1977–78 Milwaukee Bucks season

1977–78 Milwaukee Bucks season
Head coach Don Nelson
Arena MECCA Arena
Results
Record 44–38 (.537)
Place Division: 2nd (Midwest)
Conference: 6th (Western)
Playoff finish West Conference Semifinals
(eliminated 3-4)

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

The 1977-78 NBA season was the Bucks' tenth season in the NBA.[1]

Draft picks

Main article: 1977 NBA Draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 1 Kent Benson C  United States Indiana
1 3 Marques Johnson SF  United States UCLA
1 11 Ernie Grunfeld SG/SF  Romania
 United States 		Tennessee
2 27 Glenn Williams  United States St. John's
3 47 Gary Yoder SG  United States Cincinnati
4 69 Lewis Brown C  United States Nevada-Las Vegas
5 91 Ron Norwood  United States DePaul
6 113 Chuck Goodyear  United States Miami
7 134 Ron Bostic  United States Detroit Mercy
8 154 Larry Pikes  United States Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Regular season

Season standings

Template:1977-78 NBA Midwest standings

# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 z-Portland Trail Blazers 58 24 .707 –
2 y-Denver Nuggets 48 34 .585 10
3 x-Phoenix Suns 49 33 .598 9
4 x-Seattle SuperSonics 47 35 .573 11
5 x-Los Angeles Lakers 45 37 .549 13
6 x-Milwaukee Bucks 44 38 .537 14
7 Golden State Warriors 43 39 .524 15
8 Chicago Bulls 40 42 .488 18
9 Detroit Pistons 38 44 .463 20
10 Indiana Pacers 31 51 .378 27
10 Kansas City Kings 31 51 .378 27
z - clinched division title
y - clinched division title
x - clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

West First Round

(3) Phoenix Suns vs. (6) Milwaukee Bucks: Bucks win series 2-0

West Conference Semifinals

(2) Denver Nuggets vs. (6) Milwaukee Bucks: Nuggets win series 4-3

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Kent Benson
Junior Bridgeman
Quinn Buckner
Jim Eakins
Alex English
John Gianelli
Ernie Grunfeld
Marques Johnson
Rich Laurel
Scott Lloyd
Dave Meyers
Kevin Restani
Lloyd Walton
Brian Winters

Playoffs

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Kent Benson
Junior Bridgeman
Quinn Buckner
Jim Eakins
Alex English
John Gianelli
Ernie Grunfeld
Marques Johnson
Dave Meyers
Lloyd Walton
Brian Winters

Awards and records

References

  1. ↑ 1977-78 Milwaukee Bucks

See also

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