson	7	43.3	42.2	33.3	75.0	6.9	2.9	0.7	0.9	19.9
Bob Lanier	7	36.6	51.5	0.0	73.8	9.3	4.4	1.0	1.1	19.3
Brian Winters	7	38.3	46.0	42.9	100.0	3.0	5.3	1.6	0.0	15.9
Sidney Moncrief	7	26.0	58.8	0.0	87.1	4.4	1.6	0.7	0.1	12.4
Junior Bridgeman	5	24.8	35.7	0.0	73.3	3.8	3.4	1.0	0.4	10.2
Dave Meyers	7	27.9	41.9	0.0	46.7	5.0	2.0	1.3	0.9	9.4
Richard Washington	7	16.0	53.2	0.0	25.0	2.9	0.4	0.6	1.1	7.3
Quinn Buckner	7	23.6	34.0	0.0	63.6	2.3	4.4	2.1	0.0	6.1
Pat Cummings	6	9.5	64.7	0.0	83.3	2.7	0.3	0.2	0.0	4.5
Harvey Catchings	6	10.7	33.3	0.0	50.0	3.5	0.3	0.0	1.3	1.0
Lloyd Walton	1	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0

May 31, 1979	To Milwaukee Bucks---- Harvey Catchings	To New Jersey Nets---- John Gianelli
October 9, 1979	To Milwaukee Bucks---- Richard Washington	To Kansas City Kings---- Ernie Grunfeld
February 4, 1980	To Milwaukee Bucks---- Bob Lanier	To Detroit Pistons---- Kent Benson 1980 1st round pick (Larry Drew)