1990–91 Milwaukee Bucks season

The 1990–91 Milwaukee Bucks season was the 23rd season for the Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association.

Season summary

Off-season During the off-season, the Bucks acquired Frank Brickowski from the San Antonio Spurs, and acquired Danny Schayes from the Denver Nuggets. However, Larry Krystkowiak would miss the entire regular season due to a knee injury.

Regular season With the addition of Brickowski and Schayes, the Bucks posted an eight-game winning streak between December and January, which led to a 25–8 start to the regular season. However, the team lost ten of their next twelve games, which included a six-game losing streak in January, and later on held a 30–19 record at the All-Star break. At mid-season, the Bucks traded scoring leader, and sixth man Ricky Pierce to the Seattle SuperSonics in exchange for All-Star guard Dale Ellis. In April, the team signed free agent and former All-Star forward Adrian Dantley, as Ellis suffered a season-ending lower back injury. The Bucks finished in third place in the Central Division with a 48–34 record, and earned the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference. The team also won their first 18 home games of the regular season, posted a 33–8 home record at the Bradley Center, and qualified for the NBA playoffs for the twelfth consecutive year.

Ellis played a sixth man role off the bench, averaging 19.3 points per game in 21 games after the trade, while Jay Humphries averaged 15.2 points, 6.7 assists and 1.6 steals per game, and Alvin Robertson provided the team with 13.6 points, 5.7 rebounds, 5.5 assists and led the league with 3.0 steals per game, and was also named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team. In addition, Brickowski provided with 12.6 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, while Fred Roberts contributed 10.8 points per game, Schayes averaged 10.6 points and 6.5 rebounds per game, and Jack Sikma contributed 10.4 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. Off the bench, Jeff Grayer contributed 6.4 points per game, and Brad Lohaus averaged 5.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per game.

During the NBA All-Star weekend at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina, and before the mid-season trade, Pierce and Robertson were both selected for the 1991 NBA All-Star Game, as members of the Eastern Conference All-Star team; it was Pierce's first and only All-Star appearance, and the fourth and final All-Star appearance for Robertson. Meanwhile, Sikma was selected to participate in the NBA Three-Point Shootout, but withdrew and was replaced with Terry Porter of the Portland Trail Blazers. Robertson also finished in third place in Defensive Player of the Year voting, while head coach Del Harris finished tied in fifth place in Coach of the Year voting.

The Bucks finished eighth in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 673,687 at the Bradley Center during the regular season.

NBA playoffs In the Eastern Conference First Round of the 1991 NBA playoffs, the Bucks faced off against the 5th–seeded Philadelphia 76ers, a team that featured All-Star forward Charles Barkley, All-Star guard Hersey Hawkins, and Armen Gilliam. After missing the entire regular season due to his knee injury, Krystkowiak returned to play in the team's first-round series against the 76ers; however, without Ellis, the Bucks lost the first two games to the 76ers at home at the Bradley Center, before losing Game 3 on the road, 121–100 at The Spectrum, thus losing the series in a three-game sweep.

This would also be the Bucks' final NBA playoff appearance until the 1998–99 season, as what would follow was a seven-year playoff drought.

Aftermath Following the season, Sikma retired.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 16 Terry Mills PF Michigan 2 44 Steve Henson PG Kansas State

Roster

Roster Notes Power forward Larry Krystkowiak was on the injured reserve list due to a knee injury, and missed the entire regular season; however, he was activated to play in the NBA playoffs.

Regular season

Season standings

z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot

Game log

| 1 || November 2, 1990 || @ Detroit | L 104–115

| The Palace of Auburn Hills21,454 | 0–1 |- | 2 || November 3, 1990 || Minnesota | W 111–93

| Bradley Center15,102 | 1–1 |- | 3 || November 6, 1990 || @ Miami | W 106–94

| Miami Arena15,008 | 2–1 |- | 4 || November 8, 1990 || Philadelphia | W 141–111 |Jay Humphries (25) |Greg Anderson (9) |Alvin Robertson (12) | Bradley Center12,476 | 3–1 |- | 5 || November 9, 1990 || @ Washington | W 108–100 |Ricky Pierce (25)

| Capital Centre8,829 | 4–1 |- | 6 || November 13, 1990 || Boston | W 119–91

| Bradley Center15,321 | 5–1 |- | 7 || November 14, 1990 || @ New Jersey | L 95–112

| Brendan Byrne Arena6,424 | 5–2 |- | 8 || November 16, 1990 || @ Cleveland | L 94–99

| Coliseum at Richfield14,430 | 5–3 |- | 9 || November 17, 1990 || New Jersey | W 111–99

| Bradley Center14,276 | 6–3 |- | 10 || November 19, 1990 || Utah | W 114–104

| Bradley Center13,568 | 7–3 |- | 11 || November 21, 1990 || Atlanta | W 105–93

| Bradley Center15,279 | 8–3 |- | 12 || November 24, 1990 || @ New York | W 107–97

| Madison Square Garden17,101 | 9–3 |- | 13 || November 27, 1990 || Indiana | W 107–97

| Bradley Center13,492 | 10–3 |- | 14 || November 28, 1990 || Charlotte | L 111–118

| Charlotte Coliseum23,901 | 10–4 |- | 15 || November 30, 1990 || New York | W 103–97

| Bradley Center15,294 | 11–4

| 16 || December 2, 1990 || @ Indiana | L 103–107

| Market Square Arena8,717 | 11–5 |- | 17 || December 4, 1990 || @ Philadelphia | L 108–109

| Spectrum10,795 | 11–6 |- | 18 || December 5, 1990 || Cleveland | W 113–109

| Bradley Center13,941 | 12–6 |- | 19 || December 7, 1990 || @ Atlanta | W 104–103

| Omni Coliseum9,586 | 13–6

Playoffs

Player statistics

Season Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Ricky Pierce 46 0 28.8 49.9 39.8 90.7 2.5 2.1 0.8 0.222.5 Dale Ellis 21 0 29.7 48.6 44.1 70.7 3.9 1.5 0.8 0.219.3 Jay Humphries 80 80 34.1 50.2 37.3 79.9 2.8 6.7 1.6 0.115.2 Alvin Robertson 81 81 32.1 48.5 36.5 75.7 5.7 5.5 3.0 0.213.6 Frank Brickowski 75 73 25.5 52.7 0.0 79.8 5.7 1.7 1.1 0.612.6 Fred Roberts 82 82 25.8 53.3 16.0 81.3 3.4 1.6 0.8 0.410.8 Danny Schayes 82 38 27.2 49.9 0.0 83.5 6.5 1.2 0.7 0.710.6 Jack Sikma 77 44 25.2 42.7 34.1 84.3 5.7 1.9 0.8 0.810.4 Jeff Grayer 82 7 17.3 43.3 0.0 68.7 3.0 1.5 0.6 0.16.4 Adrian Dantley 10 0 12.6 38.0 33.3 69.2 1.3 0.9 0.5 0.05.7 Brad Lohaus 81 3 15.0 43.1 27.7 68.5 2.7 0.9 0.6 0.95.3 Steve Henson 68 0 10.1 41.8 33.3 90.5 0.8 1.9 0.5 0.03.1 Lester Conner 39 2 13.3 39.6 0.0 75.0 1.4 2.7 1.2 0.02.9 Greg Anderson 26 0 9.5 37.0 0.0 57.1 2.9 0.1 0.3 0.32.7 Everette Stephens 3 0 2.0 66.7 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.02.0 Frank Kornet 32 0 4.9 37.1 27.8 53.8 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.01.8

Playoffs Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Alvin Robertson 3 3 39.3 59.2 33.3 76.9 6.0 5.0 2.7 0.023.7 Frank Brickowski 3 3 36.7 53.3 0.0 50.0 8.7 1.0 0.3 0.718.3 Jay Humphries 3 3 41.0 53.1 40.0 90.0 2.0 8.3 0.7 0.015.0 Fred Roberts 3 3 34.3 45.7 0.0 100.0 5.0 2.3 0.7 0.311.3 Danny Schayes 3 3 23.7 39.1 0.0 90.9 4.0 1.0 1.0 0.39.3 Steve Henson 3 0 13.3 50.0 66.7 75.0 1.0 1.0 0.3 0.05.7 Jeff Grayer 3 0 12.3 38.5 0.0 83.3 2.0 2.0 0.3 0.05.0 Jack Sikma 3 0 17.0 40.0 50.0 50.0 4.0 2.0 1.7 0.34.7 3 0 13.7 31.3 37.5 50.0 3.0 0.3 0.0 0.04.7 Lester Conner 1 0 7.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 0.02.0 Adrian Dantley 3 0 6.3 14.3 0.0 75.0 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.01.7 Larry Krystkowiak 3 0 8.3 16.7 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.00.7

Player statistics citation:

Awards and records Alvin Robertson, NBA All-Defensive First Team

Transactions

Trades August 1, 1990 To Milwaukee Bucks---- Frank Brickowski To San Antonio Spurs---- Paul Pressey August 1, 1990 To Milwaukee Bucks---- Danny Schayes To Denver Nuggets---- Terry Mills January 16, 1991 To Milwaukee Bucks---- Lester Conner To New Jersey Nets---- Cadillac Anderson February 15, 1991 To Milwaukee Bucks---- Dale Ellis To Seattle SuperSonics---- Ricky Pierce

Free agents Player Signed Former teamAdrian DantleyApril 2, 1991Dallas Mavericks

Player Transactions Citation:

References

1990–91 Milwaukee Bucks season

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