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1977-78 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Statistics

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44-38, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Don Nelson (44-38)

PTS/G: 112.4 (4th of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 113.0 (21st of 22)
SRS: -0.59 (13th of 22) ▪ Pace: 108.7 (5th of 22)
Off Rtg: 101.8 (8th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 102.4 (19th of 22)
Expected W-L: 40-42 (13th of 22)

Arena: MECCA Arena ▪ Attendance: 435,057 (14th of 21)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Denver Nuggets
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-0) versus Phoenix Suns

Roster

No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
54 Kent Benson C 6-10 235 December 27, 1954 R Indiana University
2 Junior Bridgeman F-G 6-5 210 September 17, 1953 2 University of Louisville
21 Quinn Buckner G 6-3 190 August 20, 1954 1 Indiana University
25-51 Jim Eakins C 6-11 215 May 24, 1946 9 Brigham Young University
22 Alex English F 6-7 190 January 5, 1954 1 University of South Carolina
40 John Gianelli C-F 6-10 220 June 10, 1950 5 University of the Pacific
20 Ernie Grunfeld G-F 6-6 210 April 24, 1955 R University of Tennessee
8 Marques Johnson F-G 6-7 218 February 8, 1956 R University of California, Los Angeles
12-5 Rich Laurel G 6-6 190 July 11, 1954 R Hofstra University
45 Scott Lloyd C-F 6-10 230 December 19, 1952 1 Arizona State University
7 Dave Meyers F-C 6-8 215 April 21, 1953 2 University of California, Los Angeles
18 Kevin Restani F-C 6-9 225 December 23, 1951 3 University of San Francisco
11 Lloyd Walton G 6-0 160 November 23, 1953 1 Marquette University
32 Brian Winters G-F 6-4 185 March 1, 1952 3 University of South Carolina

Team and Opponent Statistics

G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS/G
Team 82 19980 3801 7883 .482 1612 2220 .726 1239 2480 3719 2306 867 472 1680 2038 9214 112.4
Lg Rank 2 2 2 6 18 17 18 9 20 19 3 4 5 14 10 4 4
Opponent 82 19980 3715 7728 .481 1832 2404 .762 1234 2617 3851 2248 790 468 1783 2019 9262 113.0
Lg Rank 2 20 14 20 17 15 19 13 13 12 20 13 18 4 9 21 21

Totals

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Brian Winters 25 80 2751 674 1457 .463 246 293 .840 87 163 250 393 124 27 236 239 1594
2 Marques Johnson 21 80 2765 628 1204 .522 301 409 .736 292 555 847 190 92 103 175 221 1557
3 Dave Meyers 24 80 2416 432 938 .461 314 435 .722 144 393 537 241 86 46 213 240 1178
4 Junior Bridgeman 24 82 1876 476 947 .503 166 205 .810 114 176 290 175 72 30 176 202 1118
5 Alex English 24 82 1552 343 633 .542 104 143 .727 144 251 395 129 41 55 137 178 790
6 Quinn Buckner 23 82 2072 314 671 .468 131 203 .645 78 169 247 456 188 19 228 287 759
7 John Gianelli 27 82 2327 307 629 .488 79 123 .642 166 343 509 192 54 92 147 189 693
8 Kent Benson 23 69 1288 220 473 .465 92 141 .652 89 206 295 99 69 54 119 177 532
9 Ernie Grunfeld 22 73 1261 204 461 .443 94 143 .657 70 124 194 145 54 19 98 150 502
10 Lloyd Walton 24 76 1264 154 344 .448 54 83 .651 26 50 76 253 77 13 107 94 362
11 Jim Eakins 31 17 155 14 34 .412 21 26 .808 12 17 29 12 4 7 9 25 49
12 Scott Lloyd 25 14 112 12 33 .364 6 10 .600 7 19 26 9 3 5 7 22 30
13 Kevin Restani 26 8 84 13 28 .464 0 2 .000 4 10 14 9 0 1 2 4 26
14 Rich Laurel 23 10 57 10 31 .323 4 4 1.000 6 4 10 3 3 1 4 10 24

Per Game

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Brian Winters 25 80 34.4 8.4 18.2 .463 3.1 3.7 .840 1.1 2.0 3.1 4.9 1.6 0.3 3.0 3.0 19.9
2 Marques Johnson 21 80 34.6 7.9 15.1 .522 3.8 5.1 .736 3.7 6.9 10.6 2.4 1.2 1.3 2.2 2.8 19.5
3 Dave Meyers 24 80 30.2 5.4 11.7 .461 3.9 5.4 .722 1.8 4.9 6.7 3.0 1.1 0.6 2.7 3.0 14.7
4 Junior Bridgeman 24 82 22.9 5.8 11.5 .503 2.0 2.5 .810 1.4 2.1 3.5 2.1 0.9 0.4 2.1 2.5 13.6
5 Alex English 24 82 18.9 4.2 7.7 .542 1.3 1.7 .727 1.8 3.1 4.8 1.6 0.5 0.7 1.7 2.2 9.6
6 Quinn Buckner 23 82 25.3 3.8 8.2 .468 1.6 2.5 .645 1.0 2.1 3.0 5.6 2.3 0.2 2.8 3.5 9.3
7 John Gianelli 27 82 28.4 3.7 7.7 .488 1.0 1.5 .642 2.0 4.2 6.2 2.3 0.7 1.1 1.8 2.3 8.5
8 Kent Benson 23 69 18.7 3.2 6.9 .465 1.3 2.0 .652 1.3 3.0 4.3 1.4 1.0 0.8 1.7 2.6 7.7
9 Ernie Grunfeld 22 73 17.3 2.8 6.3 .443 1.3 2.0 .657 1.0 1.7 2.7 2.0 0.7 0.3 1.3 2.1 6.9
10 Lloyd Walton 24 76 16.6 2.0 4.5 .448 0.7 1.1 .651 0.3 0.7 1.0 3.3 1.0 0.2 1.4 1.2 4.8
11 Kevin Restani 26 8 10.5 1.6 3.5 .464 0.0 0.3 .000 0.5 1.3 1.8 1.1 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.5 3.3
12 Jim Eakins 31 17 9.1 0.8 2.0 .412 1.2 1.5 .808 0.7 1.0 1.7 0.7 0.2 0.4 0.5 1.5 2.9
13 Rich Laurel 23 10 5.7 1.0 3.1 .323 0.4 0.4 1.000 0.6 0.4 1.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.0 2.4
14 Scott Lloyd 25 14 8.0 0.9 2.4 .364 0.4 0.7 .600 0.5 1.4 1.9 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.5 1.6 2.1

Per 36 Minutes

Rk Player Age G GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS
1 Junior Bridgeman 24 82 1876 9.1 18.2 .503 3.2 3.9 .810 2.2 3.4 5.6 3.4 1.4 0.6 3.4 3.9 21.5
2 Brian Winters 25 80 2751 8.8 19.1 .463 3.2 3.8 .840 1.1 2.1 3.3 5.1 1.6 0.4 3.1 3.1 20.9
3 Marques Johnson 21 80 2765 8.2 15.7 .522 3.9 5.3 .736 3.8 7.2 11.0 2.5 1.2 1.3 2.3 2.9 20.3
4 Alex English 24 82 1552 8.0 14.7 .542 2.4 3.3 .727 3.3 5.8 9.2 3.0 1.0 1.3 3.2 4.1 18.3
5 Dave Meyers 24 80 2416 6.4 14.0 .461 4.7 6.5 .722 2.1 5.9 8.0 3.6 1.3 0.7 3.2 3.6 17.6
6 Rich Laurel 23 10 57 6.3 19.6 .323 2.5 2.5 1.000 3.8 2.5 6.3 1.9 1.9 0.6 2.5 6.3 15.2
7 Kent Benson 23 69 1288 6.1 13.2 .465 2.6 3.9 .652 2.5 5.8 8.2 2.8 1.9 1.5 3.3 4.9 14.9
8 Ernie Grunfeld 22 73 1261 5.8 13.2 .443 2.7 4.1 .657 2.0 3.5 5.5 4.1 1.5 0.5 2.8 4.3 14.3
9 Quinn Buckner 23 82 2072 5.5 11.7 .468 2.3 3.5 .645 1.4 2.9 4.3 7.9 3.3 0.3 4.0 5.0 13.2
10 Jim Eakins 31 17 155 3.3 7.9 .412 4.9 6.0 .808 2.8 3.9 6.7 2.8 0.9 1.6 2.1 5.8 11.4
11 Kevin Restani 26 8 84 5.6 12.0 .464 0.0 0.9 .000 1.7 4.3 6.0 3.9 0.0 0.4 0.9 1.7 11.1
12 John Gianelli 27 82 2327 4.7 9.7 .488 1.2 1.9 .642 2.6 5.3 7.9 3.0 0.8 1.4 2.3 2.9 10.7
13 Lloyd Walton 24 76 1264 4.4 9.8 .448 1.5 2.4 .651 0.7 1.4 2.2 7.2 2.2 0.4 3.0 2.7 10.3
14 Scott Lloyd 25 14 112 3.9 10.6 .364 1.9 3.2 .600 2.3 6.1 8.4 2.9 1.0 1.6 2.3 7.1 9.6

Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Marques Johnson 21 80 2765 21.3 .563 .522 10.9 21.6 16.2 9.5 1.5 1.9 11.2 21.4 114 101 7.7 3.0 10.6 .185
2 Brian Winters 25 80 2751 16.4 .503 .463 3.3 6.4 4.8 20.2 2.0 0.5 13.0 25.1 101 105 3.7 1.4 5.1 .089
3 Dave Meyers 24 80 2416 15.4 .522 .461 6.2 17.5 11.7 12.9 1.6 1.0 15.9 21.1 102 102 2.9 2.1 5.0 .099
4 Junior Bridgeman 24 82 1876 17.0 .539 .503 6.3 10.1 8.2 13.4 1.7 0.8 14.5 24.5 103 104 2.9 1.1 4.0 .102
5 Alex English 24 82 1552 17.4 .568 .542 9.6 17.4 13.4 11.4 1.2 1.8 16.4 20.3 106 102 2.7 1.3 4.0 .123
6 Quinn Buckner 23 82 2072 14.4 .499 .468 3.9 8.8 6.3 27.5 4.0 0.5 23.1 18.1 96 100 0.8 2.3 3.2 .073
7 John Gianelli 27 82 2327 11.7 .507 .488 7.4 15.9 11.5 10.1 1.0 2.0 17.7 13.5 100 103 1.4 1.8 3.2 .066
8 Kent Benson 23 69 1288 13.2 .497 .465 7.2 17.2 12.1 9.8 2.4 2.2 18.2 19.3 94 100 0.2 1.5 1.7 .064
9 Ernie Grunfeld 22 73 1261 12.0 .479 .443 5.8 10.6 8.1 14.6 1.9 0.8 15.8 18.7 97 104 0.6 0.9 1.4 .055
10 Lloyd Walton 24 76 1264 11.3 .476 .448 2.1 4.3 3.2 24.1 2.7 0.5 21.9 14.6 95 104 0.3 0.8 1.1 .040
11 Jim Eakins 31 17 155 11.5 .539 .412 8.0 11.8 9.9 9.0 1.1 2.3 16.5 13.3 110 104 0.2 0.1 0.3 .108
12 Kevin Restani 26 8 84 10.8 .450 .464 4.9 12.8 8.8 13.5 0.0 0.6 6.5 13.9 103 107 0.1 0.0 0.1 .055
13 Rich Laurel 23 10 57 7.5 .366 .323 10.9 7.6 9.3 6.8 2.3 0.9 10.9 24.5 83 103 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.034
14 Scott Lloyd 25 14 112 7.3 .401 .364 6.5 18.3 12.3 9.5 1.2 2.3 15.8 15.0 87 102 -0.1 0.1 0.0 .017

Playoffs

Totals Shooting Per Game
Rk Player Age G MP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA ORB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS FG% 3P% FT% MP PTS TRB AST
1 Marques Johnson 21 9 321 84 153 48 64 35 112 31 10 17 14 25 216 .549 .750 35.7 24.0 12.4 3.4
2 Brian Winters 25 9 305 82 165 20 27 4 30 58 12 8 29 20 184 .497 .741 33.9 20.4 3.3 6.4
3 Alex English 24 9 208 48 78 25 32 16 42 13 6 7 12 20 121 .615 .781 23.1 13.4 4.7 1.4
4 Dave Meyers 24 9 279 44 99 28 42 27 74 35 7 11 25 32 116 .444 .667 31.0 12.9 8.2 3.9
5 Quinn Buckner 23 9 257 43 86 15 23 3 27 62 18 1 39 30 101 .500 .652 28.6 11.2 3.0 6.9
6 Junior Bridgeman 24 9 178 44 91 6 8 6 18 11 9 2 8 31 94 .484 .750 19.8 10.4 2.0 1.2
7 John Gianelli 27 9 290 25 59 20 26 16 58 14 8 11 13 24 70 .424 .769 32.2 7.8 6.4 1.6
8 Lloyd Walton 24 9 124 17 35 8 13 1 4 37 8 3 14 8 42 .486 .615 13.8 4.7 0.4 4.1
9 Ernie Grunfeld 22 7 77 17 32 4 5 4 11 17 3 1 7 6 38 .531 .800 11.0 5.4 1.6 2.4
10 Kent Benson 23 9 103 11 23 6 11 5 15 3 5 3 6 20 28 .478 .545 11.4 3.1 1.7 0.3
11 Jim Eakins 31 3 18 1 5 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 .200 6.0 0.7 0.3 0.3

Playoffs Advanced

Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS WS/48
1 Marques Johnson 21 9 321 27.2 .596 .549 11.9 24.9 18.6 13.8 1.4 2.7 7.2 23.8 124 99 1.4 0.5 1.9 .280
2 Alex English 24 9 208 20.9 .657 .615 8.4 13.0 10.7 8.5 1.3 1.7 11.5 19.6 124 104 0.7 0.2 0.9 .210
3 Brian Winters 25 9 305 18.1 .520 .497 1.4 8.9 5.2 27.4 1.8 1.3 14.1 26.4 101 104 0.3 0.3 0.6 .091
4 Dave Meyers 24 9 279 14.4 .494 .444 10.6 17.5 14.1 15.6 1.1 2.0 17.5 20.0 99 102 0.2 0.3 0.5 .083
5 John Gianelli 27 9 290 9.5 .497 .424 6.0 15.0 10.6 5.5 1.2 1.9 15.6 11.2 101 103 0.1 0.3 0.4 .071
6 Junior Bridgeman 24 9 178 13.0 .497 .484 3.7 7.0 5.4 8.6 2.3 0.6 7.8 22.5 100 104 0.1 0.2 0.3 .074
7 Ernie Grunfeld 22 7 77 18.4 .556 .531 5.7 9.4 7.6 29.7 1.7 0.7 17.0 20.9 108 105 0.1 0.1 0.2 .128
8 Lloyd Walton 24 9 124 14.6 .516 .486 0.9 2.5 1.7 36.1 2.9 1.2 25.6 17.2 98 104 0.1 0.1 0.2 .063
9 Quinn Buckner 23 9 257 12.6 .525 .500 1.3 9.7 5.6 30.3 3.1 0.2 28.9 20.5 89 102 -0.2 0.3 0.1 .021
10 Kent Benson 23 9 103 7.1 .503 .478 5.3 10.1 7.7 3.4 2.2 1.5 17.7 12.8 93 103 0.0 0.1 0.1 .044
11 Jim Eakins 31 3 18 -1.0 .200 .200 6.1 0.0 3.0 6.1 2.5 0.0 16.7 13.0 55 107 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.126