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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	6-7	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%	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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
14	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

Totals

Per 36 Minutes

Per 100 Poss

Advanced

Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS%	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

Adjusted Shooting

Playoffs Totals

Playoffs Per Game

Playoffs Per Game Table
Rk		Age	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG	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	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	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	2.2	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.7

Playoffs Per 36 Minutes

Playoffs Per 100 Poss

Playoffs Advanced

Playoffs Advanced Table
Rk		Age	G	MP	PER	TS	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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