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1977-78 Milwaukee Bucks Roster and Stats

Previous Season

Record: 44-38, Finished 2nd in NBA Midwest Division

Coach: Don Nelson (44-38)

Executive: Don Nelson

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) Net Rtg: -0.5 (13th of 22)

Expected W-L: 40-42 (13th of 22)

Arena: MECCA Arena

NBA 1978 Playoffs:
Won NBA Western Conference First Round (2-0) versus Phoenix Suns (Series Stats)
Lost NBA Western Conference Semifinals (3-4) versus Denver Nuggets (Series Stats)

Recent Game Results

Height of bar is margin of victory • Mouseover bar for details • Click for box score • Grouped by Month

Roster

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

Assistant Coaches and Staff

Team and Opponent Stats

Ranks are per game (except for MP, which are total) and sorted descending (except for TOV and PF); opponents ranked are flipped; year/year calculations are also per game

Team Misc

Per Game

Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1	Marques Johnson	21	80		34.6	7.9	15.1	.522				7.9	15.1	.522	.522	3.8	5.1	.736	3.7	6.9	10.6	2.4	1.2	1.3	2.2	2.8	19.5
2	Brian Winters	25	80		34.4	8.4	18.2	.463				8.4	18.2	.463	.463	3.1	3.7	.840	1.1	2.0	3.1	4.9	1.6	0.3	3.0	3.0	19.9
3	Dave Meyers	24	80		30.2	5.4	11.7	.461				5.4	11.7	.461	.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	John Gianelli	27	82		28.4	3.7	7.7	.488				3.7	7.7	.488	.488	1.0	1.5	.642	2.0	4.2	6.2	2.3	0.7	1.1	1.8	2.3	8.5
5	Quinn Buckner	23	82		25.3	3.8	8.2	.468				3.8	8.2	.468	.468	1.6	2.5	.645	1.0	2.1	3.0	5.6	2.3	0.2	2.8	3.5	9.3
6	Junior Bridgeman	24	82		22.9	5.8	11.5	.503				5.8	11.5	.503	.503	2.0	2.5	.810	1.4	2.1	3.5	2.1	0.9	0.4	2.1	2.5	13.6
7	Alex English	24	82		18.9	4.2	7.7	.542				4.2	7.7	.542	.542	1.3	1.7	.727	1.8	3.1	4.8	1.6	0.5	0.7	1.7	2.2	9.6
8	Kent Benson	23	69		18.7	3.2	6.9	.465				3.2	6.9	.465	.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				2.8	6.3	.443	.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				2.0	4.5	.448	.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				1.6	3.5	.464	.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				0.8	2.0	.412	.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	Scott Lloyd	25	14		8.0	0.9	2.4	.364				0.9	2.4	.364	.364	0.4	0.7	.600	0.5	1.4	1.9	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.5	1.6	2.1
14	Rich Laurel	23	10		5.7	1.0	3.1	.323				1.0	3.1	.323	.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

Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS/G
1	Marques Johnson	21	9		35.7	9.3	17.0	.549				9.3	17.0	.549	.549	5.3	7.1	.750	3.9	8.6	12.4	3.4	1.1	1.9	1.6	2.8	24.0
2	Brian Winters	25	9		33.9	9.1	18.3	.497				9.1	18.3	.497	.497	2.2	3.0	.741	0.4	2.9	3.3	6.4	1.3	0.9	3.2	2.2	20.4
3	John Gianelli	27	9		32.2	2.8	6.6	.424				2.8	6.6	.424	.424	2.2	2.9	.769	1.8	4.7	6.4	1.6	0.9	1.2	1.4	2.7	7.8
4	Dave Meyers	24	9		31.0	4.9	11.0	.444				4.9	11.0	.444	.444	3.1	4.7	.667	3.0	5.2	8.2	3.9	0.8	1.2	2.8	3.6	12.9
5	Quinn Buckner	23	9		28.6	4.8	9.6	.500				4.8	9.6	.500	.500	1.7	2.6	.652	0.3	2.7	3.0	6.9	2.0	0.1	4.3	3.3	11.2
6	Alex English	24	9		23.1	5.3	8.7	.615				5.3	8.7	.615	.615	2.8	3.6	.781	1.8	2.9	4.7	1.4	0.7	0.8	1.3	2.2	13.4
7	Junior Bridgeman	24	9		19.8	4.9	10.1	.484				4.9	10.1	.484	.484	0.7	0.9	.750	0.7	1.3	2.0	1.2	1.0	0.2	0.9	3.4	10.4
8	Lloyd Walton	24	9		13.8	1.9	3.9	.486				1.9	3.9	.486	.486	0.9	1.4	.615	0.1	0.3	0.4	4.1	0.9	0.3	1.6	0.9	4.7
9	Kent Benson	23	9		11.4	1.2	2.6	.478				1.2	2.6	.478	.478	0.7	1.2	.545	0.6	1.1	1.7	0.3	0.6	0.3	0.7	2.2	3.1
10	Ernie Grunfeld	22	7		11.0	2.4	4.6	.531				2.4	4.6	.531	.531	0.6	0.7	.800	0.6	1.0	1.6	2.4	0.4	0.1	1.0	0.9	5.4
11	Jim Eakins	31	3		6.0	0.3	1.7	.200				0.3	1.7	.200	.200	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.7

Totals

Totals Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Marques Johnson	21	80		2765	628	1204	.522				628	1204	.522	.522	301	409	.736	292	555	847	190	92	103	175	221	1557
2	Brian Winters	25	80		2751	674	1457	.463				674	1457	.463	.463	246	293	.840	87	163	250	393	124	27	236	239	1594
3	Dave Meyers	24	80		2416	432	938	.461				432	938	.461	.461	314	435	.722	144	393	537	241	86	46	213	240	1178
4	John Gianelli	27	82		2327	307	629	.488				307	629	.488	.488	79	123	.642	166	343	509	192	54	92	147	189	693
5	Quinn Buckner	23	82		2072	314	671	.468				314	671	.468	.468	131	203	.645	78	169	247	456	188	19	228	287	759
6	Junior Bridgeman	24	82		1876	476	947	.503				476	947	.503	.503	166	205	.810	114	176	290	175	72	30	176	202	1118
7	Alex English	24	82		1552	343	633	.542				343	633	.542	.542	104	143	.727	144	251	395	129	41	55	137	178	790
8	Kent Benson	23	69		1288	220	473	.465				220	473	.465	.465	92	141	.652	89	206	295	99	69	54	119	177	532
9	Lloyd Walton	24	76		1264	154	344	.448				154	344	.448	.448	54	83	.651	26	50	76	253	77	13	107	94	362
10	Ernie Grunfeld	22	73		1261	204	461	.443				204	461	.443	.443	94	143	.657	70	124	194	145	54	19	98	150	502
11	Jim Eakins	31	17		155	14	34	.412				14	34	.412	.412	21	26	.808	12	17	29	12	4	7	9	25	49
12	Scott Lloyd	25	14		112	12	33	.364				12	33	.364	.364	6	10	.600	7	19	26	9	3	5	7	22	30
13	Kevin Restani	26	8		84	13	28	.464				13	28	.464	.464	0	2	.000	4	10	14	9	0	1	2	4	26
14	Rich Laurel	23	10		57	10	31	.323				10	31	.323	.323	4	4	1.000	6	4	10	3	3	1	4	10	24
			82		19980	3801	7883	.482				3801	7883	.482	.482	1612	2220	.726	1239	2480	3719	2306	867	472	1680	2038	9214

Totals Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
1	Marques Johnson	21	9		321	84	153	.549				84	153	.549	.549	48	64	.750	35	77	112	31	10	17	14	25	216
2	Brian Winters	25	9		305	82	165	.497				82	165	.497	.497	20	27	.741	4	26	30	58	12	8	29	20	184
3	John Gianelli	27	9		290	25	59	.424				25	59	.424	.424	20	26	.769	16	42	58	14	8	11	13	24	70
4	Dave Meyers	24	9		279	44	99	.444				44	99	.444	.444	28	42	.667	27	47	74	35	7	11	25	32	116
5	Quinn Buckner	23	9		257	43	86	.500				43	86	.500	.500	15	23	.652	3	24	27	62	18	1	39	30	101
6	Alex English	24	9		208	48	78	.615				48	78	.615	.615	25	32	.781	16	26	42	13	6	7	12	20	121
7	Junior Bridgeman	24	9		178	44	91	.484				44	91	.484	.484	6	8	.750	6	12	18	11	9	2	8	31	94
8	Lloyd Walton	24	9		124	17	35	.486				17	35	.486	.486	8	13	.615	1	3	4	37	8	3	14	8	42
9	Kent Benson	23	9		103	11	23	.478				11	23	.478	.478	6	11	.545	5	10	15	3	5	3	6	20	28
10	Ernie Grunfeld	22	7		77	17	32	.531				17	32	.531	.531	4	5	.800	4	7	11	17	3	1	7	6	38
11	Jim Eakins	31	3		18	1	5	.200				1	5	.200	.200	0	0		1	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	2

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Marques Johnson	21	80	2765	21.3	.563		.340	10.9	21.6	16.2	9.5	1.5	1.9	11.2	21.4		7.7	3.0	10.6	.185		3.3	-0.5	2.7	3.3
2	Brian Winters	25	80	2751	16.4	.503		.201	3.3	6.4	4.8	20.2	2.0	0.5	13.0	25.1		3.7	1.4	5.1	.089		0.6	-1.2	-0.6	1.0
3	Dave Meyers	24	80	2416	15.4	.522		.464	6.2	17.5	11.7	12.9	1.6	1.0	15.9	21.1		2.9	2.1	5.0	.099		0.1	-0.5	-0.4	1.0
4	John Gianelli	27	82	2327	11.7	.507		.196	7.4	15.9	11.5	10.1	1.0	2.0	17.7	13.5		1.4	1.8	3.2	.066		-0.6	0.0	-0.6	0.8
5	Quinn Buckner	23	82	2072	14.4	.499		.303	3.9	8.8	6.3	27.5	4.0	0.5	23.1	18.1		0.8	2.3	3.2	.073		-1.4	1.4	0.1	1.1
6	Junior Bridgeman	24	82	1876	17.0	.539		.216	6.3	10.1	8.2	13.4	1.7	0.8	14.5	24.5		2.9	1.1	4.0	.102		1.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.9
7	Alex English	24	82	1552	17.4	.568		.226	9.6	17.4	13.4	11.4	1.2	1.8	16.4	20.3		2.7	1.3	4.0	.123		1.1	-0.5	0.6	1.0
8	Kent Benson	23	69	1288	13.2	.497		.298	7.2	17.2	12.1	9.8	2.4	2.2	18.2	19.3		0.2	1.5	1.7	.064		-1.8	0.6	-1.2	0.3
9	Lloyd Walton	24	76	1264	11.3	.476		.241	2.1	4.3	3.2	24.1	2.7	0.5	21.9	14.6		0.3	0.8	1.1	.040		-1.4	-0.1	-1.4	0.2
10	Ernie Grunfeld	22	73	1261	12.0	.479		.310	5.8	10.6	8.1	14.6	1.9	0.8	15.8	18.7		0.6	0.9	1.4	.055		-1.4	-0.5	-1.9	0.0
11	Jim Eakins	31	17	155	11.5	.539		.765	8.0	11.8	9.9	9.0	1.1	2.3	16.5	13.3		0.2	0.1	0.3	.108		-2.2	0.2	-2.1	0.0
12	Scott Lloyd	25	14	112	7.3	.401		.303	6.5	18.3	12.3	9.5	1.2	2.3	15.8	15.0		-0.1	0.1	0.0	.017		-4.2	0.1	-4.0	-0.1
13	Kevin Restani	26	8	84	10.8	.450		.071	4.9	12.8	8.8	13.5	0.0	0.6	6.5	13.9		0.1	0.0	0.1	.055		-2.0	-0.7	-2.7	0.0
14	Rich Laurel	23	10	57	7.5	.366		.129	10.9	7.6	9.3	6.8	2.3	0.9	10.9	24.5		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.034		-4.4	-0.7	-5.1	-0.1

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	3PAr	FTr	ORB%	DRB%	TRB%	AST%	STL%	BLK%	TOV%	USG%		OWS	DWS	WS	WS/48		OBPM	DBPM	BPM	VORP
1	Marques Johnson	21	9	321	27.2	.596		.418	11.9	24.9	18.6	13.8	1.4	2.7	7.2	23.8		1.4	0.5	1.9	.280		6.6	0.8	7.4	0.8
2	Brian Winters	25	9	305	18.1	.520		.164	1.4	8.9	5.2	27.4	1.8	1.3	14.1	26.4		0.3	0.3	0.6	.091		1.8	-0.5	1.3	0.3
3	John Gianelli	27	9	290	9.5	.497		.441	6.0	15.0	10.6	5.5	1.2	1.9	15.6	11.2		0.1	0.3	0.4	.071		-1.6	0.2	-1.4	0.0
4	Dave Meyers	24	9	279	14.4	.494		.424	10.6	17.5	14.1	15.6	1.1	2.0	17.5	20.0		0.2	0.3	0.5	.083		-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.1
5	Quinn Buckner	23	9	257	12.6	.525		.267	1.3	9.7	5.6	30.3	3.1	0.2	28.9	20.5		-0.2	0.3	0.1	.021		-2.3	0.0	-2.4	0.0
6	Alex English	24	9	208	20.9	.657		.410	8.4	13.0	10.7	8.5	1.3	1.7	11.5	19.6		0.7	0.2	0.9	.210		3.6	-0.1	3.5	0.3
7	Junior Bridgeman	24	9	178	13.0	.497		.088	3.7	7.0	5.4	8.6	2.3	0.6	7.8	22.5		0.1	0.2	0.3	.074		-2.2	-0.5	-2.8	0.0
8	Lloyd Walton	24	9	124	14.6	.516		.371	0.9	2.5	1.7	36.1	2.9	1.2	25.6	17.2		0.1	0.1	0.2	.063		1.2	0.2	1.3	0.1
9	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		0.0	0.1	0.1	.044		-4.5	0.3	-4.2	-0.1
10	Ernie Grunfeld	22	7	77	18.4	.556		.156	5.7	9.4	7.6	29.7	1.7	0.7	17.0	20.9		0.1	0.1	0.2	.128		3.0	0.5	3.5	0.1
11	Jim Eakins	31	3	18	-1.0	.200		.000	6.1	0.0	3.0	6.1	2.5	0.0	16.7	13.0		-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.126		-7.1	-2.4	-9.5	0.0

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