1987–88 Milwaukee Bucks season
1987–88 Milwaukee Bucks season | |
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Head coach | Del Harris |
General manager | Del Harris |
Owner(s) | Herb Kohl |
Arena | MECCA Arena |
Results | |
Record | 42–40 (.512) |
Place | Division: 4th (Central) Conference: 5th (Eastern) |
Playoff finish | First round (lost to Hawks 2–3) |
Stats at Basketball Reference | |
The 1987–88 NBA season was the 20th season for the Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association.[1] After the resignation of Don Nelson, the Bucks hired Del Harris as their new head coach.[2][3][4]
Under Harris, the Bucks got off to a 9–4 start to the regular season. In November, the team acquired Larry Krystkowiak from the San Antonio Spurs via trade.[5] The Bucks played around .500 basketball as the season progressed, holding a 22–20 record at the All-Star break.[6] At mid-season, the team traded three-point specialist Craig Hodges to the Phoenix Suns in exchange for Jay Humphries.[7][8][9] Despite losing 9 of their final 12 games of the season, the Bucks finished in fourth place in the Central Division with a 42–40 record, and earned the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference.[10]
Terry Cummings averaged 21.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, while Jack Sikma averaged 16.5 points and 8.6 rebounds per game, and sixth man Ricky Pierce provided the team with 16.4 points per game off the bench, but only played just 37 games due to injury. In addition, Paul Pressey contributed 13.1 points, 5.0 rebounds, 7.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game, while Randy Breuer averaged 12.0 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game, and Sidney Moncrief provided with 10.8 points per game. Meanwhile, John Lucas contributed 9.2 points and 4.8 assists per game, Jerry Reynolds contributed 8.0 points per game, Krystkowiak averaged 7.2 points and 4.6 rebounds per game, and Paul Mokeski provided with 4.2 points and 3.7 rebounds per game.[11]
Pressey finished tied in eighth place in Defensive Player of the Year voting, and Breuer finished tied in sixth place in Most Improved Player voting.[12]
In the Eastern Conference First Round of the 1988 NBA playoffs, the Bucks lost in five games to the Atlanta Hawks.[13] Following the season, Lucas signed as a free agent with the Seattle SuperSonics.[14][15][16]
This was also the Bucks' final season playing at the MECCA Arena.
Draft picks
Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College |
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2 | 32 | Bob McCann | PF | United States | Morehead State |
2 | 40 | Winston Garland | PG | United States | Missouri State |
3 | 64 | J. J. Weber | United States | Wisconsin | |
4 | 87 | Darryl Bedford | United States | Austin Peay State | |
5 | 110 | Brian Vaughns | United States | UC Santa Barbara | |
6 | 133 | Gay Elmore | SF | United States | Virginia Military Institute |
Roster
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Legend
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Regular season
Season standings
W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | |
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y-Detroit Pistons | 54 | 28 | .659 | – | 34–7 | 20–21 | 20–10 |
x-Chicago Bulls | 50 | 32 | .610 | 4 | 30–11 | 20–21 | 16–13 |
x-Atlanta Hawks | 50 | 32 | .610 | 4 | 30-11 | 20-21 | 16–13 |
x- | 42 | 40 | .512 | 12 | 30–11 | 12–29 | 13–17 |
x-Cleveland Cavaliers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 12 | 31–10 | 11–30 | 11–19 |
Indiana Pacers | 38 | 44 | .463 | 16 | 25–16 | 13–28 | 13–17 |
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Team | W | L | PCT | GB | |
1 | c-Boston Celtics | 57 | 25 | .695 | – |
2 | y-Detroit Pistons | 54 | 28 | .659 | 3 |
3 | x-Chicago Bulls | 50 | 32 | .610 | 7 |
4 | x-Atlanta Hawks | 50 | 32 | .610 | 7 |
5 | x- | 42 | 40 | .512 | 15 |
6 | x-Cleveland Cavaliers | 42 | 40 | .512 | 15 |
7 | x-Washington Bullets | 38 | 44 | .463 | 19 |
8 | x-New York Knicks | 38 | 44 | .463 | 19 |
9 | Indiana Pacers | 38 | 44 | .463 | 19 |
10 | Philadelphia 76ers | 36 | 46 | .439 | 21 |
11 | New Jersey Nets | 19 | 63 | .232 | 38 |
- z - clinched division title
- y - clinched division title
- x - clinched playoff spot
Record vs. opponents
1987-88 NBA Records | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | BOS | CHI | CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GSW | HOU | IND | LAC | LAL | MIL | NJN | NYK | PHI | PHO | POR | SAC | SAS | SEA | UTA | WAS |
Atlanta | — | 2–4 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
Boston | 4–2 | — | 3–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 |
Chicago | 3–2 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 |
Cleveland | 1–5 | 3–2 | 3–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 6–0 |
Dallas | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
Denver | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 |
Detroit | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
Golden State | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–2 | — | 0–5 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 0–2 |
Houston | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 5–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 |
Indiana | 2–4 | 0–5 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 |
L.A. Clippers | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–6 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 0–2 |
L.A. Lakers | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | — | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 |
Milwaukee | 3–3 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
New Jersey | 0–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | — | 3–3 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–6 |
New York | 3–3 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | — | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
Philadelphia | 0–6 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 |
Phoenix | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–6 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 0–2 |
Portland | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 6–0 | — | 4–1 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 |
Sacramento | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | — | 3–3 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 0–2 |
San Antonio | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–5 | 3–3 | — | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 |
Seattle | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 2–3 | — | 1–4 | 2–0 |
Utah | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 4–1 | — | 2–0 |
Washington | 3–3 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 6–0 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — |
Game log
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November: 9–4 (home: 6–1; road: 3–3)
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December: 6–6 (home: 4–3; road: 2–3)
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January: 6–9 (home: 4–2; road: 2–7)
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February: 8–5 (home: 5–2; road: 3–3)
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March: 9–7 (home: 7–1; road: 2–6)
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April: 4–9 (home: 4–2; road: 0–7)
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1987–88 schedule |
Playoffs
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Eastern Conference First Round: 2–3 (home: 2–0; road: 0–3)
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1988 schedule |
Player statistics
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 |
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Terry Cummings | 76 | 76 | 34.6 | 48.5 | 33.3 | 66.5 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 21.3 |
Jack Sikma | 82 | 82 | 35.6 | 48.6 | 21.4 | 92.2 | 8.6 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 16.5 |
Ricky Pierce | 37 | 0 | 26.1 | 51.0 | 21.4 | 87.7 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 16.4 |
Paul Pressey | 75 | 75 | 33.1 | 49.1 | 20.5 | 79.8 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 13.1 |
Randy Breuer | 81 | 73 | 27.9 | 49.5 | 0.0 | 65.7 | 6.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 12.0 |
Sidney Moncrief | 56 | 51 | 25.5 | 48.9 | 16.1 | 83.7 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 10.8 |
Craig Hodges | 43 | 0 | 22.9 | 44.9 | 46.6 | 82.1 | 1.1 | 2.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 9.2 |
John Lucas | 81 | 22 | 21.8 | 44.5 | 33.8 | 80.2 | 2.0 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 9.2 |
Jerry Reynolds | 62 | 21 | 18.7 | 44.9 | 42.9 | 77.3 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 8.0 |
Larry Krystkowiak | 50 | 7 | 21.0 | 48.1 | 0.0 | 81.1 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 7.2 |
Paul Mokeski | 60 | 0 | 14.1 | 47.6 | 0.0 | 70.8 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4.2 |
Dave Hoppen | 3 | 0 | 11.7 | 36.4 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 |
Pace Mannion | 35 | 1 | 13.6 | 40.7 | 16.7 | 67.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.5 |
Jay Humphries | 18 | 0 | 14.0 | 37.0 | 0.0 | 64.3 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
Charles Davis | 5 | 0 | 7.8 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 2.4 |
Conner Henry | 14 | 2 | 10.4 | 31.7 | 33.3 | 57.1 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.3 |
John Stroeder | 41 | 0 | 6.6 | 36.7 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
Andre Moore | 3 | 0 | 5.3 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
Rickie Winslow | 7 | 0 | 6.4 | 23.1 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Dudley Bradley | 2 | 0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Playoffs
Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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Terry Cummings | 5 | 5 | 38.6 | 56.2 | 0.0 | 65.9 | 7.8 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 25.8 |
Jack Sikma | 5 | 5 | 38.0 | 46.1 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 12.4 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 19.0 |
Sidney Moncrief | 5 | 5 | 34.6 | 48.0 | 100.0 | 96.3 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 15.0 |
Paul Pressey | 5 | 5 | 35.6 | 46.0 | 33.3 | 76.7 | 3.8 | 6.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 14.0 |
Ricky Pierce | 5 | 0 | 21.0 | 47.2 | 20.0 | 88.9 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 11.8 |
Larry Krystkowiak | 5 | 5 | 32.6 | 44.8 | 0.0 | 88.9 | 6.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 8.4 |
John Lucas | 5 | 0 | 16.0 | 37.0 | 23.1 | 66.7 | 1.6 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 |
Randy Breuer | 4 | 0 | 11.8 | 56.3 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 4.8 |
Paul Mokeski | 4 | 0 | 10.0 | 35.7 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
John Stroeder | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
Jerry Reynolds | 3 | 0 | 4.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 |
Jay Humphries | 2 | 0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Player Statistics Citation:[11]
Awards and records
- The Bucks would win the inaugural 1987 McDonald's Open after winning games against the Tracer Milano from Italy and the Soviet Union national basketball team.
Transactions
Trades
November 18, 1987 [17] |
To Milwaukee Bucks---- | To San Antonio Spurs---- |
February 25, 1988 | To Milwaukee Bucks---- | To Phoenix Suns---- |
Free agents
Player | Signed | Former team |
Pace Mannion | October 8, 1987 | New Jersey Nets |
John Stroeder | October 8, 1987 | Rapid City Thrillers |
Player Transactions Citation:[18]
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- ^ "The Phoenix Suns Traded Forward Larry Nance, Their Leading..." United Press International. February 25, 1988. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
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- ^ "Basketball". The Washington Post. September 20, 1988. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
- ^ "Maxwell Among the Cuts in NBA". Eugene Register-Guard. Associated Press. November 1, 1988. p. 2C. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
- ^ "Don't Call Lucas "Grandpa"". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. November 7, 1988. p. C2. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
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