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1979-80 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Statistics

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49-33, Finished 1st in NBA Midwest Division (Schedule and Results)
Coached by: Don Nelson (49-33)

Points Per Game: 110.1 (9th of 22) ▪ Opponent Points Per Game: 106.1 (7th of 22)
Pythagorean W-L: 51-31 (5th of 22)

Arena: MECCA Arena ▪ Attendance: 446,972 (12th of 22)

SRS: 3.56 (5th of 22) ▪ Pace Factor: 102.4 (14th of 22)
Offensive Rating: 106.8 (5th of 22) ▪ Defensive Rating: 102.9 (8th of 22)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (4-3) versus Seattle Supersonics

1979-80 Milwaukee Bucks:

Roster

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No. Player Pos Ht Wt Birth Date Exp College
54 Kent Benson C 6-10 235 December 27, 1954 2 Indiana University
2 Junior Bridgeman F-G 6-5 210 September 17, 1953 4 University of Louisville
21 Quinn Buckner G 6-3 190 August 20, 1954 3 Indiana University
42 Harvey Catchings C-F 6-9 218 September 2, 1951 5 Hardin-Simmons University
6 Pat Cummings F-C 6-9 230 July 11, 1956 R University of Cincinnati
8 Marques Johnson F-G 6-7 218 February 8, 1956 2 University of California, Los Angeles
16 Bob Lanier C 6-11 250 September 10, 1948 9 St. Bonaventure University
7 Dave Meyers F-C 6-8 215 April 21, 1953 3 University of California, Los Angeles
4 Sidney Moncrief G 6-3 180 September 21, 1957 R University of Arkansas
11 Lloyd Walton G 6-0 160 November 23, 1953 3 Marquette University
31 Richard Washington F-C 6-11 220 July 15, 1955 3 University of California, Los Angeles
32 Brian Winters G-F 6-4 185 March 1, 1952 5 University of South Carolina

Team and Opponent Statistics

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G MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS PTS
Team 82 19805 3685 7553 .488 50 155 .323 1605 2102 .764 1245 2396 3641 2277 778 510 1496 1937 9025 110.1
Opponent 82 19805 3456 7487 .462 76 305 .249 1714 2275 .753 1360 2293 3653 2154 717 358 1638 1912 8702 106.1

Player Statistics

Totals

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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 Marques Johnson 23 77 2686 689 1267 .544 2 9 .222 291 368 .791 217 349 566 273 100 70 185 173 1671
2 Junior Bridgeman 26 81 2316 594 1243 .478 5 27 .185 230 266 .865 104 197 301 237 94 20 172 216 1423
3 Brian Winters 27 80 2623 535 1116 .479 38 102 .373 184 214 .860 48 175 223 362 101 28 186 208 1292
4 Dave Meyers 26 79 2204 399 830 .481 1 5 .200 156 246 .634 140 308 448 225 72 40 182 218 955
5 Quinn Buckner 25 67 1690 306 655 .467 2 5 .400 105 143 .734 69 169 238 383 135 4 149 202 719
6 Sidney Moncrief 22 77 1557 211 451 .468 0 1 .000 232 292 .795 154 184 338 133 72 16 117 106 654
7 Kent Benson 25 56 1389 213 431 .494 0 1 .000 66 97 .680 96 237 333 127 54 74 106 178 492
8 Pat Cummings 23 71 900 187 370 .505 0 0 94 123 .764 81 157 238 53 22 17 74 141 468
9 Richard Washington 24 75 1092 197 421 .468 0 0 46 76 .605 95 181 276 55 26 48 63 166 440
10 Bob Lanier 31 26 739 147 283 .519 1 1 1.000 113 144 .785 44 135 179 62 36 29 49 70 408
11 Lloyd Walton 26 76 1243 110 242 .455 1 3 .333 49 71 .690 33 58 91 285 43 2 112 68 270
12 Harvey Catchings 28 72 1366 97 244 .398 0 1 .000 39 62 .629 164 246 410 82 23 162 68 191 233

Per Game

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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 Marques Johnson 23 77 34.9 8.9 16.5 .544 0.0 0.1 .222 3.8 4.8 .791 2.8 4.5 7.4 3.5 1.3 0.9 2.4 2.2 21.7
2 Junior Bridgeman 26 81 28.6 7.3 15.3 .478 0.1 0.3 .185 2.8 3.3 .865 1.3 2.4 3.7 2.9 1.2 0.2 2.1 2.7 17.6
3 Brian Winters 27 80 32.8 6.7 14.0 .479 0.5 1.3 .373 2.3 2.7 .860 0.6 2.2 2.8 4.5 1.3 0.4 2.3 2.6 16.2
4 Bob Lanier 31 26 28.4 5.7 10.9 .519 0.0 0.0 1.000 4.3 5.5 .785 1.7 5.2 6.9 2.4 1.4 1.1 1.9 2.7 15.7
5 Dave Meyers 26 79 27.9 5.1 10.5 .481 0.0 0.1 .200 2.0 3.1 .634 1.8 3.9 5.7 2.8 0.9 0.5 2.3 2.8 12.1
6 Quinn Buckner 25 67 25.2 4.6 9.8 .467 0.0 0.1 .400 1.6 2.1 .734 1.0 2.5 3.6 5.7 2.0 0.1 2.2 3.0 10.7
7 Kent Benson 25 56 24.8 3.8 7.7 .494 0.0 0.0 .000 1.2 1.7 .680 1.7 4.2 5.9 2.3 1.0 1.3 1.9 3.2 8.8
8 Sidney Moncrief 22 77 20.2 2.7 5.9 .468 0.0 0.0 .000 3.0 3.8 .795 2.0 2.4 4.4 1.7 0.9 0.2 1.5 1.4 8.5
9 Pat Cummings 23 71 12.7 2.6 5.2 .505 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.7 .764 1.1 2.2 3.4 0.7 0.3 0.2 1.0 2.0 6.6
10 Richard Washington 24 75 14.6 2.6 5.6 .468 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.0 .605 1.3 2.4 3.7 0.7 0.3 0.6 0.8 2.2 5.9
11 Lloyd Walton 26 76 16.4 1.4 3.2 .455 0.0 0.0 .333 0.6 0.9 .690 0.4 0.8 1.2 3.8 0.6 0.0 1.5 0.9 3.6
12 Harvey Catchings 28 72 19.0 1.3 3.4 .398 0.0 0.0 .000 0.5 0.9 .629 2.3 3.4 5.7 1.1 0.3 2.3 0.9 2.7 3.2

Per 36 Minutes

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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 Marques Johnson 23 77 2686 9.2 17.0 .544 0.0 0.1 .222 3.9 4.9 .791 2.9 4.7 7.6 3.7 1.3 0.9 2.5 2.3 22.4
2 Junior Bridgeman 26 81 2316 9.2 19.3 .478 0.1 0.4 .185 3.6 4.1 .865 1.6 3.1 4.7 3.7 1.5 0.3 2.7 3.4 22.1
3 Bob Lanier 31 26 739 7.2 13.8 .519 0.0 0.0 1.000 5.5 7.0 .785 2.1 6.6 8.7 3.0 1.8 1.4 2.4 3.4 19.9
4 Pat Cummings 23 71 900 7.5 14.8 .505 0.0 0.0 3.8 4.9 .764 3.2 6.3 9.5 2.1 0.9 0.7 3.0 5.6 18.7
5 Brian Winters 27 80 2623 7.3 15.3 .479 0.5 1.4 .373 2.5 2.9 .860 0.7 2.4 3.1 5.0 1.4 0.4 2.6 2.9 17.7
6 Dave Meyers 26 79 2204 6.5 13.6 .481 0.0 0.1 .200 2.5 4.0 .634 2.3 5.0 7.3 3.7 1.2 0.7 3.0 3.6 15.6
7 Quinn Buckner 25 67 1690 6.5 14.0 .467 0.0 0.1 .400 2.2 3.0 .734 1.5 3.6 5.1 8.2 2.9 0.1 3.2 4.3 15.3
8 Sidney Moncrief 22 77 1557 4.9 10.4 .468 0.0 0.0 .000 5.4 6.8 .795 3.6 4.3 7.8 3.1 1.7 0.4 2.7 2.5 15.1
9 Richard Washington 24 75 1092 6.5 13.9 .468 0.0 0.0 1.5 2.5 .605 3.1 6.0 9.1 1.8 0.9 1.6 2.1 5.5 14.5
10 Kent Benson 25 56 1389 5.5 11.2 .494 0.0 0.0 .000 1.7 2.5 .680 2.5 6.1 8.6 3.3 1.4 1.9 2.7 4.6 12.8
11 Lloyd Walton 26 76 1243 3.2 7.0 .455 0.0 0.1 .333 1.4 2.1 .690 1.0 1.7 2.6 8.3 1.2 0.1 3.2 2.0 7.8
12 Harvey Catchings 28 72 1366 2.6 6.4 .398 0.0 0.0 .000 1.0 1.6 .629 4.3 6.5 10.8 2.2 0.6 4.3 1.8 5.0 6.1

Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Marques Johnson 23 77 2686 22.0 .585 .545 9.0 13.7 11.4 15.1 1.7 1.4 11.5 23.9 118 103 8.0 3.5 11.5
2 Brian Winters 27 80 2623 14.8 .534 .496 2.0 7.0 4.6 19.0 1.8 0.6 13.3 21.1 108 106 3.6 2.6 6.2
3 Junior Bridgeman 26 81 2316 17.1 .523 .480 5.0 9.0 7.1 15.2 1.9 0.5 11.2 26.3 107 105 3.6 2.5 6.1
4 Sidney Moncrief 22 77 1557 15.9 .564 .468 11.1 12.5 11.8 10.7 2.2 0.6 16.8 17.8 113 103 2.8 2.0 4.9
5 Quinn Buckner 25 67 1690 16.5 .501 .469 4.6 10.5 7.6 30.2 3.7 0.1 17.2 20.4 105 101 1.7 2.7 4.4
6 Dave Meyers 26 79 2204 13.3 .509 .481 7.1 14.7 11.0 13.6 1.5 1.0 16.2 20.2 101 103 1.0 2.8 3.9
7 Bob Lanier 31 26 739 20.5 .589 .521 6.7 19.3 13.2 11.5 2.3 2.2 12.4 21.2 117 99 1.9 1.3 3.2
8 Kent Benson 25 56 1389 13.3 .519 .494 7.7 18.0 13.0 11.8 1.8 2.9 18.3 16.6 101 100 0.6 2.3 2.9
9 Harvey Catchings 28 72 1366 10.9 .429 .398 13.4 19.0 16.3 7.0 0.8 6.5 20.0 9.9 99 100 0.2 2.4 2.6
10 Pat Cummings 23 71 900 15.3 .552 .505 10.1 18.4 14.4 8.2 1.1 1.0 14.9 22.0 107 103 1.2 1.2 2.5
11 Richard Washington 24 75 1092 12.3 .484 .468 9.7 17.5 13.7 6.7 1.1 2.4 12.2 18.8 101 102 0.5 1.6 2.0
12 Lloyd Walton 26 76 1243 9.6 .494 .457 3.0 4.9 4.0 27.2 1.6 0.1 29.1 12.3 98 107 0.1 1.0 1.1

Playoffs

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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 23 7 303 54 128 1 3 30 40 17 48 20 5 6 8 20 139 .422 .333 .750 43.3 19.9 6.9 2.9
2 Bob Lanier 31 7 256 52 101 0 0 31 42 17 65 31 7 8 17 23 135 .515 .738 36.6 19.3 9.3 4.4
3 Brian Winters 27 7 268 46 100 9 21 10 10 4 21 37 11 0 16 25 111 .460 .429 1.000 38.3 15.9 3.0 5.3
4 Sidney Moncrief 22 7 182 30 51 0 0 27 31 17 31 11 5 1 14 14 87 .588 .871 26.0 12.4 4.4 1.6
5 Dave Meyers 26 7 195 26 62 0 3 14 30 16 35 14 9 6 15 25 66 .419 .000 .467 27.9 9.4 5.0 2.0
6 Junior Bridgeman 26 5 124 20 56 0 1 11 15 4 19 17 5 2 14 17 51 .357 .000 .733 24.8 10.2 3.8 3.4
7 Richard Washington 24 7 112 25 47 0 0 1 4 7 20 3 4 8 8 22 51 .532 .250 16.0 7.3 2.9 0.4
8 Quinn Buckner 25 7 165 18 53 0 1 7 11 6 16 31 15 0 13 20 43 .340 .000 .636 23.6 6.1 2.3 4.4
9 Pat Cummings 23 6 57 11 17 0 0 5 6 4 16 2 1 0 8 9 27 .647 .833 9.5 4.5 2.7 0.3
10 Harvey Catchings 28 6 64 2 6 0 0 2 4 5 21 2 0 8 2 13 6 .333 .500 10.7 1.0 3.5 0.3
11 Lloyd Walton 26 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 .000 4.0 0.0 1.0 1.0

Playoffs Advanced

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Rk Player Age G MP PER TS% eFG% ORB% DRB% TRB% AST% STL% BLK% TOV% USG% ORtg DRtg OWS DWS WS
1 Bob Lanier 31 7 256 20.9 .565 .515 7.6 20.7 14.3 19.6 1.4 1.8 12.5 22.3 114 100 0.6 0.4 1.1
2 Marques Johnson 23 7 303 14.6 .477 .426 6.4 11.3 8.9 10.3 0.8 1.1 5.2 21.2 108 105 0.4 0.3 0.8
3 Sidney Moncrief 22 7 182 17.9 .673 .588 10.7 8.5 9.6 9.2 1.4 0.3 17.8 18.1 122 105 0.5 0.2 0.7
4 Brian Winters 27 7 268 13.6 .532 .505 1.7 7.0 4.4 21.3 2.0 0.0 13.3 18.8 107 105 0.3 0.3 0.6
5 Richard Washington 24 7 112 13.2 .523 .532 7.2 12.8 10.0 4.5 1.8 4.1 14.1 21.2 96 100 0.0 0.2 0.2
6 Pat Cummings 23 6 57 13.5 .687 .647 8.0 23.3 15.8 5.6 0.9 0.0 28.9 20.3 99 101 0.0 0.1 0.1
7 Quinn Buckner 25 7 165 9.8 .372 .340 4.2 6.7 5.5 26.4 4.5 0.0 18.4 18.0 85 100 -0.2 0.3 0.1
8 Dave Meyers 26 7 195 10.1 .439 .419 9.4 10.8 10.1 10.4 2.3 1.8 16.6 19.4 89 101 -0.2 0.3 0.1
9 Harvey Catchings 28 6 64 8.0 .387 .333 9.0 27.6 18.5 4.0 0.0 7.2 20.5 6.4 92 96 0.0 0.1 0.1
10 Lloyd Walton 26 1 4 -0.1 .000 .000 0.0 27.6 14.1 30.5 0.0 14.3 50.0 20.9 23 92 0.0 0.0 0.0
11 Junior Bridgeman 26 5 124 8.6 .407 .357 3.7 13.4 8.6 20.8 2.0 0.9 18.3 25.9 82 102 -0.3 0.2 -0.1

Salaries

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Rk Player Salary
1 Bob Lanier $500,000
2 Marques Johnson $200,000
Estimated salaries are marked with an asterisk (*)