The 1976–77 Milwaukee Bucks season was the Bucks' ninth season in the NBA.1976–77 Milwaukee Bucks It was also the first without Jon McGlocklin, the last remaining member of the Bucks' roster from the team's inaugural season.

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 7 Quinn Buckner SG Indiana 2 23 Alex English SF South Carolina 2 24 Scott Lloyd C/PF Arizona State 3 40 Lloyd Walton PG Marquette 4 59 Dan Frost Iowa 5 75 Tom Lockhart Manhattan 5 77 James Rappis Arizona 6 92 Phil Spence F North Carolina State 7 112 Ron Barrow Southern 8 129 Bob Warner Maine 9 146 Benny Shaw Central Florida 10 165 Hugo Cabrera East Texas State

Roster

Regular season

The Milwaukee Bucks rebuild in the wake of the trade of Kareem Abdul Jabbar to the Lakers following the 1974-75 NBA season hit bottom in 1976. Head Coach Larry Costello resigned following a 3–15 start. Assistant Coach Don Nelson took over the team but the Bucks slide continued as they eventually fell to 4-25. The Bucks turned things around as the young nucleus began to gel and the Bucks went 26-27 the rest of the way.

Season standings

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

Game log

|-style="background:#fcc;" | 1 || October 21, 1976 || Buffalo | L 112–133

| MECCA Arena | 0–1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || October 23, 1976 || Boston | L 107–111 OT

| MECCA Arena | 0–2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 3 || October 24, 1976 || @ Atlanta | L 91–115

| Omni Coliseum | 0–3 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 4 || October 26, 1976 || @ Chicago | L 88–90

| Chicago Stadium | 0–4 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 5 || October 28, 1976 || @ Denver | L 100–119

| McNichols Sports Arena | 0–5 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 6 || October 30, 1976 || Chicago | W 102–74

| MECCA Arena | 1–5

|-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 7 || November 2, 1976 || Seattle | W 125–113

| MECCA Arena | 2–5 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 8 || November 3, 1976 || @ Washington | L 105–117

| Capital Centre | 2–6 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 9 || November 4, 1976 || @ Cleveland | L 88–96

| Coliseum at Richfield | 2–7 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 10 || November 6, 1976 || Denver | L 103–105

| MECCA Arena | 2–8 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 11 || November 9, 1976 || Cleveland | L 90–111

| MECCA Arena | 2–9 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 12 || November 12, 1976 || Houston | W 111–99

| MECCA Arena | 3–9 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 13 || November 13, 1976 || N. Y. Knicks | L 97–110

| Madison Square Garden | 3–10 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 14 || November 14, 1976 || Detroit | L 84–104

| MECCA Arena | 3–11

Playoffs After making the playoffs in 1976, the Bucks failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Player statistics

+Player statistics Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Bob Dandridge 70 35.7 46.7 77.1 6.3 3.8 1.4 0.420.8 Brian Winters 78 34.8 49.8 84.7 3.0 4.3 1.5 0.419.3 Junior Bridgeman 82 29.4 44.9 86.4 5.1 2.5 1.0 0.314.4 Swen Nater 72 27.2 52.8 75.4 12.0 1.5 0.8 0.713.0 Dave Meyers 50 25.2 46.7 66.1 6.8 1.7 0.8 0.69.7 Gary Brokaw 41 21.7 40.1 76.6 1.6 2.7 0.5 0.68.9 Quinn Buckner 79 26.5 43.4 53.9 3.3 4.7 2.4 0.38.6 Elmore Smith 34 23.2 44.7 58.1 6.1 0.9 0.6 2.08.4 Fred Carter 47 18.6 41.6 75.3 2.0 2.2 0.6 0.18.3 Jim Price 6 18.5 51.2 77.8 2.2 2.5 1.2 0.2 8.2 Scott Lloyd 69 14.9 47.2 75.4 3.0 0.5 0.3 0.25.8 Kevin Restani 64 17.4 51.8 50.0 4.1 1.4 0.5 0.25.6 Alex English 60 10.8 47.7 76.7 2.8 0.4 0.3 0.35.2 Rowland Garrett 33 11.6 45.2 79.3 2.2 0.6 0.4 0.24.7 53 12.8 46.8 81.5 1.0 2.7 0.8 0.0 4.3 Mickey Davis 19 8.7 42.6 92.0 1.5 1.1 0.3 0.24.3Glenn McDonald98.823.575.01.30.80.40.02.1

Transactions Trades November 2, 1976 To Milwaukee Bucks---- 1977 1st round pick (Tate Armstrong) To Buffalo Braves---- Jim Price January 13, 1977 To Milwaukee Bucks---- Rowland Garrett To Cleveland Cavaliers---- Gary Brokaw Elmore Smith

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