The 1978–79 Milwaukee Bucks season was the Bucks' 11th season in the NBA.1978-79 Milwaukee Bucks
Draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 12 George Johnson PF St. John's 3 59 Pat Cummings PF Cincinnati 4 80 Otis Howard F Austin Peay State 5 103 Russ Coleman Pacific 6 124 Dave Kyle Cleveland State 7 146 Kim Anderson Missouri 8 164 Tom Zaligaris North Carolina 9 182 Gary Rosenberger Marquette 10 196 Tom Anderson Wisconsin-Green Bay
Roster
Regular season
Season standings
z - clinched division title y - clinched division title x - clinched playoff spot
Game log
|-style="background:#fcc;" | 1 || October 14, 1978 || @ San Antonio | L 111–153
| HemisFair Arena | 0–1 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 2 || October 15, 1978 || @ New Orleans | W 123–112
| Louisiana Superdome | 1—1 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 3 || October 20, 1978 || New York | L 105–115
| MECCA Arena | 1—2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 4 || October 21, 1978 || @ Kansas City | W 103–99
| Kemper Arena | 2—2 |-style="background:#bbffbb;" | 5 || October 22, 1978 || Golden State | W 109–107
| MECCA Arena | 3—2 |-style="background:#fcc;" | 6 || October 24, 1978 || @ Phoenix | L 116–124
| Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum | 3—3
Playoffs After making the playoffs in 1978, the Bucks failed to qualify for the playoffs.
Player statistics
+Statistics Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Marques Johnson 77 36.1 55.0 76.0 7.6 3.0 1.5 1.225.6 Brian Winters 79 32.6 49.3 85.6 2.2 4.8 1.1 0.519.8 82 23.9 50.6 82.9 3.6 2.0 1.1 0.515.5 Kent Benson 82 26.0 51.8 73.5 7.1 2.5 1.1 1.012.3 82 21.7 49.3 76.1 4.4 2.6 0.7 0.210.3 Quinn Buckner 81 21.7 45.4 63.2 2.6 5.8 1.9 0.27.2 John Gianelli 82 25.1 48.6 70.6 5.0 2.0 0.5 0.77.1 Kevin Restani 81 19.7 49.5 69.9 4.8 1.5 0.4 0.37.1 George Johnson 67 17.3 48.2 71.8 5.4 1.2 1.1 0.7 6.2 Lloyd Walton 75 18.4 48.0 67.8 1.4 4.7 1.0 0.15.0 16 7.8 40.4 75.0 0.6 1.0 0.5 0.43.5 Otis Howard 3 7.3 45.5 0.0 2.3 0.3 0.0 0.03.3 Norm Van Lier 38 14.6 39.0 90.4 1.1 4.2 1.1 0.1 2.8 Del Beshore 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00.0
Transactions Trades July 26, 1978 To Milwaukee Bucks---- C. J. Kupec To Houston Rockets---- 1979 4th round pick (Sammy Drummer) October 23, 1978 To Milwaukee Bucks---- 1979 4th round pick (Eugene Robinson) To Detroit Pistons---- Otis Howard
Free agents Player Signed Former teamDel BeshoreSeptember 14, 1978California University of PennsylvaniaNorm Van LierOctober 26, 1978Chicago Bulls
Awards and records Marques Johnson, All-NBA First Team
References