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1988-89 Milwaukee Bucks Games

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49-33, Finished 4th in NBA Central Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary

Scored 108.9 points per game, Allowed 105.3 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 50-32)
Coached by Del Harris (49-33)

Arena: Bradley Center ▪ Attendance: 700,984 (7th of 25)

SRS: 4.12 (6th of 25) ▪ Pace Factor: 98.6 (17th of 25)
Offensive Rating: 110.1 (10th of 25) ▪ Defensive Rating: 106.4 (6th of 25)

Playoffs:
Lost NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals (4-0) versus Detroit Pistons
Won NBA Eastern Conference First Round (3-2) versus Atlanta Hawks

1988-89 Statistics ▪ Schedule ▪ Game Log ▪ Splits ▪ Starting Lineups

Click on the Date for game box score, if available.

Regular Season

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Fri, Nov 4, 1988 @ Indiana Pacers W 117 103 1 0 W 1
2 Sat, Nov 5, 1988 Atlanta Hawks L 94 107 1 1 L 1
3 Wed, Nov 9, 1988 Philadelphia 76ers W 114 103 2 1 W 1
4 Sat, Nov 12, 1988 Boston Celtics W 108 100 3 1 W 2
5 Thu, Nov 17, 1988 New Jersey Nets L 96 105 3 2 L 1
6 Sat, Nov 19, 1988 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 99 106 3 3 L 2
7 Tue, Nov 22, 1988 @ Indiana Pacers L 91 105 3 4 L 3
8 Wed, Nov 23, 1988 Washington Bullets W 124 102 4 4 W 1
9 Fri, Nov 25, 1988 @ Boston Celtics L 96 115 4 5 L 1
10 Sat, Nov 26, 1988 Miami Heat W 103 93 5 5 W 1
11 Tue, Nov 29, 1988 Portland Trail Blazers W 119 114 6 5 W 2
12 Thu, Dec 1, 1988 Cleveland Cavaliers L 96 99 6 6 L 1
13 Fri, Dec 2, 1988 @ New Jersey Nets W 103 92 7 6 W 1
14 Tue, Dec 6, 1988 Detroit Pistons W 109 84 8 6 W 2
15 Thu, Dec 8, 1988 @ New York Knickerbockers L 109 113 8 7 L 1
16 Fri, Dec 9, 1988 @ Chicago Bulls L 100 118 8 8 L 2
17 Sun, Dec 11, 1988 Los Angeles Lakers W 95 94 9 8 W 1
18 Tue, Dec 13, 1988 @ Philadelphia 76ers W 109 91 10 8 W 2
19 Wed, Dec 14, 1988 @ Detroit Pistons W 119 110 11 8 W 3
20 Fri, Dec 16, 1988 @ Atlanta Hawks L 112 115 11 9 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
21 Sat, Dec 17, 1988 Chicago Bulls L 93 112 11 10 L 2
22 Tue, Dec 20, 1988 Charlotte Hornets W 125 115 12 10 W 1
23 Wed, Dec 21, 1988 @ Charlotte Hornets W 112 100 13 10 W 2
24 Fri, Dec 23, 1988 Dallas Mavericks W 113 101 14 10 W 3
25 Tue, Dec 27, 1988 Indiana Pacers W 120 107 15 10 W 4
26 Fri, Dec 30, 1988 Atlanta Hawks L 113 117 15 11 L 1
27 Wed, Jan 4, 1989 Los Angeles Clippers W 110 102 16 11 W 1
28 Fri, Jan 6, 1989 @ Washington Bullets W 2OT 128 121 17 11 W 2 at Baltimore, MD
29 Sat, Jan 7, 1989 Utah Jazz W 107 89 18 11 W 3
30 Wed, Jan 11, 1989 Denver Nuggets W 123 106 19 11 W 4
31 Fri, Jan 13, 1989 @ Miami Heat W 107 101 20 11 W 5
32 Sun, Jan 15, 1989 Detroit Pistons W 120 112 21 11 W 6
33 Tue, Jan 17, 1989 @ Atlanta Hawks L 98 111 21 12 L 1
34 Wed, Jan 18, 1989 Charlotte Hornets W 118 106 22 12 W 1
35 Fri, Jan 20, 1989 @ Utah Jazz L 96 98 22 13 L 1
36 Sat, Jan 21, 1989 @ Denver Nuggets W 116 107 23 13 W 1
37 Tue, Jan 24, 1989 @ Sacramento Kings W 114 110 24 13 W 2
38 Thu, Jan 26, 1989 @ Portland Trail Blazers W 127 109 25 13 W 3
39 Sat, Jan 28, 1989 @ Los Angeles Clippers W 105 84 26 13 W 4
40 Sun, Jan 29, 1989 @ Seattle Supersonics L 106 112 26 14 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
41 Tue, Jan 31, 1989 Sacramento Kings W 117 104 27 14 W 1
42 Fri, Feb 3, 1989 @ Indiana Pacers W 109 91 28 14 W 2
43 Sat, Feb 4, 1989 @ Washington Bullets W 113 102 29 14 W 3
44 Tue, Feb 7, 1989 Cleveland Cavaliers W 115 106 30 14 W 4
45 Wed, Feb 8, 1989 @ Detroit Pistons L 96 107 30 15 L 1
46 Tue, Feb 14, 1989 New Jersey Nets W 132 91 31 15 W 1
47 Thu, Feb 16, 1989 @ Chicago Bulls L 116 117 31 16 L 1
48 Sun, Feb 19, 1989 Chicago Bulls L 106 108 31 17 L 2
49 Tue, Feb 21, 1989 Indiana Pacers W 116 90 32 17 W 1
50 Fri, Feb 24, 1989 @ Boston Celtics L 112 125 32 18 L 1 at Hartford, CT
51 Sat, Feb 25, 1989 Houston Rockets W 121 105 33 18 W 1
52 Mon, Feb 27, 1989 San Antonio Spurs W 105 96 34 18 W 2
53 Wed, Mar 1, 1989 New York Knickerbockers W 121 111 35 18 W 3
54 Fri, Mar 3, 1989 @ Chicago Bulls L 96 102 35 19 L 1
55 Sun, Mar 5, 1989 @ Cleveland Cavaliers W 103 98 36 19 W 1
56 Tue, Mar 7, 1989 Washington Bullets W 121 101 37 19 W 2
57 Fri, Mar 10, 1989 Seattle Supersonics W 102 90 38 19 W 3
58 Sat, Mar 11, 1989 Phoenix Suns W 100 93 39 19 W 4
59 Mon, Mar 13, 1989 @ Dallas Mavericks W 111 95 40 19 W 5
60 Wed, Mar 15, 1989 @ San Antonio Spurs L 108 110 40 20 L 1
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
61 Thu, Mar 16, 1989 @ Houston Rockets L 104 120 40 21 L 2
62 Sat, Mar 18, 1989 Detroit Pistons W 117 100 41 21 W 1
63 Sun, Mar 19, 1989 @ New York Knickerbockers L 104 128 41 22 L 1
64 Tue, Mar 21, 1989 Boston Celtics W 98 86 42 22 W 1
65 Thu, Mar 23, 1989 @ Cleveland Cavaliers L 88 102 42 23 L 1
66 Sat, Mar 25, 1989 Cleveland Cavaliers W OT 113 105 43 23 W 1
67 Mon, Mar 27, 1989 Golden State Warriors W 121 109 44 23 W 2
68 Wed, Mar 29, 1989 Chicago Bulls L 102 106 44 24 L 1
69 Fri, Mar 31, 1989 @ Phoenix Suns L 104 122 44 25 L 2
70 Sun, Apr 2, 1989 @ Los Angeles Lakers L 117 118 44 26 L 3
71 Tue, Apr 4, 1989 @ Golden State Warriors W 124 118 45 26 W 1
72 Thu, Apr 6, 1989 New York Knickerbockers L 99 112 45 27 L 1
73 Sat, Apr 8, 1989 Philadelphia 76ers W 113 103 46 27 W 1
74 Sun, Apr 9, 1989 @ Detroit Pistons L 91 100 46 28 L 1
75 Tue, Apr 11, 1989 New Jersey Nets W 125 93 47 28 W 1
76 Wed, Apr 12, 1989 @ Washington Bullets L 107 111 47 29 L 1
77 Sat, Apr 15, 1989 @ Atlanta Hawks L 100 125 47 30 L 2
78 Sun, Apr 16, 1989 @ New Jersey Nets W 100 96 48 30 W 1
79 Tue, Apr 18, 1989 @ Philadelphia 76ers L 102 124 48 31 L 1
80 Wed, Apr 19, 1989 Atlanta Hawks L 92 100 48 32 L 2
G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
81 Fri, Apr 21, 1989 @ Charlotte Hornets W 117 110 49 32 W 1
82 Sat, Apr 22, 1989 Indiana Pacers L 110 117 49 33 L 1

Playoffs

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G Date Opponent Tm Opp W L Streak Notes
1 Thu, Apr 27, 1989 @ Atlanta Hawks L 92 100 0 1 L 1
2 Sat, Apr 29, 1989 @ Atlanta Hawks W 108 98 1 1 W 1
3 Tue, May 2, 1989 Atlanta Hawks W OT 117 113 2 1 W 2
4 Fri, May 5, 1989 Atlanta Hawks L OT 106 113 2 2 L 1
5 Sun, May 7, 1989 @ Atlanta Hawks W 96 92 3 2 W 1
6 Wed, May 10, 1989 @ Detroit Pistons L 80 85 3 3 L 1
7 Fri, May 12, 1989 @ Detroit Pistons L 92 112 3 4 L 2
8 Sun, May 14, 1989 Detroit Pistons L 90 110 3 5 L 3
9 Mon, May 15, 1989 Detroit Pistons L 94 96 3 6 L 4