1978-79 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Statistics

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38-44, Finished 3rd in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Don Nelson (38-44)

PTS/G: 114.1 (4th of 22) ▪ Opp PTS/G: 111.8 (15th of 22)
SRS: 2.12 (7th of 22) ▪ Pace: 106.5 (8th of 22)
Off Rtg: 106.0 (6th of 22) ▪ Def Rtg: 104.0 (13th of 22)
Expected W-L: 47-35 (7th of 22)

Arena: MECCA Arena ▪ Attendance: 443,926 (10th of 22)

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Roster

No.	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birth Date	Exp	College
54	Kent Benson	C	6-10	235	December 27, 1954	1	Indiana University
12	Del Beshore	G	5-11	165	November 29, 1956	R	California University of Pennslyvania
2	Junior Bridgeman	F-G	6-5	210	September 17, 1953	3	University of Louisville
21	Quinn Buckner	G	6-3	190	August 20, 1954	2	Indiana University
40	John Gianelli	C-F	6-10	220	June 10, 1950	6	University of the Pacific
20	Ernie Grunfeld	G-F	6-6	210	April 24, 1955	1	University of Tennessee
30	Otis Howard	F	6-7	220	November 5, 1956	R	Austin Peay State University
24	George Johnson	F-C	6-7	210	December 8, 1956	R	St. John's University
8	Marques Johnson	F-G	6-7	218	February 8, 1956	1	University of California, Los Angeles
18	Kevin Restani	F-C	6-9	225	December 23, 1951	4	University of San Francisco
5	Sam Smith	G	6-4	200	January 8, 1955	R	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4	Norm Van Lier	G	6-1	173	April 1, 1947	9	Saint Francis University
11	Lloyd Walton	G	6-0	160	November 23, 1953	2	Marquette University
32	Brian Winters	G-F	6-4	185	March 1, 1952	4	University of South Carolina

Team and Opponent Statistics

	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	PTS/G
Team	82	19880	3906	7773	.503	1541	2021	.762	1157	2370	3527	2562	862	435	1574	2106	9353	114.1
Lg Rank		1	2	3	4	20	21	10	17	19	18	1	2	9	8	8	4	4
Opponent	82	19880	3676	7505	.490	1819	2415	.753	1229	2437	3666	2301	763	462	1748	1928	9171	111.8
Lg Rank		1	12	10	15	15	15	12	13	7	10	22	15	15	5	3	15	15

Totals

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Marques Johnson	22	77	2779	820	1491	.550	332	437	.760	212	374	586	234	116	89	170	186	1972
2	Brian Winters	26	79	2575	662	1343	.493	237	277	.856	48	129	177	383	83	40	257	243	1561
3	Junior Bridgeman	25	82	1963	540	1067	.506	189	228	.829	113	184	297	163	88	41	138	184	1269
4	Kent Benson	24	82	2132	413	798	.518	180	245	.735	187	397	584	204	89	81	156	280	1006
5	Ernie Grunfeld	23	82	1778	326	661	.493	191	251	.761	124	236	360	216	58	15	141	220	843
6	John Gianelli	28	82	2057	256	527	.486	72	102	.706	122	286	408	160	44	57	106	196	584
7	Quinn Buckner	24	81	1757	251	553	.454	79	125	.632	57	153	210	468	156	17	208	224	581
8	Kevin Restani	27	81	1598	262	529	.495	51	73	.699	141	244	385	122	30	27	96	155	575
9	George Johnson	22	67	1157	165	342	.482	84	117	.718	106	254	360	81	75	49	100	187	414
10	Lloyd Walton	25	75	1381	157	327	.480	61	90	.678	34	70	104	356	72	9	123	103	375
11	Norm Van Lier	31	38	555	30	77	.390	47	52	.904	8	32	40	158	43	3	49	108	107
12	Sam Smith	24	16	125	19	47	.404	18	24	.750	0	9	9	16	8	7	8	12	56
13	Otis Howard	22	3	22	5	11	.455	0	0		5	2	7	1	0	0	2	8	10
14	Del Beshore	22	1	1	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Per Game

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Marques Johnson	22	77	36.1	10.6	19.4	.550	4.3	5.7	.760	2.8	4.9	7.6	3.0	1.5	1.2	2.2	2.4	25.6
2	Brian Winters	26	79	32.6	8.4	17.0	.493	3.0	3.5	.856	0.6	1.6	2.2	4.8	1.1	0.5	3.3	3.1	19.8
3	Junior Bridgeman	25	82	23.9	6.6	13.0	.506	2.3	2.8	.829	1.4	2.2	3.6	2.0	1.1	0.5	1.7	2.2	15.5
4	Kent Benson	24	82	26.0	5.0	9.7	.518	2.2	3.0	.735	2.3	4.8	7.1	2.5	1.1	1.0	1.9	3.4	12.3
5	Ernie Grunfeld	23	82	21.7	4.0	8.1	.493	2.3	3.1	.761	1.5	2.9	4.4	2.6	0.7	0.2	1.7	2.7	10.3
6	Quinn Buckner	24	81	21.7	3.1	6.8	.454	1.0	1.5	.632	0.7	1.9	2.6	5.8	1.9	0.2	2.6	2.8	7.2
7	John Gianelli	28	82	25.1	3.1	6.4	.486	0.9	1.2	.706	1.5	3.5	5.0	2.0	0.5	0.7	1.3	2.4	7.1
8	Kevin Restani	27	81	19.7	3.2	6.5	.495	0.6	0.9	.699	1.7	3.0	4.8	1.5	0.4	0.3	1.2	1.9	7.1
9	George Johnson	22	67	17.3	2.5	5.1	.482	1.3	1.7	.718	1.6	3.8	5.4	1.2	1.1	0.7	1.5	2.8	6.2
10	Lloyd Walton	25	75	18.4	2.1	4.4	.480	0.8	1.2	.678	0.5	0.9	1.4	4.7	1.0	0.1	1.6	1.4	5.0
11	Sam Smith	24	16	7.8	1.2	2.9	.404	1.1	1.5	.750	0.0	0.6	0.6	1.0	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.8	3.5
12	Otis Howard	22	3	7.3	1.7	3.7	.455	0.0	0.0		1.7	0.7	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.7	3.3
13	Norm Van Lier	31	38	14.6	0.8	2.0	.390	1.2	1.4	.904	0.2	0.8	1.1	4.2	1.1	0.1	1.3	2.8	2.8
14	Del Beshore	22	1	1.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Per 36 Minutes

Rk	Player	Age	G	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Marques Johnson	22	77	2779	10.6	19.3	.550	4.3	5.7	.760	2.7	4.8	7.6	3.0	1.5	1.2	2.2	2.4	25.5
2	Junior Bridgeman	25	82	1963	9.9	19.6	.506	3.5	4.2	.829	2.1	3.4	5.4	3.0	1.6	0.8	2.5	3.4	23.3
3	Brian Winters	26	79	2575	9.3	18.8	.493	3.3	3.9	.856	0.7	1.8	2.5	5.4	1.2	0.6	3.6	3.4	21.8
4	Ernie Grunfeld	23	82	1778	6.6	13.4	.493	3.9	5.1	.761	2.5	4.8	7.3	4.4	1.2	0.3	2.9	4.5	17.1
5	Kent Benson	24	82	2132	7.0	13.5	.518	3.0	4.1	.735	3.2	6.7	9.9	3.4	1.5	1.4	2.6	4.7	17.0
6	Otis Howard	22	3	22	8.2	18.0	.455	0.0	0.0		8.2	3.3	11.5	1.6	0.0	0.0	3.3	13.1	16.4
7	Sam Smith	24	16	125	5.5	13.5	.404	5.2	6.9	.750	0.0	2.6	2.6	4.6	2.3	2.0	2.3	3.5	16.1
8	Kevin Restani	27	81	1598	5.9	11.9	.495	1.1	1.6	.699	3.2	5.5	8.7	2.7	0.7	0.6	2.2	3.5	13.0
9	George Johnson	22	67	1157	5.1	10.6	.482	2.6	3.6	.718	3.3	7.9	11.2	2.5	2.3	1.5	3.1	5.8	12.9
10	Quinn Buckner	24	81	1757	5.1	11.3	.454	1.6	2.6	.632	1.2	3.1	4.3	9.6	3.2	0.3	4.3	4.6	11.9
11	John Gianelli	28	82	2057	4.5	9.2	.486	1.3	1.8	.706	2.1	5.0	7.1	2.8	0.8	1.0	1.9	3.4	10.2
12	Lloyd Walton	25	75	1381	4.1	8.5	.480	1.6	2.3	.678	0.9	1.8	2.7	9.3	1.9	0.2	3.2	2.7	9.8
13	Norm Van Lier	31	38	555	1.9	5.0	.390	3.0	3.4	.904	0.5	2.1	2.6	10.2	2.8	0.2	3.2	7.0	6.9
14	Del Beshore	22	1	1	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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	22	77	2779	23.9	.586	.550	8.4	14.9	11.7	12.3	1.9	1.7	9.2	25.9	117	103	9.2	3.0	12.2	.211
2	Kent Benson	24	82	2132	17.3	.555	.518	9.7	20.6	15.1	12.1	1.9	2.0	14.7	19.3	109	101	3.5	2.9	6.4	.143
3	Junior Bridgeman	25	82	1963	18.8	.544	.506	6.4	10.4	8.4	11.7	2.0	1.1	10.6	25.8	108	105	3.7	1.8	5.5	.134
4	Ernie Grunfeld	23	82	1778	15.2	.546	.493	7.7	14.7	11.2	15.2	1.5	0.4	15.5	19.9	108	105	2.8	1.6	4.3	.117
5	Brian Winters	26	79	2575	15.6	.533	.493	2.1	5.5	3.8	20.5	1.5	0.8	14.9	26.0	102	108	2.7	1.5	4.2	.078
6	John Gianelli	28	82	2057	10.3	.511	.486	6.6	15.4	11.0	9.1	1.0	1.5	15.6	12.8	103	105	1.2	1.8	3.0	.070
7	Kevin Restani	27	81	1598	12.1	.512	.495	9.8	16.9	13.3	9.3	0.8	0.9	14.6	16.0	103	105	1.3	1.3	2.6	.078
8	George Johnson	22	67	1157	14.0	.526	.482	10.1	24.3	17.2	8.3	2.9	2.2	20.3	16.6	99	98	0.4	2.0	2.5	.102
9	Quinn Buckner	24	81	1757	13.6	.478	.454	3.6	9.6	6.6	31.7	4.0	0.5	25.5	18.0	94	101	-0.4	2.4	2.0	.055
10	Lloyd Walton	25	75	1381	12.4	.511	.480	2.7	5.6	4.2	29.7	2.3	0.3	25.1	13.8	102	106	0.9	1.0	1.9	.067
11	Norm Van Lier	31	38	555	11.0	.536	.390	1.6	6.4	4.0	30.7	3.5	0.3	32.9	10.4	106	103	0.5	0.6	1.1	.093
12	Sam Smith	24	16	125	14.2	.486	.404	0.0	8.0	4.0	15.4	2.9	3.0	12.2	20.4	101	102	0.1	0.2	0.2	.090
13	Del Beshore	22	1	1	0.0			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		113	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.004
14	Otis Howard	22	3	22	8.0	.455	.455	25.1	10.0	17.6	6.0	0.0	0.0	15.4	23.0	96	109	0.0	0.0	0.0	.024

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