1979-80 Milwaukee Bucks Statistics

National Basketball Association (NBA)
Team Record: 49-33
Finishing 1st in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference
Postseason: 3-4 Lost conference semifinals
Conference Semifinals - Lost to Seattle Supersonics 4-3
Coach: Don Nelson (49-33)
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Attendance: 446,972, Avg. 10,902 in 41 home dates

1979-80 Milwaukee Bucks Roster
1979-80 Milwaukee Bucks Results

The Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association ended the 1979-80 season with a record of 49 wins and 33 losses, finishing first in the NBA's Midwest Division of the Western Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 3-4.

The Bucks tossed in 9,025 points and allowed 8,702. Marques Johnson scored a team-leading 1,671 points for Milwaukee and racked up 566 rebounds. Quinn Buckner dished out 383 assists for the squad.

On the defensive side of the ball, Quinn Buckner added 135 steals, while Harvey Catchings swatted 162 opponent shot attempts.

Don Nelson coached the team. The 1979-80 Milwaukee Bucks lost in the conference semifinals.

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Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Marques Johnson	F-G	77	77	2686	1267	689	9	2	368	291	217	349	566	273	100	70	185	173	1671
Junior Bridgeman	F-G	81	7	2316	1243	594	27	5	266	230	104	197	301	237	94	20	172	216	1423
Brian Winters	G-F	80	77	2623	1116	535	102	38	214	184	48	175	223	362	101	28	186	208	1292
Dave Meyers	F-C	79	77	2204	830	399	5	1	246	156	140	308	448	225	72	40	182	218	955
Quinn Buckner	G	67	67	1690	655	306	5	2	143	105	69	169	238	383	135	4	149	202	719
Sidney Moncrief	G	77	10	1557	451	211	1	0	292	232	154	184	338	133	72	16	117	106	654
Kent Benson	C	56	47	1389	431	213	1	0	97	66	96	237	333	127	54	74	106	178	492
Pat Cummings	F-C	71	2	900	370	187	0	0	123	94	81	157	238	53	22	17	74	141	468
Richard Washington	F-C	75	5	1092	421	197	0	0	76	46	95	181	276	55	26	48	63	166	440
Bob Lanier	C	26	26	739	283	147	1	1	144	113	44	135	179	62	36	29	49	70	408
Lloyd Walton	G	76	6	1243	242	110	3	1	71	49	33	58	91	285	43	2	112	68	270
Harvey Catchings	C-F	72	9	1366	244	97	1	0	62	39	164	246	410	82	23	162	68	191	233
Totals		837	410	19805	7553	3685	155	50	2102	1605	1245	2396	3641	2277	778	510	1463	1937	9025

Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Marques Johnson	F-G	77	77	34.9	54.4	22.2	79.1	2.8	4.5	7.4	3.5	1.3	0.9	2.4	2.2	21.7
Junior Bridgeman	F-G	81	7	28.6	47.8	18.5	86.5	1.3	2.4	3.7	2.9	1.2	0.2	2.1	2.7	17.6
Brian Winters	G-F	80	77	32.8	47.9	37.3	86.0	0.6	2.2	2.8	4.5	1.3	0.4	2.3	2.6	16.2
Dave Meyers	F-C	79	77	27.9	48.1	20.0	63.4	1.8	3.9	5.7	2.8	0.9	0.5	2.3	2.8	12.1
Quinn Buckner	G	67	67	25.2	46.7	40.0	73.4	1.0	2.5	3.6	5.7	2.0	0.1	2.2	3.0	10.7
Sidney Moncrief	G	77	10	20.2	46.8	0.0	79.5	2.0	2.4	4.4	1.7	0.9	0.2	1.5	1.4	8.5
Kent Benson	C	56	47	24.8	49.4	0.0	68.0	1.7	4.2	5.9	2.3	1.0	1.3	1.9	3.2	8.8
Pat Cummings	F-C	71	2	12.7	50.5		76.4	1.1	2.2	3.4	0.7	0.3	0.2	1.0	2.0	6.6
Richard Washington	F-C	75	5	14.6	46.8		60.5	1.3	2.4	3.7	0.7	0.3	0.6	0.8	2.2	5.9
Bob Lanier	C	26	26	28.4	51.9	100.0	78.5	1.7	5.2	6.9	2.4	1.4	1.1	1.9	2.7	15.7
Lloyd Walton	G	76	6	16.4	45.5	33.3	69.0	0.4	0.8	1.2	3.8	0.6	0.0	1.5	0.9	3.6
Harvey Catchings	C-F	72	9	19.0	39.8	0.0	62.9	2.3	3.4	5.7	1.1	0.3	2.3	0.9	2.7	3.2
Averages		837	410	23.7	48.8	32.3	76.4	1.5	2.9	4.4	2.7	0.9	0.6	1.7	2.3	10.8

Postseason - Player Totals:

Player	Pos	GP	Min	FGA	FGM	3PA	3PM	FTA	FTM	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Marques Johnson	F-G	7	303	128	54	3	1	40	30	17	31	48	20	5	6	8	20	139
Bob Lanier	C	7	256	101	52	0	0	42	31	17	48	65	31	7	8	17	23	135
Brian Winters	G-F	7	268	100	46	21	9	10	10	4	17	21	37	11	0	16	25	111
Sidney Moncrief	G	7	182	51	30	0	0	31	27	17	14	31	11	5	1	14	14	87
Dave Meyers	F-C	7	195	62	26	3	0	30	14	16	19	35	14	9	6	15	25	66
Richard Washington	F-C	7	112	47	25	0	0	4	1	7	13	20	3	4	8	8	22	51
Junior Bridgeman	F-G	5	124	56	20	1	0	15	11	4	15	19	17	5	2	14	17	51
Quinn Buckner	G	7	165	53	18	1	0	11	7	6	10	16	31	15	0	13	20	43
Pat Cummings	F-C	6	57	17	11	0	0	6	5	4	12	16	2	1	0	8	9	27
Harvey Catchings	C-F	6	64	6	2	0	0	4	2	5	16	21	2	0	8	2	13	6
Lloyd Walton	G	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Totals		67	1730	622	284	29	10	193	138	97	196	293	169	62	40	116	188	716

Postseason Player Averages:

Player	Pos	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	Off	Def	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	Pts
Marques Johnson	F-G	7	43.3	42.2	33.3	75.0	2.4	4.4	6.9	2.9	0.7	0.9	1.1	2.9	19.9
Bob Lanier	C	7	36.6	51.5		73.8	2.4	6.9	9.3	4.4	1.0	1.1	2.4	3.3	19.3
Brian Winters	G-F	7	38.3	46.0	42.9	100.0	0.6	2.4	3.0	5.3	1.6	0.0	2.3	3.6	15.9
Sidney Moncrief	G	7	26.0	58.8		87.1	2.4	2.0	4.4	1.6	0.7	0.1	2.0	2.0	12.4
Dave Meyers	F-C	7	27.9	41.9	0.0	46.7	2.3	2.7	5.0	2.0	1.3	0.9	2.1	3.6	9.4
Richard Washington	F-C	7	16.0	53.2		25.0	1.0	1.9	2.9	0.4	0.6	1.1	1.1	3.1	7.3
Junior Bridgeman	F-G	5	24.8	35.7	0.0	73.3	0.8	3.0	3.8	3.4	1.0	0.4	2.8	3.4	10.2
Quinn Buckner	G	7	23.6	34.0	0.0	63.6	0.9	1.4	2.3	4.4	2.1	0.0	1.9	2.9	6.1
Pat Cummings	F-C	6	9.5	64.7		83.3	0.7	2.0	2.7	0.3	0.2	0.0	1.3	1.5	4.5
Harvey Catchings	C-F	6	10.7	33.3		50.0	0.8	2.7	3.5	0.3	0.0	1.3	0.3	2.2	1.0
Lloyd Walton	G	1	4.0	0.0			0.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
Averages		837	25.8	45.7	34.5	71.5	1.4	2.9	4.4	2.5	0.9	0.6	1.7	2.8	10.7